Example sentences of "and for all [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the " Geddes Axe " fell in February 1922 , it proposed cuts in the social services which alienated once and for all the Prime Minister 's last admirers on the left ; moderate Unionists like Stanley Baldwin disliked the Geddes Axe as being too arbitrary and too indiscriminate , but the rest of the party criticized it as too little , too late , and unlikely to be implemented anyway . |
| 2 | 1 He shot down once and for all the established accounts of British politics ; they were " quite wrong " as descriptions and explanations of how things worked . |
| 3 | And for all the lithe elegance of the finale ( not rushed off its feet , as it sometimes is ) I 've heard more pungent , sharper-witted performances , with greater delight in the comical banter of the second theme . |
| 4 | There are no easy answers but maybe a few guidelines as to what might be happening , for Margaret , staring dry-eyed and forlorn into a new day , and for all the other people who have ever had that sort of feeling . |
| 5 | ‘ And for all the other men I killed . ’ |
| 6 | You pay for procedural costs which include postage , telephoning , the preparation of duplicate invoices and further statements , the writing of letters , the arranging of standard follow-ups and for all the other internal procedures necessary when you are not paid . |
| 7 | Getting the slaves across the Atlantic was always a difficult problem for the Royal Africa Company and for all the other traders . |
| 8 | For all the truth of these points , and for all the striking contrasts , military production would appear to function more as a favoured section of the economy than as a separate one . |
| 9 | A general election last Thursday would have settled once and for all the political policies that the country will follow for the next few years . |
| 10 | This was purely business , and for all the jolly camaraderie Kate was aware that most of the men she 'd met this evening had grave reservations about her ability to do her job well now that they 'd seen her . |
| 11 | ZOLA Budd-Pieterse tomorrow sets out to exorcise once and for all the wretched memory of her darkest hours back in Britain five years ago . |
| 12 | But for all Patrick Milligan 's wrath , and for all the constant beatings he administered to Ellie with his thick leather belt , he was unable to break her will . |
| 13 | Thank you Jackie Stewart and Helen , for your tremendous care and kindness , and for all the wonderful Celebrity Challenges that I have always thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 14 | And for all the last minute protests by the Gotha Museum , nothing further has been heard from them . |
| 15 | It gave me a huge appetite and for all the wrong things , ’ she says . |
| 16 | Ravishing experience though that was , we came to it too precipitately , and for all the wrong reasons . |