Example sentences of "[adv] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 2 | The business did very well with the two lads greatly appreciated locally for their hard work and quality of service . |
| 3 | For years the Post has enjoyed a high reputation locally for its excellent food and service , and the addition of a luxurious wing , means that a matching standard of accommodation is now offered . |
| 4 | Mynne was also charged with waste of timber in Carmarthenshire , presumably for his lesser ironworks in the neighbouring county of Pembroke . |
| 5 | Although he was pardoned by the King and sent into exile ( presumably for his own protection ) , there were riots against him after his release from the Tower , and when he sailed from England he was intercepted and murdered on 2 May . |
| 6 | After the price wars of the late 1970s , when many supermarkets were still conspicuous mostly for their general ugliness and grubbiness , the big chains decided to invest their way out of trouble . |
| 7 | He may build and destroy in this life , mostly for his own ends , but through Jesus , and the enlightenment he gives , comes a greater life , a fulfilling love . |
| 8 | Partly for Clare 's sake , but mostly for my own satisfaction , I decided to do my level best to break that man . |
| 9 | These are the pictures which interest me most for their complex attitude to the feminine . |
| 10 | And Friends of the Earth it 's only relatively new it 's only been going properly for what two years . |
| 11 | MALE dunnocks ( Prunella modularis ) may be willing to share a single female , but they compete intensely for her reproductive favours . |
| 12 | Not the one who wanted , for goodness sake , to have a different matching shopping trolly for her different outfits But how much I agree with the lady who wanted the cost of High Street Christmas lights spent on something more practical . |
| 13 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 14 | ‘ It just seems not a lot has been going right for me this season . |
| 15 | Luckily for us simple folk the game plot is very straight forward . |
| 16 | The document called the JNA " a cowardly army , fighting for no recognizable principle but largely , instinctively for its own status and survival " . |
| 17 | Near the start there are a couple of pieces which Tolkien had written up to thirty years before , both rewritten a little for their new context : Frodo 's ‘ Man in the Moon ’ song in the Prancing Pony , Sam 's ‘ Rhyme of the Troll ’ near Weathertop . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's true , but we drove a little for our own reasons too . |
| 19 | tutors need to be utilised in more effectively for their fullest potential to be realised ; |
| 20 | Just as we have found it convenient to think of genes as active agents , working purposefully for their own survival , perhaps it might be convenient to think of memes in the same way . |
| 21 | It is assumed that the Earth is hot enough for its outer regions to have previously been vaporized , in which case it can be shown that the material flung off forms a thin disc of gas as in Figure 6.11 ( b ) . |
| 22 | We hear thunder when it is close enough for its highest frequencies to reach us , but it also generates infrasonic sounds which travel much further . |
| 23 | I 'm a keen dog owner and I ca n't recommend a dog enough for its constant company and affection . |
| 24 | HALEMA STAYED FOR three days , just long enough for her round figure bobbing up and down the beach to become familiar , long enough for the affection she exuded to be returned tenfold . |
| 25 | Burma is fortunate in that she has enough for her own needs , though she was only just able to ensure this during the last harvest . |
| 26 | Are the cues contained within the picture strong enough for their proper interpretation ? |
| 27 | This is fast enough for our central vision to be fooled into the illusion of a continuously moving picture . |
| 28 | I 've a nasty feeling a profiteering wheeler-dealer like me is never going to be innocent enough for your high-minded ideology … ’ |
| 29 | If your agency is large enough for your personal account executive to be below the level of director of the company , he or she will probably be reporting to a management supervisor ( or some such title ) who will be a board director . |
| 30 | Buy new potatoes in small quantities , enough for your immediate use , to enjoy their ‘ home grown ’ fresh taste . |