Example sentences of "for the [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel was popular among the stall , always courteous and concerned and never asking for the impossible except with great charm and self-deprecation . |
| 2 | The main reason for the better than expected results appeared to be a delay in expenditure by the regional governments but in the longer term he said that cuts in public expenditure had helped to reduce the budget deficit from a peak of almost 13 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) in 1982 to 7.8 per cent in 1988 and 6.6 per cent in 1989 . |
| 3 | Changes for the better since his youth : ‘ Nothing . ’ |
| 4 | Full-time workers are engaged to promote ‘ The Maharishi Effect ’ — the theory that a community or area will be changed for the better if one per cent of the population meditates . |
| 5 | Unless we understand this process we will remain as superstitious and powerless to change the world for the better as were our forebearers . |
| 6 | I know people say well oh it 's , of course it 's changed ownership , well things change ownership and it can be for the better as well for the worst ca n't it ? |
| 7 | Employees change for the better when they work in the community . |
| 8 | Last season definitely took a turn for the better when Kerslake came , and Kelly has made this season 's success in no small part . |
| 9 | Certainly economic considerations were supreme and just as it did not make sense to build cinemas just for the rich so it would have been crazy to make films just for the religious , the doctrinaire , and the intellectual . |
| 10 | In common with the financial markets in which they invest their funds , they are essentially short-term in their outlook , and would rather invest in secure compounds for the rich than extra public spending on the improvement of housing , education and job prospects in the urban ghettos that occasionally trouble them . |
| 11 | And which is natural because you know , the very early motor cars were only a sort of toy for the rich as it were and er when it came to you see er grocer 's vans or , or er laundry vans made out of old pr private cars . |
| 12 | So it 's automatically built in to the first life assured , but it is an option for the second if they want it . |
| 13 | Skimmed milk is not suitable for the under-fives because it lacks important vitamins and energy-giving calories but semi-skimmed milk can be introduced from the age of two , if your child is eating a variety of foods . |
| 14 | Repairing gutters is not a job for the fainthearted since it involves working up a ladder for quite a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ I ken you were all right when the Prince was here , ’ he continued , ‘ and there are plenty in Glasgow that will keep you safe , but things have changed for the worse since you went away . |
| 16 | In sufficient numbers innovation-weary teachers can make any change a change for the worse if they implement it in a resentful , half-hearted or half-baked fashion , and under these conditions even the brightest and the best schemes are going to flop . |
| 17 | In January 1859 , however , the cause of press reform took a turn for the worse when the tsar appointed a Committee on Press Affairs which smacked of the committee of 1848 . |
| 18 | During the initial negotiations over ECSC , the international climate changed for the worse as conflict broke out in Korea in June 1950 . |
| 19 | It recognises the great value of oralism but it does not despise the natural language abilities of the deaf ; it utilises the efficiency of fingerspelling and recognises the limitations of lipreading and the inevitable imperfections in speech for the deaf although it does not reject them . |
| 20 | Bulmer ( 1975 ) , following Kerr and Siegel ( 1954 ) , has characterized mining communities as isolated and homogeneous , and with a much weaker ‘ exit ’ option for the dissatisfied than is typical of other industrial settlements . |
| 21 | If you want to find out more about gardening for the disabled before the patient starts , you can ask your occupational therapist for advice and available literature , look up books on the subject in your local library , or contact specialist organizations such as The Garden Club , the Gardens for the Disabled Trust , or the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 22 | There are almost as many varieties of holidays available for the disabled as for able-bodied people . |
| 23 | Now if you do n't improve access for the disabled when you build a new station , you 'll never improve it . |
| 24 | What is different is a flat designed for the disabled where they can gain confidence to live outside |
| 25 | The victim , in his 30s , was hit in the arm and leg by the gunman outside a Belfast training centre for the disabled where he was learning computer skills . |
| 26 | It 's it 's better for the working if you just you know show what you 're going to do there . |
| 27 | Varies : much as for The Rational if you have the binge in your own home and do n't serve champagne ; but can go through the roof if you hire a restaurant and insist on Moet all the way through . |
| 28 | When the younger counsellor shares these experiences with the older counsellee they are both doing far more than embarking on a process of recalling the past , they are sharing a common heritage which has been formative for the young as well as the old , although less directly so . |
| 29 | Malcolmson has shown that fairs had special significance in terms of courtship and sexual activity for the young as well as allowing participants the chance of winning status and prestige among their peers . |
| 30 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |