Example sentences of "for the [adj] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The catalogues which accompany these events have rather different characters , for although there are entries for the exhibited works in each sort of catalogue , and usually an introduction , historical catalogues often have additional essays . |
| 2 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 3 | Well , if death can ever be glamorous , that , I suppose , is the glamorous side of war casualties , but I think we need to spend the rest of our time very much looking at what it was like for the ordinary people of St Aldate's. erm And here , I apologise for producing a modern slide of Carfax , but I think just to remind you that we are talking about a very busy crowded city area , and erm about a city whose whole aspect was changing during the war . |
| 4 | Philip Weston , who has made steady progress , was named as captain of England Under-19 for the three-match series with Sri Lanka . |
| 5 | James Paul was terribly hurt by the collapse of the N.D.D.S. and although he helped to establish the British Deaf and Dumb Association in 1890 , accepting the position of Treasurer in the first year , he preferred to devote himself to developing the social status and services for the deaf people of Ayrshire . |
| 6 | Unfortunately for the landowning gentry of the Kampot People 's Committee , Kep is likely to remain slightly too exotic for package tour operators in the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | The great Labour party — which brought together militants , because it thought that they knew what they could do for the working people of this country — is scornfully setting democracy aside . |
| 8 | It was a great encouragement to us all to hear David talk of his burden for the young people of Sao Paolo , Brazil . |
| 9 | Its primary purpose is to provide a place for the young people of the Diocese to spend time together to develop their faith and to offer training programmes for those in parishes working with young people . |
| 10 | ‘ I just feel so concerned for the young people of the world . |
| 11 | Now Father Dalby over at All Souls , Bayditch — he organizes dances with this — what d' you call it — Rock and Roll ? — for the young people of his parish on Sunday evenings . |
| 12 | The message for the young people of Oxford : just offer a smile , a word and prayer . |
| 13 | I personally regret it , as you know ; but it is not a matter solely for myself , but for the young people under my care . |
| 14 | Pray for the young people from QP who have been on mission or camp this summer . |
| 15 | It is based on the hope that the fieldworker will provide continuity of care for the young people before and after admission . |
| 16 | European rights are also free for The Complete Geranium by Susan Conder with tips on cultivation and craft ( UK : Collins & Brown ; US : Clarkson N Potter ) and for The Flower Colour Directory by John Dale and Kevin Gunnell , a colour-coded reference guide to garden design and flower arranging ( UK : HarperCollins ; US : Harmony Books ) . |
| 17 | Dan Mason of the Chiswick Polish Company — ‘ Cherry Blossom Polish ’ — was a great benefactor and in 1922 he bought Boston House in Burlington Lake , Chiswick , and had it converted into a club for the female staff of his Company 's factory . |
| 18 | Does he also agree that , although the violence of the provisional IRA and others who claim with no legitimacy to speak for the Irish people as a whole , is sickening , it is equally disgusting , disgraceful and sickening to see those who claim to be loyal to the Unionist cause killing , tit for tat , for no reason other than that people happen to be Catholic ? |
| 19 | In Cardiff , which is the focus for the empirical data in this paper , the public statements followed a similar pattern of support . |
| 20 | Buy feed that is suitable for the smallest fish in the pond . |
| 21 | Havelock Wilson who had , of course , been among those leaders to whom Larkin 's vituperation had been particularly directed , reserved his regrets for the oppressed people of Ireland whose cause had been so ill served by the " blunders and follies " of Larkin who " had such a splendid case , but made such a sorry mess of it , doing everything he ought not to have done and nothing that he ought to " and bringing , by his defeat , comfort to the Irish employers who had nothing good to be said for them at all . |
| 22 | It 's the thought that counts … and when it comes to aid for the beleaguered people of Dubrovnik plenty of thoughts count for a lot . |
| 23 | Jack Steer , who is the spokesperson for the Labour people on education . |
| 24 | The situation is very grim for the innocent people of Somalia . |
| 25 | Had they not supported it when it called for the major means of production to be taken over ? |
| 26 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 27 | Donald Davie has suggested that one reason for the explosion of theory is that it provides ‘ a stamping ground for the innumerable people in departments of English ( also of French , of German , of Classics ) who have energy and intelligence but no literary sensibility . ’ |
| 28 | In this period few lairds could really afford the luxury of complete freedom of action in their politics , for the only means of avoiding ties of obligation , which were nonetheless real for being unspoken , was to refuse to accept any favour . |
| 29 | At last the tide has turned for the unsung aircraft of 1940 . |
| 30 | The survey is part of i if someone commissioned a consulting engineer to do a project , then he would be expected to do the survey , the the the scheme design and the detail design , and the on-site er management type of element for the hundred percent of the scaled fee . |