Example sentences of "something for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
| 2 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 3 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 4 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 5 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 6 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
| 7 | Did something for the common good . |
| 8 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 9 | Can we in the alternative put our case if that is a fait accompli then there must be something for the local communities to be derived from this and therefore we went for protection under one O six agreement as Stewart quite rightly refers to and we also went for the dedication of large areas of the resultant heap for landscaping and for public open space . |
| 10 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 11 | That younger element , are doing something for the local community . |
| 12 | thirty six quid for this thirty six eighty four or something for the local paper . |
| 13 | Something for the whole school |
| 14 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 15 | ‘ It says something for the civilising effect of our upbringing that we can both sit here calmly sharing a meal together when we freely admit to the same deep-seated and violent antipathy . ’ |