Example sentences of "for a variety " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plants for a variety of shades |
| 2 | What you have are groups of people who display superficially similar symptoms for a variety of different reasons . |
| 3 | It 's a question of finding the right sources — like penitentials , books prescribing penances for a variety of sins , of which sexual sins formed the largest category . |
| 4 | It is common practice for a collector wishing to resell works that he owns to do so through the gallery of origin , for a variety of reasons . |
| 5 | The Welsh Office and the Welsh Development Agency were active in extending financial aid for a variety of local causes from advanced factories in decaying mining villages to Welsh-language schools and the Welsh National Opera . |
| 6 | By the time of the Wilson government in 1964 , it was clear that the old confidence in governmental planning was , for a variety of reasons , in some disarray . |
| 7 | They provide welfare support ranging from hospital visits to helping with the completion of applications for financial assistance for a variety of needs , such as rent , gas , electricity , telephone arrears , purchase of essential household equipment , clothing and travel costs to visit sick relatives . |
| 8 | The Hic Mulier figure ( an abstraction ) is a vehicle for a variety of defences of the transvestite , radical and conservative , and there is no good reason , given the genre , to privilege the one over the others as more truthful , more sincere , more representative , or to be dismayed that some of these arguments are incompatible with each other . |
| 9 | Much of this land was uninhabited , and for a variety of reasons ranging from the incidence of tsetse fly to the competing claims of different clans , farmers were reluctant to move into it . |
| 10 | The irrigation schemes in the Sudan , including the Gezira project , provide an example of a case where a poor response from tenant farmers , for a variety of reasons , has consistently dogged the major rehabilitation projects financed by the World Bank and other donors in the early 1980s . |
| 11 | This idea was very widespread in the nineteenth century for a variety of reasons . |
| 12 | Families may be placed high in these hierarchies for a variety of reasons — because they have brought with them the high status they had in their villages , because they have acquired status by helping new families settle here in the fifties and sixties and kept them in a state of perennial obligation , because they have gone up in class and ( as a Sikh woman in Newham told me ) ‘ claim status by pretending to be ultra-devout and criticising others who are less so . ’ |
| 13 | Different foams are sold for a variety of plants and uses . |
| 14 | But , for a variety of reasons , the game failed to gain support . |
| 15 | McLeish nodded , not entirely convinced , but unwilling for a variety of reasons to discourage Catherine . |
| 16 | There were , of course , the inevitable extremists who foresaw the demise of one or other system for a variety of different and often conflicting reasons . |
| 17 | In the sixteen months between Britain 's application and its rejection by de Gaulle , a body of opinion was created in Whitehall and amongst the electorate that looked forward to Britain becoming more closely linked to Europe for a variety of reasons ; one of which was to reduce America 's dominance in the West 's military affairs . |
| 18 | American negotiators have opened the Japanese market for a variety of goods by threatening to let loose the protectionists in Congress . |
| 19 | For a variety of reasons the rule is often breached , but there would be no excuse for missing the deadline with a report which had taken so long to prepare . |
| 20 | The alloy is nevertheless still useful for a variety of purposes . |
| 21 | In addition rituals and procedures are laid down for those who have for a variety of reasons become ‘ unclean ’ , and so have become cut off from the rest of the community . |
| 22 | Yes , we 'll encourage people to stand on their own two feet , but we 'll also seek to aid those who for a variety of reasons need a bit of extra help . |
| 23 | It is in this last capacity that Hitler 's image as perceived by his loyal ‘ following ’ — functioning within the framework of ‘ charismatic politics ’ — played its crucial role , as not only the leaders of Party and State , but those in responsible intermediary positions — whether for ideological reasons or for a variety of careerist or other motives little related in essence to principled hatred of Jews — ‘ read ’ Hitler 's vaguely expressed ‘ intent ’ as a green light for radicalizing actions which developed their own dynamic and momentum . |
| 24 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 25 | Banks are used for a variety of frauds as well as money-laundering . |
| 26 | For a variety of reasons , Bedfordshire presented the most attractive possibilities . |
| 27 | More and more of the public are looking for natural products and the industry could well have considerable untapped markets for a variety of produce . |
| 28 | Dage has introduced an improved version of its disposable user comfort and increased protective coverall , offering enhanced protection for a variety of industrial and commercial applications . |
| 29 | Their long legs allow them to stride through tall vegetation and shallow water to forage for a variety of animal and plant items . |
| 30 | Some subjects , for a variety of reasons , are more expensive than others . |