Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the reign of Henry III they accounted for the agistment dues at the Exchequer , but made substantial payments into the Wardrobe from time to time , and paid out sums locally for such purposes as the maintenance of a neighbouring royal castle , building operations , the enclosure of a royal park , and the expenses incurred by the Forest officers in taking venison for the king . |
| 2 | Again I think if Freud and Bullitt were here today , they 'd say , well look we did , in fact , have quite a lot of data , because I , Bullitt knew Wilson intimately for several years and worked with him , and er , Freud had rarely the stuff in erm , in all papers of Woodrow Wilson in the library of Congress or wherever they were , and he had a great deal of data . |
| 3 | It was all right for big removals but not certainly for three-piece suites and the like . |
| 4 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 5 | The Group operated quite effectively for several years and was responsible for the production of approximately two-dozen tape-slides concerned with bibliographic instruction . |
| 6 | He said it was good enough for other companies and that he would n't shave it off . |
| 7 | The space is just large enough for three adults but it 's more comfortable for two . |
| 8 | He had lain wakeful beside Anna in the bed that had not been quite wide enough for twenty years and felt himself to be all at once boiling with misery and quite immobilized by it . |
| 9 | The contrast between the dots and the background is good enough for most uses but hardly rates as high quality , the most endearing feature about these devices is their almost total silence . |
| 10 | Are plot sizes large enough for septic tanks and soakaways ? |
| 11 | But Bakker in reply says cartilage is in fact better for absorbing shocks and for building up hydrostatic pressure . |
| 12 | She did n't care too much for other dogs but her pet hates were chickens and cats . |
| 13 | And we did n't bother , we could n't do anything much for these rabbits and try and kill them you know , as much as we could aye . |
| 14 | It is used not only for inner lines but often also to strengthen contours . |
| 15 | ERA thus offers the possibility of real-time quality control not only for industrial pollutants but also for pathogens such as E.coli or parasites like cryptosporidium in drinking water . |
| 16 | ‘ Only for future presidents or prime ministers . |
| 17 | He would try to arrange a site meeting with the police to see what could be done to improve safety not only for other motorists but for pedestrians . |
| 18 | The more autonomous a field is , the greater the extent to which production in that field is only for other producers and not for consumers in the social field ( or field of power ) . |
| 19 | In the last few years , the AAA has made strenuous efforts to see that the age for distance rules are observed , not only for official races but also for fun runs , which are not subject to their control . |
| 20 | Both are limiting laws , valid only for small strains or rates of strain , and while it is essential that conditions involving large stresses , leading to eventual mechanical failure , be studied , it is also important to examine the response to small mechanical stresses . |
| 21 | Once more , however , they provided only for small numbers and their success even in establishing this few in permanent work or independence appears to have been small . |
| 22 | Remember that a subpoena in the High Court , once issued , is valid only for twelve weeks and must be served not less than four days before the day on which the witness is required to attend before the court unless the court fixes a shorter period . |
| 23 | Although the atmosphere , mmHg and torr are all used in scientific work , they should strictly be used only for rough comparisons or as ratios . |
| 24 | This book is intended not only for present-day children but also for all who have ever enjoyed the Captain 's adventures . |
| 25 | A Pakistani Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman described the Washington Post interview as " distorted " and added , as reported on Radio Pakistan on Feb. 9 , that Pakistan had " considerable capability in the nuclear field " but had decided to use that capability only for peaceful purposes and not to produce nuclear weapons . |
| 26 | and erm I went to school at then at the later part of my life I went to Hemel Hempstead and then I left only for four months and went to er work for an ironmonger at ten shillings a week . |
| 27 | Would there have been a contract to supply a record if the advertisement had asked only for three wrappers and no money ? |
| 28 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 29 | Seven patients received laser treatment only for three months or more ( median 14 weeks , range 13–39 ) . |
| 30 | The results should provide valuable insights into marketing and purchasing , not only for local companies and British Gas , but in the wider context of the survival and growth of small companies in the economy as a whole . |