Example sentences of "for [pers pn] and the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in a group of 20 or 30 youngsters from the least successful socio-economic background , who have the least going for them and the smallest incomes , the chances are that there will be a greater number of smokers . |
| 2 | The good for them and the good for society can not be separately assessed . |
| 3 | But one thing that I would share with you and it 's this , is that whenever the friends of Jesus eat and drink together they remember him his sacrificial love for them and the wonderful gift of freedom that he has made possible . |
| 4 | ( 1986 ) and Morgan Klein ( 1985 ) describe convincingly the conflict which young people in residential care experience between longing for their parents to provide for them and the growing realisation that this may only ever be partial . |
| 5 | It must be like loving someone from afar only to have them turn to us one day , recognizing the love we have held for them and the secret things we have done for them , and returning our love with their own . |
| 6 | The more security you have , the more of a challenge it is for them and the more of a thrill they get if they get away with it . |
| 7 | For me and the growing number of cavers and potholers , the fascination of Ingleborough is centred on the band of limestone at and below mid-height . |
| 8 | Levi , in gratitude to Jesus , gave a party for him and the other disciples , to which a number of Levi 's friends were invited . |
| 9 | Spencer was only caught after his victim went scouring the streets of the city looking for him and the other attackers . |
| 10 | The turning point for him and the Soviet Union came in nineteen eighty five , when he succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as the General Secretary ; within one year , he 'd begun in earnest his reform programme , familiarising the world as well as his fellow Soviet citizens with words such as peristroika and glasnost . |
| 11 | It was too large for her and the wide sleeves of limp cotton hung from her freckled arms like rags thrown over a stick . |
| 12 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
| 13 | But little Sylvia had no thoughts of money ; she was delighted with the cake and jelly and with the child-sized table and chair her father had made for her and the knitted doll from her mother . |
| 14 | The same autograph-hunting crowds wait for her and the same bland interviewers are at hand to ask the same repetitive questions for TV , radio , newspaper or magazines . |
| 15 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 16 | The British people will pay for it and the foreign speculators will profit from it . |
| 17 | The £45,000 does n't seem a lot today , but in 1968 it was a huge sum for us and the annual repayments of £3,500 were an enormous burden upon the struggling K & WVR in the late '60s and early '70s . |