Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 2 | Printed by Imprimeries Réunies , Lausanne , the books are intended for both the general public and scholars . |
| 3 | This new use meant a severe criticism of the earlier knowledge , since Marx believed that the studies he was using had originally been made for exactly the opposite purpose to his ; they had been made in order to justify the oppression which Marx say as the core of the capitalist system . |
| 4 | Their eyes had met for only the briefest moment , but it had seemed like a lifetime . |
| 5 | The artefact 's capacity to separate itself from the immediacy of a relationship embodied in the concept of utility is most evident in the manner in which it is used for precisely the opposite function , that is , to separate the individual from productive activity . |
| 6 | But there is little difference at present between the dates provided for both the early rampart and the wall . |
| 7 | They are generalist carnivores adapted for both the crushing and slicing of food . |
| 8 | He has asked for much the same amount of money , divided up in the same way : two-thirds of the money to criminal-enforcement efforts , one-third to treatment . |
| 9 | In fact , these powers were not so extraordinary by local standards ; Russia 's reformers have asked for much the same . |
| 10 | Some argue that cheap imports are a waste of money — others say widely differing prices are being charged for exactly the same product and that suppliers which criticise imported cutlery often stock it themselves . |
| 11 | For the wealthy , the Act for Burying in Woollen imposed but another expense , as £5 was but a small price to pay so as not to be buried in a material proscribed for even the lowliest rustic . |
| 12 | Charges have also been advocated for precisely the opposite reason . |
| 13 | The approval of the Spanish Government will be required for both the Architectural Project and the final acceptance of the refurbishment . |
| 14 | Left panel : Transgenic lines were established for both the -300 and -55 human NF-L promoter deletions . |
| 15 | The change involved no religious problems because the larger colony had been launched for much the same reasons : a number of Puritans , of whom the largest single group came from East Anglia , had formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and obtained a charter to settle there in a firm determination to cut themselves off from England and the elements of Roman Catholicism they detected in the Church of England . |