Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I mean if it is possible to provide that huge acreage I mean the space per player or whatever is rather less for croquet than for cricket , is n't it ? |
| 2 | ‘ Thankfully , it has turned out all right for mother and baby . ’ |
| 3 | Thankfully , it has turned out all right for mother and baby . ’ |
| 4 | He paused long enough for Rain and Maurin to doubt that he would resume . |
| 5 | So much for bridge-building and healing local divisions ; and cross-border traffic going south is barely a trickle . |
| 6 | So much for peace and quiet ! |
| 7 | The children were put to bed all together for warmth and comfort . |
| 8 | Nearly 20,000 small cetaceans are killed annually just for sport and in the tuna industry in the Eastern Pacific around 130,000 dolphins are killed each year , the helpless victims of fish nets . |
| 9 | Well that 's it , erm , like she , I do n't think she makes a fortune , she only makes enough probably for food and that , he does n't make that much off his dad because his dad 's a stingy thing , but he does the taxing as well and he does foreigners , but erm , you know , like they 've got their bills to pay and everything , they do n't economize on anything , they have massive gas bills and |
| 10 | The certainty that this particular music was being played directly at her and for her , that the fair man had seen her violin case and perhaps a look in her eyes of wistfulness , the fair man alone , for the guitarist seemed only there for support and back-up , decided her . |
| 11 | Vice-President Spiro Agnew , who had campaigned so hard for law and order , resigned in October 1973 , after revelations of extensive tax evasion on his part . |
| 12 | ‘ When women in North Africa and the Arab world are struggling so hard for equality and respect , it is ironic that here in France a fundamentalist minority is pushing them to conform to tradition . |
| 13 | He longed to take away enough for breakfast or make a quick sandwich of the hors d'oeuvres for later . |
| 14 | The upper edge and lower horn have been dressed away slightly for comfort and accessibility 's sake , while the rest of the body has been left relatively square . |
| 15 | City 's attackers The signs were already there for City that they might be in for a spanking when their formidable attack of Andy Cole , Leroy Rosenior and playmaker Jacki Dziekanowski were held in a tight grip in a first-half an opening 45 minutes that was marked by a spectacular 30-yard goal from Justin Channing , in the final week of his loan spell from QPR . |
| 16 | It was easy therefore for East and West to divide once more . |
| 17 | ‘ All of us , ’ said Mr Crump , risking an interruption of his own , shaking his head a little over-vigorously for sorrow but the idea was right . |
| 18 | A Department of Agriculture might function more effectively for agriculture if it did not take on , unnecessarily and confusingly , a role in food marketing . |
| 19 | They were always there for eachother but especially for us . |
| 20 | It was however becoming quite clear that the Department would now be used much more explicitly for publicity and propaganda , and this , combined with failing health because of amoebic dysentery and exhaustion , led to my resignation . |
| 21 | Such organic-rich shales are likely to constitute a much more widespread potential source for hydrocarbons — probably mainly for gas and condensate — than the coals of the deltas which are restricted to the northern part of the region , although the possibility that isolated intermontane coal basins may have developed further south in the later Carboniferous can not be excluded . |
| 22 | He found that positive feedback was predictably given most often for accuracy and quantity of reading . |
| 23 | Conservationists , farmers and government agencies all agree that there is an opportunity right now for debate and then decision . |
| 24 | As it was a blind taste-testing , our famous judge had no idea that , coincidentally , the pie he picked as best for taste and texture was Selfridges ' own-brand , hand-baked mince pies . |
| 25 | We wait now hopefully for news that the Nez Perces have been struck hard and fatally . |
| 26 | Pressures were now underway for decolonisation and , in any case , the economic exploitation of the colonies would have required a massive capital outlay which Europe could not possibly finance . |
| 27 | Of all the travellers of our period those who most affected the lives of large numbers of people , those who travelled most regularly for pleasure and profit , those to whom the sea , the river and the road , were most natural companions , have left the smallest record . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm here strictly for business and being dissected does not appeal to me at all . |
| 29 | Then home for dinner and some heavy worrying for remainder of evening . |
| 30 | Our society needs to be given the chance to hear its own heartbeat in its own music — for pleasure first , then also for knowledge and understanding . |