Example sentences of "for [det] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the trouble is yeah if you do push , if you do go for that the other side cos you just sort of push them into the |
| 2 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 3 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 4 | Foreign capital accounted for half the new capital in industry between 1909 and 1913 , and on the eve of the war 47 per cent of the joint-stock capital in Russian industry was foreign owned . |
| 5 | Before unification , small to medium-sized firms employing generally less than 500 workers accounted for half the Federal Republic 's GDP and employed two thirds of its workforce . |
| 6 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 7 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 8 | In these cities it was not unusual for half the working population to be jobless , while the wages of those in work — including professional footballers — fell . |
| 9 | Yes especially cos you do n't know what it 's for half the bloody time , she does n't know where she is . |
| 10 | Or can I take out my own policy for half the mortgaged sum , or £50,000 ? |
| 11 | For some the Second World War was a time of extensive travel with tours of duty in , for example , North America or India presenting novel opportunities and providing the determination and individual confidence to repeat the experience in peace-time . |
| 12 | For some the best strategy is nine children ; for others it may be one or two . |
| 13 | For some the internal growth of firms is held to be the dominant force , with merger activity playing a distinctly secondary role [ Prais , 1976 ; Hart and Clarke , 1980 ] , whilst others hold that the opposite is the case [ Hannah and Kay , 1977 ] . |
| 14 | For some the only problem encountered with dogs is getting the brown stuff out of their outsoles , but dogs are clearly more of a pest than this , if our postbag is anything to go by . |
| 15 | Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts . |
| 16 | For some the solar challenge is a flat out race … for others it 's a a journey of discovery … take the team of schoolgirls from Adelaide … they 've built their car in class and have just passed their driving tests one of the girls says … she 's learnt lots and lots about the car and she did n't realise it was such a big event |
| 17 | for some the high cost of machinery could not be justified when only relatively small areas were being cropped and contractors were not readily available . |
| 18 | Stacking the stooks proved a popular attraction for visitors to the farm , although for some the whole process seemed rather baffling . |
| 19 | For this the prime condition is diplomasi . |
| 20 | While the rest of America has to make do with a fridge full of beer and a chair at screen-side , the two participating cities are permitted a temporary suspension of reason for this the first Bay Bridge Series . |
| 21 | For many this was our first experience with firing live ammunition and also anti-tank weapons , and for this the disused pit of Rugby 's was used , and when some proficiency was obtained we were allowed to use the ranges at Milton near Gravesend . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , for all the tousled-haired trickery of Ziober and Roman Kosecki on the flanks , and the delicate midfield skills of Tarasiewicz , the Poles had a tendency to waste possession by shooting from ludicrous range . |
| 23 | But for all the attempted value and variety of their pop it can sound obvious and predictable , just like Gang Of Four sometimes do . |
| 24 | For all the earthy language and talk of struggles to come , it sounded more like community singing in a bomb-shelter than a call to arms . |
| 25 | Thus , for all the vast growth in the range of government activities — which has meant that civil servants have effectively been making major business decisions on the allocation of resources — the Treasury made little attempt to devise fundamentally new and appropriate methods of training and re-training [ Fulton Report , 1968 ; Chapman and Greenaway , 1980 ] . |
| 26 | First , for all the vast span of time of the Triassic , only a few faunas are known ; there must be many others that we do not know about . |
| 27 | For all the contrived patrician , grouse-moor image , his style perhaps owed more to his American than to his Arran forbears . |
| 28 | Also I would like to say Joshua Galvin , for all the unsung work he has done in British hairdressing ’ . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , for all the gloomy talk of tight budgets and an end to City lunches , the London firms managed to shrink their costs in 1990 by a mere 3% — less than Wall Street managed . |
| 30 | After the broadcast finished Mary and I thanked Joelle for coming on the programme and being a target for all the anti-French feeling flying around at the time . |