Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his comments ( published with the Report ) Mr Baker agreed that this was appropriate for 7 year olds , but proposed that for 11 year olds greater emphasis should be given to the key skills of reading and writing . |
| 2 | Finch , in a study of preschool playgroups , found that for working class women self help was illusory , because taking turns in looking after other people 's children did not fit in with their life styles or with their aspirations . |
| 3 | Margaret Spear , in a different study from the one reported in this volume , found that for identical work boys were marked higher than girls for supposed understanding of principles , aptitude for science and O level suitability ( Spear , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | We assumed that for each participant the occurrence of short spells followed a Poisson distribution . |
| 5 | But he listened and learnt and for next winter he has harnessed Hollywood-style glamour to make evening wear that really works , adapting his tailoring to sequined , beaded and embroidered jackets of unbelievable opulence . |
| 6 | This planning appeared to have a cyclical character because Beattie 's data showed that for each speaker there were both hesitant and fluent phases following one after the other . |
| 7 | Hill ( 1963 ) showed that for equal phase rigidities , G , the following result holds exactly for any geometry whatever where are the Voigt and Reuss estimates found earlier . |
| 8 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 9 | She silently swore and for good measure swore again . |
| 10 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 11 | ‘ So her father must have been a canon , ’ said Mark , though he felt that for some reason it was the canon 's widow who cut more ice here . |
| 12 | She knew that for some reason it was important for Jasper to have it from her . |
| 13 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 14 | Arrangements were made for regular ‘ round table ’ discussions between representatives of the relevant Committees in both Research Councils , for the regular exchange of information about research planned , commissioned or completed and for continued co-operation where appropriate . |
| 15 | He supposed that for some reason they became rarer in thin fibres and almost non-existent in the very thinnest fibres , perhaps because there was simply no room for them . |
| 16 | He explained that for that patience and courage were needed . |
| 17 | The study by Taubman and Wales of males in the top half of the IQ distribution in the United States concluded that for high school graduates ‘ ability is a more important determinant of the range of income distribution than is education . ’ |
| 18 | Although no empirical data were offered to support the hypothesis , he suggested that for low urgency areas the toleration of tangents would be high , whereas the reverse would be true of high urgency . |