Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be objected that for a politician to act as a ‘ caretaker ’ might in itself enhance his chances in the subsequent Leadership election , simply by his being seen to fulfil the duties of the office of Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Imagination and reality fused and for a second the sense of foreboding intensified . |
| 3 | At the request of local residents the Parish Council has also asked for street lighting to be installed and for a speed limit to be introduced along part of this road . |
| 4 | His head was shaven but for a topknot . |
| 5 | It could never have been designed but for a revolution that has shaken up one of the world 's oldest industries |
| 6 | It is widely accepted that for a bloom to develop the critical depth must be shallower than the mixed depth . |
| 7 | In the abortive Artois offensive of May 1915 , the attack by Pétain 's Corps at Vimy Ridge was so well prepared that for a moment it seemed as if the whole German front might collapse . |
| 8 | ‘ Micky , you 've said that for a fortnight , and there 's no sign of it happening . |
| 9 | Quentin had said that for a moment Kate had reminded him of Miss Trimm , and for another moment Lavinia imagined that : Kate at eighty-two , passionately involved with God . |
| 10 | I have said that for a student to make a truth claim , whether original or not , the student has to own it . |
| 11 | We have seen that for a reaction to be spontaneous must be positive . |
| 12 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 13 | Now more clouds were being arranged and for a moment he could swear that a shrouded figure was distinguishable , arm outstretched , pointing , accusing , a lamentation of rage . |
| 14 | She continued , ‘ I would have thought that for a man in your position , required to make countless decisions every day , such a weakness would prove to be a considerable handicap . ’ |
| 15 | It is thought that for a house in the high-rate stratum the assets are about four times as great as for one in the low-rate stratum , and that the stratum standard deviation is proportional to the square root of the stratum mean . |
| 16 | Later , it will be shown that for a variety of reasons such students within these departments produce theses which are seldom published , cited , or consulted . |
| 17 | It has been shown that for a chain moving in the melt , over time-scales that greatly exceed the lifetime of the tube τ , a reptation self-diffusion coefficient D rept , can be measured which is inversely proportional to n 2 , i.e. the diffusion law is |
| 18 | It is now proposed that the rarely exercised power of the House to imprison be abolished and for a power for the Commons to impose a fine ( as can the House of Lords ) to be substituted . |
| 19 | When the academies opened their doors to women in 1919 the association changed its curriculum to offer preparatory courses , the drawing teachers ' course was closed and for a while they placed emphasis on the trade-oriented forms , like book-binding which was also started later at the state school . |
| 20 | ‘ … shall not be treated as due to the fault of the person suffering it by reason only that he could have prevented it by fencing ; but [ the defendant ] is not liable … where it is proved that the straying of the livestock on to the land would not have occurred but for a breach by any other person , being a person having an interest in the land , of a duty to fence . ’ |
| 21 | It should be noted that for a person obliged to retire from business because of failing health , the maximum relief can be obtained before the age of 60 ( given a ten year period as director ) . |
| 22 | When he did , his eyes narrowed and for a moment Kelly thought he was going to bound across the room and hit her . |
| 23 | Asterix might never have been born but for a chance meeting in 1951 with another cartoonist , Rene Goscinny , at the Paris offices of a Belgian newspaper syndicate . |
| 24 | However , it is known that for a number of avionic items removed there are a varying number of components which are subsequently diagnosed as ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 25 | As a point of reference it will be assumed that for a supernova collapse the gravitational waves carry off a total energy of in a burst of milliseconds length and at a frequency of about I kHz . |
| 26 | She rode light in the water despite the extra armour-plate around her bridge and forming fences amidships to protect her commando landing parties where they would crouch on her final run but she was carrying a minimum of fuel and water and her guns were gone except for a 12-pounder forward and oerlikons on the bridge wings . |
| 27 | It can not be easily defined except for a willingness to experiment and change direction , a confidence , perhaps , in hesitancy . |
| 28 | He was so tanned that for a moment Helen failed to recognise him . |
| 29 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 30 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |