Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first two decades of its existence it was one of many organisations which argued insistently for the creation of National Parks . |
| 2 | Nigel bought a pulley , and the offending object was banished — hoisted skywards , where it hung immobile except when lowered , which became mainly for the amusement of visiting children who nevertheless were informed that any bad behaviour would be punished by hauling them up twenty-five feet into space and leaving them . |
| 3 | Unions were viewed as monopolistic combinations of labour which catered mainly for the interests of those of their members who were in employment at the expense of the unemployed . |
| 4 | The school was an amiable establishment in Somerset which existed largely for the daughters of service and diplomatic families , whose fees were subsidised by the services to ensure that the scions of the officer class need not be tainted by cheek-by-jowl association with the children of other ranks . |
| 5 | Despite the reservations about the scheme of the BMA , which spoke mainly for the consultant élite of the profession , less prosperous GPS flocked to join the ‘ panels ’ . |
| 6 | This was held in place by a groove in the bottom of the door jamb which projected slightly for the purpose . |
| 7 | a body with branches in various parts of Britain which agitated strongly for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act of 1778 . |
| 8 | It was normal practice for Rome to establish buffer states on her frontiers in the form of client kingdoms , an arrangement which held only for the lifetime of the chosen ruler . |