Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [adv] for the " 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 So are nan and granddad totally for the idea and everything and moving now ?
3 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 .
4 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 " .
5 I 'm real relieved when I see that , and head straight for the gap .
6 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 .
7 Wynne-Jones 's knowledge of the woodland realm was far too useful for them simply to abandon him and race furiously for the north .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 But leaving days full of activity and sunshine aside for the moment , what makes this hamlet one of our favourites is the atmosphere .
11 Jessica settled for the food , over which they lingered , rounding it all off with cognac , armagnac and calvados just for the hell of it .
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