Example sentences of "for [adj] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individuality counts for little as the nurse in the antenatal clinic brightly calls us ‘ Mother ’ , and the doctor treats us as if we were half-witted . |
| 2 | The ‘ individualism ’ at issue here is , of course , enmeshed in bourgeois categories ; but , in its own way , it seems no more ‘ crippled ’ for that than the different but equally ‘ bourgeois ’ individualism of a Schoenberg . |
| 3 | He was on bail for that when the Ashdown break-in at a London office was committed . |
| 4 | ‘ I think they can make a much more plausible case for this than the invasion of Grenada [ in 1983 ] or the Dominican Republic in the Sixties , ’ said an American university law professor , Mr Robert Goldman . |
| 5 | There is a particular need for this if the school programme concentrates on reading-scheme materials that do not offer the narrative , emotional , or language rewards of ‘ real ’ books . |
| 6 | I note that the C E C is opposing this , but I feel that maybe they 've missed the points and the branch should actually take some responsibility for this because the wording could be better , we concede that point . |
| 7 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 8 | Occasions occurred for this when the manager was sacked and when the admission charges were put up . |
| 9 | Thereafter it monitors the quality of the incoming electrical supply , smoothing out peaks and troughs and cutting in for real if the power cuts out completely . |
| 10 | The Famous Grouse , like all the 1991 World Cup sponsors , had a first refusal option included in their contract ; in other words they are asked to make a bid for 1995 before the marketing agent goes to the open market . |
| 11 | Surrey , set a target of 241 to win in 47 overs , slumped to 69 for three before the weather put paid to the visitors ' hopes . |
| 12 | In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved . |
| 13 | Bradley Dredge , last year 's beaten finalist , also looked poised for a 67 after a run of five straight birdies to the 11th on Dunluce , but happily settled for 69 as the wind reduced the 17th to a drive and short iron , but put the 18th out of range for everybody . |
| 14 | These are quite separate issues , and although it may be administratively convenient for the inspector to designate the interest on the MIRAS loan only as tax deductible for 1990/91 because the original loan was £30,000 , he is quite wrong . |
| 15 | In a day that saw 100 minutes of playing time lost , first to crowd trouble and then to the weather , Wasim Akram finished with five for 101 after the tourists had gone from 181 for three overnight to 324 all out . |
| 16 | A survey would establish once and for all whether the coal they are taking out is paying its way and whether the pit has a future . ’ |
| 17 | Hence , one may be able to work out the broad effect of interdependencies once and for all when the strategy is set . |
| 18 | ‘ Ask not for whom the box-office till rings : it rings for all when the missing millions creep out of their burrows to find enchantment waiting for them . ’ |
| 19 | Well if that 's the case it must be sorted out once and for all if the club is to go forward . |
| 20 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 21 | One , Wisal Wehbeh , said : ‘ I will never feel safe until militias are disbanded for good because the minute the Syrians go away , the militiamen come back . ’ |
| 22 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 23 | No one knows for sure when the levels become safe . |
| 24 | Nobody can say for sure when the earliest purpose-made sparkling wine was produced , but documentary evidence exists to prove that the monks of the abbey of St Hilaire in southern France had intentionally produced sparkling wines as early as 1531 , well over one hundred years before anyone attempted to do so in Champagne . |
| 25 | None of them knows for sure if the controlling shareholder , the French government , will keep him on or , in the Gallic equivalent of the kick upstairs , say thank-you and raise him a grade in the Legion d'Honneur . |
| 26 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 27 | No records will be broken that 's for sure as the sun begins to boil … |
| 28 | A shock for many as the rights of a citizen were now being made plain . |
| 29 | It is characteristic of the novel that climate and vegetation should count for no less than its comedy of manners , in which the Jewish businessman Harry de Tunja plays an enjoyable part , and that neither of these two elements , so far as they can be distinguished from the rest of the novel , should count for less than the opinions which they help to convey . |
| 30 | One was a small café that sold pizza and chips for less than the small fortune we expected , and served by a girl friendlier than we could have hoped for . |