Example sentences of "for [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interleukin-2 is a new treatment which offers hope to cancer patients for whom successful therapies are not available . |
| 2 | For whom MAS acts |
| 3 | Apart from these important changes , specialized antiracist work within the local state has been increasingly identified as an embarrassment by the Labour Party for whom political commitments to antiracism and multiculturalism are apparently a vote loser . |
| 4 | King of the Slums manage as much social comment in a dozen songs as others do in a decade but they belong among bands that eschew political persuasion in favour of chronicling the lives of the despairing or dispossessed , the people for whom political solutions have failed . |
| 5 | Such a figure was the perfect model for the everyman figure seeking the meaning of salvation for both individual and society that Langland depicted in the weary , wet-shod Will , so vibrantly aware of the gap between the final metaphysical realities of heaven and hell and the immediate beguiling preoccupations of the field full of folk , for whom hot pies seemed more sustaining than the bread of life . |
| 6 | Should only be offered to women for whom other methods are unsuitable . |
| 7 | There may be some local discomfort following the first ever sexual intercourse related to the tearing of the hymen , but honeymoon cystitis as often crops up in women who are sexually experienced for whom other explanations must be sought . |
| 8 | With them came a small retinue of mainland filing clerks , bodyguards , etc. for whom well-furnished houses and flats were also purchased . |
| 9 | The waiting times for NHS appointments varied between 2 weeks ( for those patients for whom urgent appointments were requested ) and 21 weeks , with a mean of 13 weeks . |
| 10 | Of the 37 cases and 196 controls for whom obstetric notes were retrieved , 34 ( 92% ) cases and 140 ( 71% ) controls were interviewed and are included in both analyses . |
| 11 | Precisely who falls into the outer circle of effective kin , or the inner circle of intimate kin , is not entirely predictable in individual cases , although people normally do have a fairly clear notion of two different categories , for whom different terms may be employed . |
| 12 | The theory of outcome measurement they constructed was then used to develop a comprehensive system of assessment which could monitor the development of all children for whom local authorities take responsibility . |
| 13 | It was not undertaken in 11 of those who had been subject to suffocation , five referred before the po 2 monitor was available , four patients >1 year with infrequent events , two for whom social problems resulted in a prolonged hospital stay , and one who died before admission . |
| 14 | Racing shoes are designed specifically for élite runners , for whom marginal differences weigh heavily . |
| 15 | In part it was a response to the needs of childless white couples for whom white infants were no longer available for adoption . |
| 16 | ‘ Be nice up there today , ’ Selwyn said as he scanned the cloudless sky , ‘ but watch out for them bloody stags . |
| 17 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 18 | For them new chances opened up in late middle age as their children left home . |
| 19 | In this case a solution was at hand , although it helped the teacher rather more than the children : it was to neglect those children working in curriculum areas perceived to be relatively unimportant ( such as art and topic work ) , to devise for them low-level activities which could be tackled with minimal teacher intervention , and to focus attention on those children who demanded it . |
| 20 | My aunt , she run a house for them visitin' ministers to Port au Prince . |
| 21 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 22 | Er , I I had to care for my elderly parents when my son was two and a half and I had a six month old baby and er , I would agree with the previous speaker , it certainly does change your life . |
| 23 | My idea was partly to make sure of a good time , as I have always had there , and partly to set the tone for my future articles . |
| 24 | ( As for my other questions : a pot of the jam could indeed have survived until now , but would almost certainly have turned brown , unless kept completely sealed in a dry , airy , pitch-dark room . ) |
| 25 | Thank you for the bouquet of flowers sent to me on behalf of all our local branch AND Thank you for my other flowers later , ‘ when maybe I needed them even more ! ’ |
| 26 | I saw Sam sit up and ease the pressure , and copied him immediately , none too soon for my taxed muscles and speed-starved lungs . |
| 27 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 28 | Being used like that accounted for my poor figures for England between 1986 and 1989 — I went through one series against Pakistan playing in four Tests without getting a wicket . |
| 29 | If I 'm punishing myself for my religious beliefs , I 've damn well got a right to punish you too . |
| 30 | I always do that for my regular customers . ’ |