Example sentences of "that for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is now a considerable literature on the public schools , none of which unfortunately comes to grips with what seems , with respect to the subject of this book , to be perhaps the central issue : the fact that for a hundred years , from the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth , the British governing classes were educated in an atmosphere which combined the toleration of a merciless brutality with perpetual exhortations to be good . |
| 2 | A wheel designed just to go on turning , never stopping , so that for a hundred years with a hundred more to follow , she had been coming out of this cottage doorway , carrying her carpet-bag , filling her lungs with this damp , sooty air which had started to make Liam cough , reminding herself — as one simply had to do — to be thankful for such mercies as came her way , however small . |
| 3 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 4 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 5 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 6 | By the end , we find that for every 184 writs that were issued in 1989 , one case was determined by trial . |
| 7 | This means that for every 100 units of energy in the coal which heats the boiler that makes the steam that drives the turbo generator only 30 units of energy in the form of electricity are produced . |
| 8 | In fairness it should be added that for the female guests the question of rooms was as much an affair of space as of rank , since many arrived with anything up to 25 pieces of luggage , clear proof that at Compiègne , unlike Fontainebleau , style played a primary role . |
| 9 | Figure 3 shows that for the nine patients as a group , there was a linear relation between the mean plasma gastrin during infusion of G17 plotted on a log scale and the mean acid output at each of the G17 doses . |
| 10 | A ‘ hard case ’ — and I am not disputing that for the Bland parents it is indeed a very hard case — has been found which can , and I believe will , be skilfully exploited to justify the ‘ dignified ’ removal of a subtly-expanding range of people who will be deemed to be living lives which are below some ‘ expert 's ’ criterion of an acceptable standard . |
| 11 | It has therefore frequently been maintained that for the ancient Hebrews time was a unidirectional linear process extending from the divine act of creation to the ultimate accomplishment of God 's purpose and the final triumph , here on earth , of the chosen people , Israel . |
| 12 | ‘ For me , being single-minded meant that for the eight months of the racing season every other aspect of my life was put on hold , ’ Vitor began , ‘ apart from the construction company . |
| 13 | argue that for the social sciences a key research priority should also be an improved understanding of the deep-rooted social and instinctive relationships and processes to which the conscious aspects of the mind are subjected . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 15 | He begins by summarising that for the obvious reasons of inaccessibility and defences , the peoples who reside among mountains are the last to be conquered : he progresses to consider similarly-caused impediments to civilisation : he deduces the part remoteness plays in the preservation of ancient languages . |