Example sentences of "[adv] for the [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 Her work for the early suffrage campaigns also began in the mid-1870s , when she lectured widely for the cause in London , Manchester , Birmingham , and elsewhere .
2 They cared little for the landscape in which they worked .
3 So much for the way in which our furry fauna have captivated so many kite flyers ; now to the practical aspects of how to take the skydiver up to a safe release height .
4 The Queen 's Speech is important not only for the way in which it deals with matters abroad , but also for its emphasis on matters at home .
5 The rise in the oil price after 1979 was mainly responsible not only for the growth in the share of this group of products in total imports from 1979 to 1984 but also for its decline during the following three years .
6 We must please be clear about those factors which actually matter , always bearing in mind that it is for the county council in the first instance and perhaps for the panel in the second instance , to take a decision about the suppression of past migration trends .
7 That has to speak highly for the way in which the software does its internal calculations and comes up with the answers .
8 Winds gusted to 70-80 mph at Glasgow and Edinburgh but , more ominously for the population in some other parts of the country where a blanket of thick snow still covered the ground , copious rainfall and exceptionally mild air from a southerly point swept Scotland .
9 He conceded that it was hard on Alexander , and later came to respect him greatly for the way in which he gave Worrell his fullest support as vice-captain .
10 Sussex teachers thank Marjorie especially for the way in which she has always helped and stood by them , from their years of training onwards .
11 And they even arrived separately for the dinner in honour of leaders attending the European summit in Edinburgh .
12 It is also very important economically , not just for the creativity in itself . ’
13 As was pointed out earlier , in Chapter 5 , this crime has consequences for mankind as a whole , and not just for the individual in relationship to their own father .
14 It was reported on Jan. 3 , 1991 , that two ETA members , José Antonio López Rúiz " Kubati " , and José Miguel Latasa Guetaria " Fermín " , had been sentenced to 47 and 26 years ' imprisonment respectively for the murder in September 1986 of the amnestied ETA member María Dolores González Catarain " Yoyes " [ see p. 34825 ; for earlier conviction of Fermin see p. 37588 ] .
15 WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE , Minister of State at the Foreign Office , called yesterday for the improvement in human rights in the Soviet Union to be codified into law .
16 The smallest of the three rooms had been set aside for the officer in charge ; it had a desk , a couple of chairs , and a telephone which , allegedly , would soon be functional .
17 Also for the frame in free fall .
18 According to Willie van Peer 's introductory statement , the book is intended to promote a reconciliation between literary and linguistic approaches to the study of literature , and , more specifically , to provide a much-needed contribution in three fundamental directions : first , the development of a theory of textuality which accounts both for the way in which all texts function in society and for the differences between literary and non-literary texts ; secondly , the construction of a model of literary communication that gives an adequate account of the complexities involved in the production and reception of literary texts ; and thirdly , the development of more explicit and comprehensive accounts of the ways in which formal and contextual factors interact in the process of deriving interpretations from texts .
19 The problem with the DIY approach in the past , both for the Institute in publicising it and for the accountant in implementing it , has always been the difficulty of ensuring that its content is , in fact , adequately structured .
20 The UK Department of Health claims that its AIDS prevention policy is responsible both for the reduction in projected new cases among injecting drug users and the greater certainty about heterosexual exposure .
21 Too many people do not think about where would be best to sail and invariably head straight for the coast in an effort to make progress .
22 Abroad , he has already attained a high respect internationally for the manner in which he is endeavouring to help the third world and to play a responsible part in eastern Europe .
23 It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention .
24 It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention .
25 Tradition had it that if the corn-dolly reached the following year 's harvest intact , it augured well for the farm in the year to come .
26 I 'm only here for the beer in the first place and , the way I see it , if old skull-face came knocking on my door with his scythe at least I could get my laughing gear around some of that celestial scrumpy !
27 Designed to be informative , even for the professional in the field .
28 They point out , for example , that Japanese companies in particular have for some time been making strenuous efforts to recruit labour which is not so much cheap but flexible and prepared to work hard for the company in question .
29 The unit could take some credit then for the change in the supplementary benefit adjudication regulations that followed as a result .
30 That much then for the state in recent years of the sector in the United Kingdom .
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