Example sentences of "for at [adv] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most of the remainder , Hitler stood for at least some things they admired , and for many had become the symbol and embodiment of the national revival which the Third Reich had in many respects been perceived to accomplish . |
| 2 | However , journeys for information and for social contacts form a substantial part of daily activity for all people , and the telephone could become a substitute for at least some journeys and reduce the need for direct personal contact . |
| 3 | The lambing season can be frought with difficulty , but thanks to the lambing bank there 's a happy ending for at least some orphans . |
| 4 | Confusingly , parents were advised to do X ; then , after perhaps a generation X was out , it was best to do Y. Nowadays we can rely on research studies for at least some evidence about the desirability and effectiveness of this or that approach , and about the influence of certain styles of parenting on the child 's development and wellbeing . |
| 5 | However , if this holist conception is to provide a standard for at least some explanations within the social sciences , and if it is to avoid the difficulties discussed in Part II , it is obvious that it will need to be greatly refined and elaborated . |
| 6 | This Suggests that , for at least some people , labour market activity is characterised by a pattern of working in short-term jobs punctuated by spells of unemployment . |
| 7 | For at least some people of the first generation , Creole has symbolic value as a language of black identity , and those individuals may try to maintain their " Caribbeanness " by keeping their speech as close to Creole as possible . |
| 8 | He seemed unaware that he was thereby announcing the demise of his own service , and indeed for at least some years entertained the illusion that he was not . |
| 9 | But even if this were possible a substantial number of lone parents ( about 300,000 on current figures ) would continue to be reliant on the state for at least some period while caring for their children . |
| 10 | By the third century it became common for at least some clergy in at least some places to wear either white or black — black being the more penitential . |
| 11 | The isolation of SSRP1 purely on the basis of its shape recognition properties argues for at least some combination of structure and sequence recognition for this family of proteins ( 11 , 36 ) . |
| 12 | Similar remarks can be made for at least some examples of metaphor . |
| 13 | Given that he 'd stay under water in a seaway for at least some weeks , the face would be more or less unrecognisable even if he were washed ashore somewhere later on . |
| 14 | For at least some categories of worker the terms are , synonymous . |
| 15 | That there should be a chance for at least some children to learn Latin , not as a part of ‘ classical studies ’ , but essentially as a branch of linguistic studies , seems to me a benefit that schools should strive to preserve . |