Example sentences of "[det] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 2 | And to hide the microphone under a table or behind a curtain , while guaranteeing the naturalness of the content , does little for the acoustic quality — and of course raises an issue that President Nixon memorably pioneered . |
| 3 | In 1971 the small group of regular journalists at the Old Bailey received £150 damages each for the intolerable insult of being collectively described in " The Spectator " as " beer-sodden hacks " . |
| 4 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 5 | Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven . |
| 6 | Others require two bound copies , one each for the main university library and the departmental library . |
| 7 | In brief , they want slot machines of their own : 500 each for Turf Paradise and the Phoenix Greyhound Park , 250 each for the smaller tracks . |
| 8 | And every two months try my physical tests on pages 78–80 — there are 3 tests each for the Three S's — Strength , Suppleness and Stamina . |
| 9 | Finally , to help you formulate your business plans and guide you through the first years , The Institute of Business counsellors is offering ten business counselling sessions for the first three prize winners and five each for the three runners-up . |
| 10 | They cost around £10–£15 each for the battery-operated models . |
| 11 | Under the federal Constitution adopted in 1901 , legislative power is vested in the bicameral Parliament , comprising a 148-member House of Representatives elected for a three-year term and a 76-member Senate ( 12 seats for each of the six constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory ) . |
| 12 | Under the Federal Constitution which came into force in 1901 , legislative authority within the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a bicameral Federal Parliament consisting of the Senate whose 76 members ( 12 from each of the country 's constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory of Canberra ) are directly elected for a six-year term and retire by rotation , one-half from each state on June 30 of each third year ; and the 148-member House of Representatives elected for three years ; each state has its own legislature , government and constitution . |
| 13 | The internalist would claim that for the causal clause to turn justified true belief into knowledge , it must not only be true but be believed by a to be true . |
| 14 | The affinities of L703766 for all mutants were very similar to that for the wild-type receptor ( Table 2 ) . |
| 15 | " This Meeting , with every feeling of humanity for the distressed Sufferers , who have the misfortune to be shipwrecked on the coast of this Island , have to regret that numbers of the Country prople , shaking off all fear of God , or regard to the laws , are in the constant practice against every rule of Christian charity , or hospitality , of resorting in numbers to the shores , where strangers have the Misfortune of being shipwrecked , and that for the sole purpose of plunder ; which practice this Meeting hold in the greatest abhorrence , and now declare their disapprobation of ; and in order , as much as possible , to remedy this evil , this Meeting not only collectively , but individually , pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions , not only for the preservation of the property of the individuals , who may have the Misfortune to be wrecked on these coasts , but also for bringing to condign punishment all and every such persons as may be found plundering from wrecks : " |
| 16 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 17 | Perhaps Spinoza could have strengthened it in various ways , by saying that people can not on odd occasions deliberately act out of the character they try to give their lives , without destroying that character , and that for the rational person the character of a life which includes good relations with other people at large is essential for personal fulfilment . |
| 18 | Well I got that , I got that for the wee ones . |
| 19 | It will be over a quarter of that for the entire EC , more than twice West Germany 's and equivalent to those of France , Belgium , Denmark , Luxembourg , Greece , Ireland and Portugal added together . |
| 20 | Yeah designation of greenbelt , authority of Harrogate Borough Council , approximate land-take erm you 'll see that for the blue route , that affects one point four hectares of greenbelt land , whereas for the inner routes , purple affects seventeen point six hectares , orange , twenty point two , red twenty point five and pink twenty point eight . |
| 21 | Er and you 'll see that in group two , the impact of the various routes on occupiers , residential occupiers , you 'll see that for the blue route and that this is where we have the number of properties demolished by the different routes , on the top line , er in terms of noise effects adjacent to new road , number of houses within a given distance , a centre line , nought to fifty metres there are are only five properties within nought to fifty metres of the blue route whereas there are thirty on the purple , twenty er on the orange , less on the red , four and five on the pink . |
| 22 | Oh , well these are substantial houses and I would imagine that for the six houses we could get twelve families , twelve families housed immediately , they 'd be substantial houses . |
| 23 | Disabled adults of working age are a significant and identifiable minority group , experiencing a rate of unemployment far greater than that for the general population . |
| 24 | The general rule is that the penalty available in such circumstances is the same as that for the substantive offence incited , in this case level three , and since the legislature , thought that greater punishment than that was appropriate , specific provision is made for three months ' imprisonment , or a level 4 fine . |
| 25 | Alternatively , we can also hypothesise that if there is a change in proprioception , pointing with the non-preferred hand should show no adaptive shift , while pointing with the preferred hand at the non-visual target should show the same adaptive shift as that for the visual target . |
| 26 | The standard deviation for the samples of 4 , represented by , will be much smaller than that for the individual observations because of the averaging effect within each sample . |
| 27 | The standard deviation for the samples of 4 , represented by , will be much smaller than that for the individual observations because of the averaging effect within each sample . |
| 28 | Besides that , it 's helping to maintain a high profile for the competition circuit and we depend on that for the continued success of our Crag-U-Like operations . ’ |
| 29 | I , I 'm not for a minute suggesting that er th that for the small projects that we do that . |
| 30 | In its wisdom , the Community felt able to do that for the Iberian peninsula a few years ago and it would be right and proper for it to do something analogous for the central European countries . |