Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] for [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , tachistoscopic half-field studies with normal subjects suggest that for sinistrals the presence of familial left handedness reduces perceptual asymmetry for non-verbal as for verbal tasks ( Gilbert , 1977 ; Albert and Obler , 1978 ) or shifts the asymmetry in the direction opposite to that for dextrals ( Schmuller and Goodman , 1980 ) . |
| 2 | I appreciate that for justices the obligation to provide a reasoned judgment at the conclusion of an application under the Children Act 1989 is one that no doubt presents all sorts of practical difficulties , but inevitably the period during which they reserve should be kept to the minimum in accordance with the whole philosophy of the Act which seeks to abridge time for procedural steps . |
| 3 | Consider , for example , the following extracts from recorded conversations , where the responses to an utterance indicate that for participants the utterance carried the implications ( or something like them ) indicated in brackets : ( 25 ) A : I could eat the whole of that cake [ implication : " I compliment you on the cake " ] B : Oh thanks ( 26 ) A : Do you have coffee to go ? [ implication : " Sell me coffee to go if you can " ] B : Cream and sugar ? ( ( starts to pour ) ) ( 27 ) B : Hi John A : How 're you doing ? |
| 4 | Alcohol affects women and men differently because of the way their bodies are made , so remember that for women the sensible drinking limits are lower . |
| 5 | Alcohol affects women and men differently because of the way their bodies are made , so remember that for women the sensible drinking limits are lower . |
| 6 | To move from ‘ art ’ to ‘ craft ’ is rather plainly a further contraction , or diminution : and it will be radically misunderstood unless we remember that for Pound the level of craftsmanship ( not just in letters , but in supposedly humbler trades also ) is a register , a thermometer-reading , of the good or ill health of a period or of a society . |
| 7 | Once again , and perhaps to an even greater extent than in his Chopin , you realize that for Cortot the most audaciously romantic piano was invariably an apotheosis of song and dance . |
| 8 | Notice that for convenience the real wage is measured along the horizontal axis and the quantity of labour is measured along the vertical axis . |