Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happened to meet a former girlfriend while out for a constitutional among these perfumed hills and blow me if ; much to her chagrin , I could n't remember ever having slid between the sheets with her . |
| 2 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 3 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 4 | She wished she 'd brought something to do that would take her mind off her anxiety if only for a moment . |
| 5 | In its own way the co-operative was quite a success story if only for the fact that it had kept going more or less continuously for almost five years . |
| 6 | Like other young people , they want change if only for the sake of it . |
| 7 | The body of a cat when hunting takes on a quite different demeanour to that of the same pussy when out for an idle stroll or with some other intention in mind . |
| 8 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 9 | ‘ Pray be seated , my lady , ’ he said , using the courtesy title whilst not for an instant confusing her with her half-sister . |
| 10 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
| 11 | Had he succeeded , Sartre would have established dialectical reason as successfully for the human sciences as Kant had established analytical reason for natural science . |
| 12 | It 's quite a good thing as well for A type people , is to read , read books . |
| 13 | The list of editors makes interesting reading if only for the number of composers it contains : Saint-Säens was eventually joined by Vincent d'Indy , Paul Dukas , Auguste Chapuis , Reynaldo Hahn , Alexandre Guilmant , Henri Busser , Georges Marty and ( surprisingly ? ) |
| 14 | All problems resolved in one go because now for the first time question of optimum distance becomes an issue for the viewer . |
| 15 | they can , however , opt to receive Chartered Builder as well for an annual subscription of £5.00 . |
| 16 | It seemed as if that was going to be in doubt as well for a moment , but then he swung the door wide in a parody of a silent welcome . |
| 17 | said there had probably never been a better time than now for a private company or public body to carry out a property audit . |