Example sentences of "this [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it illustrates once more how throughout his reign , in spite of his personal adherence to so many of the attitudes and ideas of the Enlightenment , he was turning Prussia 's energies and attention to the East , with all that this implied for the future . |
| 2 | This accounted for the distrust felt for Great Britain in more autocratic states . |
| 3 | Wainfleet had not avoided the slur that Wickham was giving more attention to his private life than his professional and this accounted for the lack of progress in apprehending MacQuillan 's killer . |
| 4 | France 's League of Nations mandate extended across Syria and Lebanon , just as the British mandate encompassed Palestine , Transjordan and Iraq — with all the consequences this held for the future . |
| 5 | However , it is fair to conclude that town planning practice had not yet made any significant contribution in Britain to dealing with traffic question ; this remained for the future . |