Example sentences of "and for [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this is a time for shedding illusions and for staking up such relative certainties as exist . |
| 2 | But Bakker in reply says cartilage is in fact better for absorbing shocks and for building up hydrostatic pressure . |
| 3 | Higher quality printers should be acquired for the heavy-duty work involved in printing out student theses in the third year , and for printing out graphic output from garden design software , which should be purchased from 1993/94 . |
| 4 | For stirring the topsoil without inverting it , and for breaking down half-rotted turf and clods , a wide range of cultivators is available . |
| 5 | For a start , you need a bricklaying trowel for spreading the mortar bed in which each course of bricks or blocks is laid , for buttering mortar on to the end of each brick before you place it , and for trimming off excess mortar afterwards . |
| 6 | He claimed the centre is structured to provide the necessary balance for training and for carrying out economic evaluations of medicines . |
| 7 | The rationale for school self-evaluation is that the most effective means of improving the quality of the education provided by schools is to give them the responsibility for reviewing their own performance and for carrying out any reforms which seem necessary in consequence . |
| 8 | At the heart of this home is the fire — alight for cooking , warmth , and for warding off wild animals . |