Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before resigning ourselves to permanent depression and a feeling that special needs have slipped from the political agenda , it may be useful to look again at some of the implications for change for the better … |
| 2 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 3 | One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing . |
| 4 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
| 5 | It involves the completion of all partiality , the overcoming of all senses of alienation and it brings a fulfilment of desire for the good and the beautiful beyond the capacity of human understanding . |
| 6 | A visit to York can also be an education as it boasts two of the best schools in the county : Queen Ethelburga 's College and Terrington Hall school are both well worth of consideration for the best in your children 's education . |
| 7 | AD 180 , to coincide with the account of an invasion of northern Britain by the historian Cassius Dio ; the wholesale acceptance of this view , though , causes some strains in interpretation which can not be easily reconciled , chief among them being the implication that the damaged forts and other frontier works were left in a state of disrepair for the best part of 25 years , an unbelievable occurrence in Roman military affairs of the period . |
| 8 | Secondly , the more grey scales the scanner can resolve the better as we are going to be trading these against resolution for the best compromise . |
| 9 | But what is wrong with change for the better and doing what one is good at ? |
| 10 | From the poor they extract money in payment for the good luck and fecundity that their blessings are supposed to impart . |
| 11 | Lisa 's award is in recognition for the good job she does — the Downs Syndrome Association hope it will also publicise the fact that the opportunites for adults with Downs Syndrome to do ordinary jobs are few and far between . |
| 12 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 13 | William Elstobb found the eighteenth-century fenmen content with ‘ uncomfortable accommodations ’ ; and Vancouver wrote of Burwell in 1794 : ‘ Any attempt in contemplation for the better drainage of this fen is considered hostile to the true interests of these deluded people . ’ |
| 14 | The former Dublin captain , sent off after only four minutes following an off-the-ball incident with Donegal midfielder Brian Murray , could be left kicking his heels in frustration for the best part of the summer . |
| 15 | Rotting in prison for the best part of his life , or a dishonourable death at the end of a rope . |
| 16 | The account describes the ‘ hospitals and open stables for the reception of diseased and sick horses in the first stage of their complaints ’ … ‘ more pure stables , which are taken up by horses in physic , or patients whose complaints are not contagious ’ … stocks where ‘ all operations are performed without the trouble or hazard of casting … a perfect skeleton of a horse , to refer to in cases of lameness , fractures , etc … various paddocks , some with and some without water for the better accommodation of horses of different descriptions , whose complaints require open air , or grass , for their perfect recovery ’ . |
| 17 | Awards were on offer for the best use of individual techniques , plus a section judged on the ‘ total look ’ . |
| 18 | A prize is also on offer for the best pensioner 's garden — so get snapping ! |
| 19 | PHIL Sorenti decided to launch himself off the tallest building on campus for the best of reasons . |
| 20 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 21 | The game had been in the country for well over half-a-century , but only four provinces , Auckland , Wellington , Canterbury and Otago , had first-class status , with the Plunket Shield being the major stake at hand for the best team . |