Example sentences of "[det] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a doctor , a Chinese guy , works out in the New Territories , saves lives on a daily basis and gets paid very little for his considerable sacrifices and hard work . |
| 2 | The Wall Street Journal hears that the company has listed the 60MHz version at $905 for 1,000-up , and gone as low as $850 each for its best customers ; the 66MHz version is said to cost $1,000 . |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal hears that the company has listed the 60MHz version at $905 for 1,000-up , and gone as low as $850 each for its best customers ; the 66MHz version is said to cost $1,000 . |
| 4 | ‘ Lloyd 's has to decide whether , as Names die or become unable to pay , the risks can be assumed by the Society as a whole or whether the maxim of ‘ Each for his own part ’ is strictly applied . |
| 5 | This central registry with its annual guide set standards of value for money ( ‘ ample helpings ’ was a common form of praise in the early , newly-derationed days ) and a little more sophistication of taste than that for which British boarding schools and service canteens had trained the middle classes . |
| 6 | Was that for their own information or is it intended to suggest something to us ? ’ |
| 7 | I 'll swap er , midi hi-fi system and that for her first prize . |
| 8 | I think she must have had that for her little boy . |
| 9 | I am not sure , though , that for her latest caper , ‘ The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous ( Bantam Press ) , she deserved the full , donnish , heavyweight treatment that she got from Valentine Cunningham in the Observer . |
| 10 | Her fear was more than that for her own life , more than for the way she might die . |
| 11 | ‘ The milkman charges more than that for his homogenised muck , so take the bob , Dotty dear , and we 'll all be content . ’ |
| 12 | it 's just the pure political aspect that because people are moving on and you need to be seen to be you need to use that for your own advantage . |
| 13 | could use that for your own family . |
| 14 | If you know that for your particular weight and the certain wind strength you want the block next to number four , you keep it like that all the time . |
| 15 | Look on you know what I mean , how can you not do that for your favourite friend . |
| 16 | I always do that for my regular customers . ’ |
| 17 | By the end of the decade , all will want to be doing this for their main cars in America and Europe . |
| 18 | These monks and nuns do not do this for their own good . |
| 19 | We therefore have cleaner technology as a main aim , and we see growing recognition by industry of the value of this for its economic well-being and international competitiveness . |
| 20 | Yeah , I do n't , wait a minute , would n't you want this for your own kitchen window ? |
| 21 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm only doing this for your own good , to be helpful . |
| 22 | I 'm on your side , and I 'm only saying this for your own good . ’ |
| 23 | In the meantime I 'll arrange for our dietician to see you and we 'll keep a note of this for our own records , but if you 're at all worried , do come and see either myself or Dr Grant at any time . |
| 24 | Although it is not original , and you have in the past done this for us several times , we would very much like to use one of your paintings for our 1992 Christmas Card . |
| 25 | Is this a man who prates of mercy and would deny it another for his own sake ? |
| 26 | It would appear that differences between action and control samples are masked by the fact that the action samples contain people who need little or no input from the Home Support Project in order to remain at home , as well as a few for whom that input is crucial . |
| 27 | The price list agreed by masters and men in 1787 was generally observed for the next twenty years and with employment brisk , knitters were able to earn , up to 1810 , 14 to 15s ( 70-75p ) a week for a twelve- to thirteen-hour day : too much for their own good , according to a local clerical magistrate . |
| 28 | Harris , Dr Semeonoff and J.S. Buist , Christian Aid owes much for their generous giving of time and skill . |
| 29 | It was far too much for their daily operations , he thought . |
| 30 | ULSTER 'S triathlon juniors proved too much for their senior counterparts and stole the show at the Orbit Triathlon in Ballymoney yesterday . |