Example sentences of "for the [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 2 | There 's probably a straightforward explanation for the impossible weariness I feel . |
| 3 | The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit . |
| 4 | Her piercing household face swam across his eyeline , even more changed from its former self than now , and hermetic in its enthusiasm for nursery objects properly researched by child psychiatrists to be fit for the middle-class children who would lose them without a pang . |
| 5 | A provisional timetable has , however , been given for the Government 's review of travel-to-work areas ( used as the basis for the Assisted Areas which are targeted for regional assistance ) . |
| 6 | While the Ibrox club can be thankful for the estimated £4m they will receive in total from participation in the European Champions League , |
| 7 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 8 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 9 | As for the potent brew itself , that wo n't be ready until Christmas . |
| 10 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 11 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 12 | Comparison of the data for the 26 patients who received NIPPV with that of the 30 treated conventionally demonstrated improved survival ( 1 death in 26 vs 9 in 30 ) . |
| 13 | Of course , you may have to provide your own substitute for the impeccable James who serves it . |
| 14 | There was no get-out clause for the gallant crustaceans who , once they had raced for glory were snapped up , popped into the cooking pot and served as ‘ dish of the day ’ by the ship 's chefs . |
| 15 | He is one of Thatcher Tubes ' longest-serving employees , having worked originally for the electrical contracts who wired up the machines when the plant started in 1984 . |
| 16 | For the mutual inductance it is not needed . |
| 17 | Economic circumstances have been poor and for the chemical industry they were absolutely diabolical by the middle of the past year . |
| 18 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
| 19 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
| 20 | This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers . |
| 21 | That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him . |
| 22 | AIB is too small an organisation to have room for the pure academic whose theoretical knowledge may be most profound but whose practical knowledge is limited . |
| 23 | In learning to account for its difference from non-Europe , it also had to account for this supremacy , for the unquestionable success it had had in imposing its hegemony on ‘ inferior ’ cultures . |
| 24 | But it was then , it was from er shop floor that I that the , when the call went out for volunteers for , for the armed forces which initially was called Land Defence Volunteers , L D V , which eventually was broken down to look , duck and vanish army . |
| 25 | The real choice could be enormous , for the geographical reasons we 've discussed . |
| 26 | They were passing through pleasant country — hunting country , she knew , with open tracts of undulating land among the cultivated fields , offering a good many jumps and lengthy runs for the hardy spirits who rode to hounds . |
| 27 | They have a lower level of seats , like the new East Stand , but instead of an upper level of seats they have executive boxes for the assorted reptilia who frequent such places . |
| 28 | We have , just in this fact , an argument that if we had to choose one of the two strategies for the indefinite future we would do better to choose pragmatism , because it is so much more adaptive . |
| 29 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 30 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |