Example sentences of "and [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farming families worked hard and long for scanty remuneration , and it is difficult indeed to see them as beneficiaries of the government 's development policy . |
| 2 | I think it is important for trade unionists to realise this , so they know their fellow trade unionists are sitting on these appeal panels to try to ensure justice is done , and not for financial gain . |
| 3 | Citrine was happy to tell them , in the traditional ( if somewhat imprecise ) formula , that the industry was now to be operated in the national interest and not for private gain . |
| 4 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 5 | The proposals are intended as a package and not for piecemeal negotiation . |
| 6 | In consequence , Secretaries of State tended to look elsewhere within the Ministry and elsewhere for impartial advice . |
| 7 | Inferring the function of what is said by considering its form and context is an ability which is essential for the creation and reception of coherent discourse and thus for successful communication . |
| 8 | ( Of course , if the power is evil it is quite likely to be wielded by a female and just for good measure she is likely to be ugly . ) |
| 9 | The heavy hand of a resident father would probably not have stopped him being suspended from school three times , once for smoking , once for swearing and once for self-confessed vandalism ( breaking a rival basketball team 's scoreboard because they played dirty , for which he took a part-time job to pay for the damage ) . |
| 10 | RAP30 has been reported to contain a sequence homologous to region 1b and 2 of σ factors of bacteria , which has been shown to be a binding site for the core component of E.coli RNA polymerase and possibly for mammalian RNA polymerase II ( 19,40 ) . |
| 11 | That parishes seek to co-operate closely with local schools , partly for the recruitment of children for music in church and partly for mutual support in the music education of children ( 605 , 615–618 ) . |
| 12 | If your food and drink supplies you with exactly enough fuel to maintain your body 's activities ( the energy required to keep the vital functions going , and also for muscular work ) then you will stay at a constant weight . |
| 13 | Scholars in the humanities , like researchers in other subjects , make use of computers for word-processing , for cataloguing the books in their departmental libraries , and also for desk-top publishing . |
| 14 | A JOYFUL collision of sounds and vibes , influences and attitude , uptown trains and downtown nights , this album knows the score , and also for good measure , what time it is . |
| 15 | For example , I plan to use it ( with Quatek 's permission ) for logging divers ' heart rates and breathing rates , and also for underwater navigation as part of a research programme at Loughborough University . |
| 16 | In 1605 it began trading at Surat , which was convenient for the Persian trade already developed by the Muscovy Company and also for diplomatic contact with the Moghul capital at Agra . |
| 17 | Most women who have come , either as mums or as mums-to-be , have found the group useful for social & emotional support and also for practical swapping of ideas and solutions for the minor and not so minor problems we all have as new mums . |
| 18 | Most women who have come , either as new mums or as mums to be , have found the group useful for social & emotional support and also for practical swapping of ideas and solutions for the minor and not so minor problems we all have as new mums . |
| 19 | The same Unit ( SPRU ) carried out a later study ( Martin , Irvine & Crouch 1985 ) which involved using research indicators for scientific choice , as earlier defined , for international comparisons , and also for institutional choice between competing UK research groups in two different research fields — Ocean Current studies , and Protein Crystallography . |
| 20 | The characteristics are approximated by the sinusoidal functions : The effect of exciting a pair of phases together is shown in Fig. 3.6(b) where the peak static torque is improved by a factor of 1–4 over one-phase-on excitation — For phases A and B excited by positive current the total torque is : and similarly for other phase combinations . |
| 21 | A Compact , though , provides great potential for making the curriculum more realistic and relevant and hence for improving student motivation . |
| 22 | All reviews need to be recorded on the file and centrally for future reference and particularly for file audits . |
| 23 | The surveys confirmed what public librarians know from practical experience — that reservation pressure comes mainly from a small minority of users , and mainly for new fiction and non-fiction titles reviewed in the Sunday and daily newspapers . |
| 24 | In each case the land has been exploited far beyond its true potential — out of dire necessity during the Wars , and now for blind greed and short-term gain resulting in vast surpluses which can not be eaten or sold . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , museums were among the first scientific institutions to receive direct government support for science , and particularly for scientific research . |
| 26 | If the amount passes the test of s 11(4) , then that amount is all that the party in breach can reasonably be expected to pay , however much loss the other party suffers , and even for total failure to perform caused by wilful default . |
| 27 | In particular , the group discussions we held show that at the extremes of poverty and limited awareness , credit can become too heavy a burden for the family budget and even for emotional stability . |
| 28 | The Trusts , with their concern for public access and amenity , and increasingly for conservation-conscious farming and forestry , as well as for the protection of wildlife , will ensure that large areas of land are maintained to high standards of conservation . |
| 29 | It was used for political obligations such as taxes and fines , for reward and increasingly for ordinary market exchange . |
| 30 | Local authorities were now permitted to buy land , simply and expeditiously for certain planning purposes , notably in areas of extensive war damage , and areas of bad layout and obsolete development . |