Example sentences of "for want [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for want of me trying . |
| 2 | So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist ’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality . |
| 3 | That it is results from the chaotic competition and lack of liaison , hundreds of thousands of would-be passengers turning to the railway with its reliable timetable for want of proper information about road services . |
| 4 | Mikhail Shchadov , the Minister for Coal , told the Trud newspaper yesterday that so far this year , deliveries were 18.5 million tonnes less than planned , while 35 million tonnes of mined coal was lying at pitheads for want of freight rolling-stock . |
| 5 | And beside the basic structural problems there is a further set of problems connected with such an economy in crisis : energy shortages , or assembly-lines standing idle for want of one or two spare parts . |
| 6 | Yet a judgment striking out a complete action for want of prosecution or for any other reason was appealable only with leave . |
| 7 | The over-extension of the idea is ludicrous , but not ludicrous enough : the connectedness of absolutely everything is the first principle of conpiracy theory anyway , so for want of exaggeration or originality the joke falls horribly flat . |
| 8 | However , the airline 's firm orders for 20 Airbus A321 medium-range jets and 28 McDonnell Douglas jets will not be delivered until the mid-1990s , and unlike some other European airlines , Alitalia is thought vulnerable for want of international partners and a strategy for deregulation of the European market after 1992 . |
| 9 | Valdo , Alemao and others often showed a remarkable lightness of touch in the soggy conditions but several times promising movements failed for want of a penetrative final pass or someone reading the right space at the crucial moment . |
| 10 | Mr Moniba and other Doe cronies , for want of anything better to do , have spent the past five months in Sierra Leone plotting their comeback and slandering their rivals . |
| 11 | Among the supporters of what can be called , for want of a better term , the democrats are three important groups . |
| 12 | ‘ Most men wander out of the way , and fall into error for want of method , as it were for want of sowing and planting , that is , of improving the reason . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Most men wander out of the way , and fall into error for want of method , as it were for want of sowing and planting , that is , of improving the reason . ’ |
| 14 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 15 | ‘ I could mend that for you , ’ he had said , hating anything broken or untidy only for want of a firm nail . |
| 16 | But it is the most distinctive characteristic of an observant or well educated mind to bring unity to what would otherwise be a meaningless scatter of seemingly random and unrelated phenomena , and I bow to few for want of intellect . |
| 17 | Alexander , the King 's son , who was at that time twelve years old , called out to his father : ‘ What an excellent horse do they lose for want of skill and courage to manage him ! ’ |
| 18 | But it is difficult to find a major summer festival that is not expensive and , for want of seats , exclusive to those with the will , the guile , or the contacts with which to acquire tickets . |
| 19 | She felt , in her new severity ( for want of a better word ) only half alive , she knew she wanted the old enthusiasms and passions and expectations to course through her and arouse her . |
| 20 | The local Forest courts had fallen into disuse ; in 1601 the regarders of Chippenham Forest had complained that there was great disorder ‘ for want of a swanmote court ’ . |
| 21 | When clubs in the lower divisions are fighting bankruptcy , living from day to day on a shoestring budget for want of funds that , to most First Division players , would be petty cash , it seems rather arrogant of Mr Taylor to be threatening strike action over sums of money and perquisites most footballers can only dream of . |
| 22 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 23 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 24 | If the Eastern District was less successful in some respects than it would have liked to be , it was not for want of trying . |
| 25 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 26 | Initial collection needed the greatest care and early in his correspondence with Bartram , Collinson expressed disappointment because plants of Cypripedium , ladies slipper , had not survived transport for want of proper attention at the outset . |
| 27 | We will have destroyed some of our roots , burnt the family photographs for want of a tiny sum to buy the site compulsorily , block the drains which are drying it out , excavate it with a greater delicacy than the present JCBs can offer and restore it as a regenerating wetland of immense cultural significance . |
| 28 | The basis for DPA is that physical effort is freely expended and wasted in a work context for want of care and thought required to perform a task efficiently . |
| 29 | You could say , perhaps , that the Star Rank scheme was largely put on ice , but that was for want of a sponsor , which was always vital to the future of the scheme . |
| 30 | Course measuring , which has been one of the most important areas of work in road racing over the past few years , has certainly not suffered for want of funding . ’ |