Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty arose because for the most part the single-sex grammar schools did not want to become co-educational , in spite of the court 's ruling . |
| 2 | It was a terrible disappointment , my heart sank as for the first time I detected a stiffness in Leo 's voice . |
| 3 | The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions . |
| 4 | Interactionist approaches to explaining crime imply that for the purpose of studying such behaviour there is a correlation between being regarded as a criminal and in fact becoming one . |
| 5 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 6 | Wilder 's withdrawal meant that for the first time since the 1980 nomination contest the Democratic campaign would be fought without a major black contender . |
| 7 | Mosley 's opposition to this national change of mood meant that for the small minority who still wished to maintain the peace of Europe at any price , he was momentarily seen as an alternative leader who would keep Britain out of a war . |
| 8 | Hall argues that for the fifth Kondratiev one of the key elements is the presence of scientific research : the initial trigger for the development of the new industries of this long wave — electronics , information technology and biotechnology . |
| 9 | The whole phrase under this point only creates one offence and Section 7(2) of the 1986 Act provides that for the purposes of the rules against charging more than one offence in the same count or information , each of sections 1 to 5 create one offence . |
| 10 | Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed . |
| 11 | Although in the past the courts and the House of Commons both claimed the exclusive right to determine whether or not a privilege existed , it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House to decide whether such privilege has been infringed : see Erskine May on Parliamentary Practice , 21st ed. ( 1989 ) , pp. 147–160 . |
| 12 | The author suggest that for the courses sampled their existed a ‘ virtual parity ’ between the performance of NSEs and SEs . |
| 13 | But the Coroner says that for the time being , Marc 's death will remain a mystery . |
| 14 | ASH , Action on Smoking and Health , said the new move meant that for the first time the true toll of smoking would be seen ‘ in black and white ’ . |
| 15 | The new draft Directive means that for the first time , EC legislation formally recognises Scottish Vocational Qualifications . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the political implication of becoming an observing participant in an institution such as the police is immense , both for the group studied and for the ethnographer . |
| 17 | The experiment with actinomycin suggests that for the first 3 hours or so LTP does not depend on gene transcription . |
| 18 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 19 | It is easier for the lecturer to write than for the student to look at a distant blackboard and then back to his so-called " notes " , and so a phase difference develops between the blackboard and the class . |
| 20 | Mr Gill : Given the reluctance of large organisations and bureaucracies to devolve powers to the lower orders , does my hon. Friend consider that for the principle of subsidiarity to be acceptable it will be necessary for a full and detailed prospectus to be issued showing what powers will be devolved to the national Parliaments ? |
| 21 | She swallowed hard and waited for the ringing in her head to clear and for the room to steady once more , then , summoning all of her courage , she looked at him with icy contempt . |
| 22 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 23 | The court held that for the application of the rule to have been lawful it would have had to be justifiable irrespective of race or ethnic or national origins . |
| 24 | If the sense of the magnetic field is irrelevant , but the same physics applies as for the first reversal , the pole that starts at the North Geographic Pole must once again pass through the Americas . |
| 25 | But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice . |
| 26 | The intactness of the tomb meant that for the first time it was possible to analyse fully how the many objects found within it were used , and their ritual and social implications within the Sicàn culture better understood . |
| 27 | ‘ In some parts of the UK cuts in local authority spending and the move to the purchaser-provider split meant that for the first time students coming off social work courses were having real difficulties finding jobs ’ Weinstein said . |
| 28 | Sales of prime London properties are picking up and the latest quarterly bulletin from the London Research Centre shows that for the first time in over a year , average prices have not fallen . |
| 29 | At the end of that time they again expressed doubts as to their liability to pay and for the next three years paid under protest . |
| 30 | Cursing the Post Office and the weather in equal proportions , ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan slowly brought the aircraft around and with a considerable tailwind we headed back to Moose Jaw only to find the airport building deserted except for the night watchman huddled by his coal-oil heater with the mail-bags beside him . |