Example sentences of "and for a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , this view can be criticized for over-stressing the importance of local social relations , and for a rather restricted view of how these relations are translated into policy . |
| 2 | ‘ The churches in eastern Europe now face the great task of contributing to the struggle for stability and for a just social and economic order in their countries , ’ the report said . |
| 3 | For detailed surveys of lowland tundra on Devon Island , northern Canada , see Bliss ( 1977 ) ; for a wide-ranging though equally detailed account of Soviet tundra see Chernov ( 1985 ) , and for a most readable though more general survey of tundra vegetation see Sage ( 1986 ) . |
| 4 | The only discord , at first acquaintance ( and for a very good reason ) is the apparently overlong undercarriage . |
| 5 | And for a very small number of patients it may also avert a psychiatric disorder . |
| 6 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 7 | The report proved that she had known him very well indeed , and for a very long time . |
| 8 | The only sensible response to this , Neil decided ruefully , was to keep hold of the cane , and continue to threaten the bully with it , and for a very short space of time they circled around one another — neither man , it soon became plain , really wishing to do more than threaten . |
| 9 | This theme is developed in detail , for the Lorenz equations , in { 35 } , and for a very different system of equations in { 10 } . |
| 10 | It was believed that the inclusion in the plan of provisions for the use of foreign loans and for a more liberal market policy was the source of the Council of Guardians ' complaint [ see also p. 37333 ] . |
| 11 | Perversely , as it must have seemed to penal reformers , the opportunities offered by borstal training , with its reformative aims , were all too often spurned by young offenders , many of whom preferred a prison sentence to borstal training on the grounds that it was usually shorter and for a more certain period . |
| 12 | For analysing the way in which theological terms like ‘ faith ’ , ‘ grace ’ and ‘ revelation ’ are used in order to undergird the ‘ meaning ’ theist position , and for a more general discussion of the issues , there is a useful collection edited by Basil Mitchell called Faith and Logic . |
| 13 | Figures are shown separately for Interview Style — the rather careful speech used in direct response to the fieldworker 's questions- and for a more spontaneous style not used in response to questions and often not addressing the fieldworker . |
| 14 | A virtue of the postclassical perspective is that , although it too is concerned with differences in individual dispositions towards crime , it allows more readily for changes in such dispositions , and for a more dynamic relationship between them and the situations in which they are likely to be activated . |
| 15 | ‘ Feeling the necessity that exists for a better regulation in the management of our profession and for a more organised system of educating and examining its practitioners , we have condensed in the annexed Petition the principal substance of our wants and to which we most humbly but most anxiously solicit your Lordship 's kind attention ’ . |
| 16 | For a good display , plant them about 100mm ( 4in ) deep , and no more than about 300mm ( 12in ) apart ; and for a more intense show , no more than 150mm ( 6in ) apart — the closer the better , but not touching . |
| 17 | However , because salaries are low in many social services as compared to work in industry , many men are put off , and the employment of married women creates problems that society is not yet willing to face — the need for day nursery accommodation , for example ( which itself creates a further demand for staff ) , and for a more relaxed public attitude towards the working mother . |
| 18 | In particular the various signal sources in the circuit of figure 10.10(a) act independently and for an effectively ideal operational amplifier That is , the circuit of figure 10.10(a) fulfils the role of a scaling adder . |
| 19 | But there was some comfort in the figures for the Government and for an already hard-pressed pound , which could have faced another battering if the deficit had been worse than the expected £1.5billion . |
| 20 | In return , the US negotiators agreed to Japanese demands for action on its spiralling budget deficit , which Japan blamed for excessive US consumer demand and for an excessively strong US dollar . |