Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concurrent reading reduced the rate of tapping more for the right than for the left finger . |
| 2 | We may define ‘ egoism ’ as the principle of acting only for the goals to which one inclines from one 's own viewpoint , and suggest two directions from which it might be approached . |
| 3 | Instead of dressing warmly for the elements , the bikers end up at the summit of popular hills dressed like Paul Weller in a Style Council video . |
| 4 | Conflicting reports on Oct. 23 suggested , however , that Schiphol air traffic controllers had in fact erred in advising the pilot to circle Amsterdam instead of heading directly for the airport before making an emergency landing . |
| 5 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
| 6 | … she jumps out of the car and runs ; instead of running efficiently for the fortress like the others , she ‘ ran not looking where she was going ’ and consequently tripped and fell . |
| 7 | Planning policies tend to run behind developments and trends , and all too often the planning machine has given the impression of existing more for the benefit of those who run it ( professionals and politicians ) than those who are served by it . |
| 8 | or if they were going to the university they would n't of gone there for the interview |
| 9 | This is loss of hearing mainly for the high-pitched sounds ; sometimes the low-pitched sounds are little affected . |
| 10 | Another social problem which concerned him was the lack of housing both for the poor and for the tourists . |
| 11 | But if , if if this is the strategy which is being adopted in broadly it is being adopted I mean I 'm , I 'm not just sort of arguing just for the sake of arguing , it is |
| 12 | There was no message from the police captain , and he was on the point of leaving again for the City of Dreams when a rickshaw , its linen sunscreens pulled down around the passenger seat , rushed into the square and stopped by him , blocking his path . |
| 13 | After parting from Madame Gebrec , Melissa returned to the library with the intention of working there for the rest of the afternoon , but time and again she found her mind straying from the accounts of former religious wars and the acts of unbelievable cruelty committed by both sides to the more recent clash of ideologies which , it seemed to her , differed from the old in little but the relative sophistication of the weaponry . |