Example sentences of "and for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked puzzled and for a better description . |
| 2 | Bristol will increase its contribution to the pursuit of scholarship and research for the benefit of all mankind , for the creation of a better quality of life for our fellow citizens , for a renewed industrial future for our country and for a better understanding of the past and expanded horizons for many who are trapped by lack of opportunity or missed chances in earlier education . |
| 3 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 4 | This group also argued for measures of economic liberalization and for a clearer separation of the Labour Party from the Histadrut trade union organization . |
| 5 | Elected to Parliament in 1885 , Wilson was able to bring pressure to bear on the Liberal Party , both for repeal and for a wider programme of moral reform and social disciplining . |
| 6 | ND argued for more free-market economic policies and deep cuts in government spending , while Pasok and Synaspismos called for the preservation of welfare provisions and for a higher productivity in the public sector . |
| 7 | The models were also approached more closely and for a longer duration when presented with large crests ( female responses : for closest approach , log-likelihood ratio G =63.8 , d.f . |
| 8 | She taught briefly in schools in Liverpool , Oban , and Eastbourne , and for a longer period in Tunbridge Wells , but eventually returned to Inverness to keep house for her invalid father , whom she outlived by only two years . |
| 9 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 10 | Under the Act , persons may be detained for questioning at a police station , without charge , for 36 hours on the police 's own authority , and for a further 60 hours subject to successful application for a magistrate 's order . |
| 11 | For an application to be an application for the renewal of a licence , it must be in respect of premises where there is a licence already in force and for a further grant in the form of that licence . |
| 12 | For half of Oxfordshire teachers , outsiders were not very involved and for a further quarter not involved at all . |
| 13 | The Liberal Democrats , hoping to build upon their recent local election results , and for a larger split in the Conservative vote , arrived for the count in buoyant mood . |
| 14 | As their education and knowledge increase they are pressing more and more each year for better social conditions and for a larger share in the fruits of industry . |
| 15 | L. Trump ( see , for instance , Trump 1966 , and for a later appraisal from a librarian 's viewpoint , Ahlers and Sypert 1969 ) . |