Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the honourable exception of this last case , the homogeneously broadened laser has so far proved a fertile field for instability and chaos only for the theorist . |
| 2 | Below Harry Dodson taking gardenia and stephanotis out for an airing , backed by a hedge of oldfashioned sweet peas |
| 3 | So are nan and granddad totally for the idea and everything and moving now ? |
| 4 | All about Keswick he had noticed gangs of men building the giant reaches of drystone walls enclosing even the highest fell-land , the better to take advantage of grain prices in the war ; gangs of men working the woods , as charcoal-burners , swill-makers , coppice-workers , plain woodmen ; and , as here , men in the high mines — men spread all over the landscape , bondmen of industry , all living out near their workplace , turf huts and teepees scattered abroad , excluded from society throughout the week of their work and let into its comforts and pleasure only for a brief Saturday night escape . |
| 5 | The gathering momentum of clericalism under the Carolingians can be seen from the fact that while Alcuin still addressed his learning in many ways to the laity , his pupil Hrabanus Maurus , abbot of Fulda , wrote the De Institutione Clericorum , a compendium of theology and law exclusively for the clergy . |
| 6 | Tin U's remarks , made during a visit by a group of SLORC ministers to the northern city of Mandalay , included a warning of action against people " who attack SLORC and create instability and unrest just for the sake of getting power for their party " , including public servants who were " deceiving " the government by engaging in " political intrigue " . |
| 7 | I 'm real relieved when I see that , and head straight for the gap . |
| 8 | In short , an attack on all cultural derivations of the censoring , criticizing , evaluating superego and , fundamentally , an assault on its most precious and primitive prohibition , that against incest — the ultimate limit , barrier and restraint both for the individual and the culture . |
| 9 | Wynne-Jones 's knowledge of the woodland realm was far too useful for them simply to abandon him and race furiously for the north . |
| 10 | Protect from birds with nets , and water regularly for a large , juicy crop of strawberries . |
| 11 | A defence lawyer said : ‘ It is apparent she was asked to go along to give the appearance of a young man and woman out for an evenings drive . |
| 12 | Most of us , the slim as well as the overweight , have uttered that plaintive wail : ‘ Oh , I should n't have done it ! ’ , as we pat our far from comfortable stomachs after a particularly tempting feast , like Christmas dinner , and stagger off for the Rennies . |
| 13 | The inhabitants of the closes and the tenements had headed for the high ground , leaving the trams and turmoil behind for the mist , the heather , and a good brew-up in the but and ben . |
| 14 | But leaving days full of activity and sunshine aside for the moment , what makes this hamlet one of our favourites is the atmosphere . |
| 15 | Jessica settled for the food , over which they lingered , rounding it all off with cognac , armagnac and calvados just for the hell of it . |
| 16 | He licked his lips , rubbed his right index finger and thumb together for a couple of seconds and held Prentice 's foot steady with his left hand . |