Example sentences of "[subord] for their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These highly intelligent androids , perfect except for their total inability to think creatively , had devised a super robot which they intended should lead them . |
| 2 | except for their normal purposes , to hold |
| 3 | As stated , Rule 1 inhibits nomination of a circular network of packages ; therefore , to allow deletion of such networks , Rule 1 is relaxed where all members of a circular network would be nominated except for their mutual dependence . |
| 4 | His books are still read , though more now for the nostalgia they generate than for their real-world relevance . |
| 5 | They must exercise their powers in the interests of the exchange , rather than for their own benefit . |
| 6 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 7 | General practitioners ' threshold for visiting is probably lower for patients on lists that they cover than for their own patients . |
| 8 | But for their beleaguered manager , Liam Brady , it could mean much more , such as keeping his job . |
| 9 | Practitioners of such technically adept management , the new ‘ professional managers ’ of United States business schools , have recently been lambasted both for their failure to conceive strategies and to implement them as well as for their systematic choice of self-defeating strategies ( Hayes and Abernathy , 1980 ; see also Hayes and Wheelwright , 1984 ; Hayes et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | As for their outer selves , the differences between these men and past generations are also apparent . |
| 11 | As for their differing gifts , well , they were God 's gifts to them , and no reason for pride . |
| 12 | From their ranks today will come the senior teachers of AD 2000 , so it is crucial for education , as well as for their own well-being , that this group is preserved from the fates of burn-out and cynicism . |
| 13 | There was no covert there larger than an acre or two and they had been placed as much for their scenic effect as for their game-preserving role . |