Example sentences of "for the variety " in BNC.

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1 Mademosielle Sagan was celebrated for the variety of her partners and for driving fast sports cars in bare feet as an example of the free life .
2 The flat , just across the corridor from the School of Modern Languages , was something of a crucible for the variety of aspiring hopefuls and creative folk who occasionally called on the recluse .
3 Policy and practice have to allow for the variety of possibilities as no blanket approach can respond to diverse needs and preferences .
4 Perhaps more than any other group of molluscs the gastropods are remarkable for the variety and beauty of the external sculpture on the shell , which may be covered with a delicate tracery of ribs and lines , or stout spines , or fine prickles .
5 The others followed , all of the same murderous breed , twenty killers to be let loose on the tiny defenceless country which Trent had learnt to love for its simplicity and innocence as much as for the variety of its natural beauty .
6 For the variety of medicines now available to the doctor allow him to relieve the pain , distress , or even agony which could prompt a consideration of euthanasia .
7 On Christmas Eve there was a party for the Variety folk .
8 In effect , therefore , we stop acquiring any new skills and this may mean we risk having too narrow a repertoire of skills to equip us adequately for the variety of people-situations we are likely to encounter .
9 Theresa Berkley ( she of the brothel famous for the variety of its flagellation equipment ) called her ‘ The reviver of erotic literature in the present century ’ .
10 Different ages , different ways of life … reasons enough for the variety of co-ordinated options we have to offer at Allied .
11 Best known of the eastern glens , with a deserved reputation for the variety and beauty of its landscapes , is Glen Affric , a long straight cutting through the mountains that provides a connecting link between east and west for travellers on foot .
12 Fortunately , the bias against other accents and dialects has waned in recent years and today they are appreciated for the variety they bring to the language .
13 for the variety of reasons , but I think what 's obviously important is if there is any more date arranging going on
14 As for the variety of circumstances to which we are exposed , the Spirit works with us in them all , and his aim is to promote our good .
15 This would cater for the variety of children that exist .
16 Such a procedure was well advanced against President Richard Nixon in 1974 for the variety of criminal offences known collectively as ‘ Watergate ’ , when he pre-empted the process by resigning — the first American president to do so .
17 In East Africa , travellers were advised to watch out for the variety of indigenous ‘ types ’ to be seen at railway stations , from the Islamic , partly Arabized , Swahili of the coast , to the Kamba and Kikuyu of the interior , and then , a special treat , the magnificent Masai , bearing their shields and spears in a sadly peaceable demonstration of subjection , before reaching the Nilotic peoples of the shore of Lake Victoria .
18 Indeed , they can account for the variety and juxtaposition of rocks in a rather more detailed way than the above outline suggests .
19 Tetley Tea is sponsoring the Henry Cooper Golf Classic at Hanbury Manor , Hertfordshire , as the climax to its £500,000 appeal for the Variety Club , famous for helping needy children .
20 The project attempts to account for the variety of economic strategies fishermen have adopted through an examination of their behaviour as entrepreneurs , employers and employees .
21 It is possible to study for an honours degree in Italian , or for the variety of joint honours degrees set out at the beginning of the Arts section ( with another modern European language , for example , or with a number of other Arts subjects , or with Business Studies ) , and Italian may also be taken as a major or minor part of the MA(General) and the MA ( General Honours ) .
22 I suppose these two blind crabs of mine should be grateful for the variety that my work involves .
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