Example sentences of "for [adj] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For teachers and other educators therefore the effectiveness of the library 's retrieval system is a matter of concern , and for some of them the way in which the retrieval system forces the enquirer to conceptualize his need is in itself a matter for educational as well as bibliothecal decision . |
| 2 | We have grown used to some kind of safety net , extended beneath us in Western countries , even if for some of us the holes seem to be getting bigger by the day . |
| 3 | They have disposed of the different regimes relevant to the different kinds of legacies , and they have adopted for all of them the rule applying to trusts . |
| 4 | For all of them the lungs push air through a narrow opening where it causes friction of various kinds . |
| 5 | For all of them the story of the Incarnation interprets and orders all possibilities of human experience . |
| 6 | For all of them the Passion focuses the terrifyingly destructive forces in human nature and signals the one way by which they are to be rendered ultimately ineffective — a way not isolated in history , but constantly repeated by means of the game of faith . |
| 7 | And it is significant that for many of them the beacon light is Britain — yes , Margaret Thatcher 's Britain . ’ |
| 8 | It eats into their profits and for many of them the only good rabbit is a dead one . |
| 9 | However , for many of them the £1,500-£2,000 cost per head of attending courses can no longer be recovered by using the hours saved to boost fees . |
| 10 | As Table 2.1 shows the degree of dependence for small firms increases substantially when we recognize that for many of them the bulk of their orders come from a narrow range of just two or three customers . |
| 11 | For many of us the practice was sternly discouraged in our childhood and , without doubt , many of us still feel embarrassed or ashamed by our own " indulgence " . |
| 12 | ‘ For many of us the natural beauty of much of Dyfed 's countryside remains undisputed , though few people nowadays accept that this will always be so , regardless of economic or other pressures , ’ said Mr Bown . |
| 13 | For one of them the reason may lie no deeper than an ignorance of who God is , with all his Father 's love as the Bible and Jesus reveal him . |
| 14 | Thus , for both of them the theory of forms excluded all possibility of evolution . |
| 15 | For both of them the landscape in which they now stood was quite unrelated to any of this . |
| 16 | With a deep , reassuring certainty Gina knew that for both of them the rhapsody of love was only just beginning . |
| 17 | For most of them the ‘ arena , was formed just by swinging a huge articulated truck across one end of the street . |
| 18 | For most of them the beginning of grammar school represented a sharp break from the familiarities of the neighbourhood primary school . |
| 19 | Many , particularly from The Times and Sunday Times , had been on the papers in Gray 's Inn Road and Printing House Square all their working lives , and for most of them the strike was about more than trade-union principles . |
| 20 | For most of them the railway symbolized dispossession and in some cases the collapse of their traditional economies . |
| 21 | For most of them the day 's duties were over . ’ |
| 22 | The hall is surrounded by 30,000 people and for most of them the state housing and welfare system is a failure . |
| 23 | Many people find it hard to counter the argument of ‘ people before buildings ’ that the Church puts forward , even though for most of us the visible presence of a church — whether still in religious use or not — is an important and reassuring symbol of faith to all who pass by . |
| 24 | Many professional travellers say that there is nowhere left to travel , but for most of us the old maxim that anywhere is new if you have not been there before , is true , and there are plenty of places left to escape to . |
| 25 | For most of us the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the uphill battle to avoid a downhill slide is one of the hardest challenges in a sport where yesterday was a long time ago . |
| 26 | For most of us the mental picture of an experiment goes back to school laboratories . |
| 27 | For most of us the intervening year has added another milestone to the many we have already passed . |
| 28 | But for the last fifty years or so for most of us the experience of the church has been declined and closer and reducing number of people with dog collars . |