Example sentences of "[subord] for the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The books are sold in Africa , Singapore , Hong Kong — almost everywhere that British O levels are taught , except for the Caribbean for which there are special editions . |
| 2 | Too late she saw that — about a fraction of a second after seeing Luke Denner naked , except for the briefest of underpants , standing in front of a wardrobe , pulling a pair of jeans from a hanger . |
| 3 | He managed to connect all the moves except for the last in one push and doubtless would have succeeded given more time . |
| 4 | The statistics in the report will enable all firms , except for the 400 with over eleven partners , to compare their own systems with firms of a similar size . |
| 5 | With ( AT ) 5 GC(AT) 5 ( Figure 2e ) all the ApT sites are cut at about 20% of the central GC , except for the ApT on the 5'-side of the centre which is cleaved at 60% of the GC . |
| 6 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 7 | For farm workers the North–South divide continued , indeed it probably worsened , and countrywide averages are no more helpful than for the 1760 to 1790 period . |
| 8 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
| 9 | As for the second of those preconditions , whether the act done at the request of the promisor raises an implication of promised remuneration or other return is simply one of the construction of the words of the contract in the circumstances of its making . ’ |
| 10 | As for the first of these concepts , we have seen that to a considerable extent in most schools the project achieved the objective of broadly based participation in devising curriculum-related library plans . |
| 11 | As for the moonie outside the café … |