Example sentences of "for [adv] every [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net . |
| 2 | She 'd been on the floor for nearly every dance , and was having a whale of a time . |
| 3 | Well I think that we 've seen the erm tremendous growth in word processors , and this is erm an area which I feel will develop enormously , and it really would be quite possible for nearly every home to have a word processor within it . |
| 4 | During the decade 1970–80 , serious crimes recorded by the police increased for nearly every category : violence against the person rose by 136 per cent , burglary by 44 per cent , robbery by 138 per cent , theft and handling by 54 per cent and fraud and forgery by 18 per cent . |
| 5 | Nyerere 's lament could be repeated by nearly every Third World country for nearly every commodity . |
| 6 | He has a sewage horror story to tell for nearly every area of the country . |
| 7 | These days you can buy fitted furniture for nearly every room in the house — the kitchen , the bedroom and even the bathroom . |
| 8 | There seems to have been a windmill for practically every village and sometimes two or more in the market towns . |
| 9 | In conclusion I would offer a very positive role for residential care — whether integrated or specialist but all I have said emphasises that there is no simple way forward , there are pros and cons for practically every service . |
| 10 | In the London suburbs the general tendency was for practically every district to eventually deteriorate in status as the better-off families moved out and poorer ones moved in . |
| 11 | Caddie Ian Wright landed his job with Seve Ballesteros mainly because the Spanish maestro had heard about Wright 's yardage books — at the time Wright was compiling a yardage book for almost every championship course in Europe — and his unerring accuracy and detail in planning out the route from tee to green . |
| 12 | Thanks to the Sports Council there are opportunities around the country for almost every kind of sport , with 50-plus beginners especially welcome . |
| 13 | Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach . |
| 14 | The increasing amount of business to be handled meant that more and more decisions were now taken by officials , even merely middle-ranking ones : it was no longer possible for almost every question to go to the minister himself for final decision , as had hitherto been normal . |
| 15 | Wonderful collection of bright sayings , suitable for almost every occasion . |
| 16 | Before rehearsals started , he got himself in trim by running every day , knowing that he would have to be ultra-fit for each night 's three-hour performance , appearing on stage for almost every minute of it . |
| 17 | The dynamic duo are responsible for almost every bit used in the demo except for some loading routines and music players ) : Equal doing coding and graphics ; Snap doing music and graphics . |
| 18 | When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Reparations has been on the agenda for almost every generation of black Americans , ’ said Mr Walter Fauntroy , the District of Columbia 's representative in Congress . |
| 20 | So far 1991 looks to be as busy as last year with two or three performances booked for almost every weekend . |
| 21 | The development of clones from the rosettes present at the beginning of the study was also recorded in detail so that the clonal parent was known for almost every rosette present in the quadrats at the end of the study . |
| 22 | They love the bright , colourful illustrations , the varied activities , the emphasis on games and picture puzzles , and the fact that there is a song for almost every lesson in the course . |
| 23 | The firm has constructed carriages of various descriptions for almost every railway in the kingdom , and for many lines in other countries — amongst others for Egypt , Sweden Norway , Denmark , Holland , Spain , India and Australia . |
| 24 | For almost every railway line built by the different railway companies — permission for which was passed by the House in different eras — we laid down different procedures . |
| 25 | Armor helps with suggestions for almost every site and home size . |
| 26 | With controlled prices ensuring excess demand for almost every item in state shops , products can be resold on the black market for huge profits . |
| 27 | In Spanish tradition , I rested when I wanted to on the bolts , 700 feet above ground , and with a little planning it was possible to use jugs for almost every move . |
| 28 | These committees make the final decision on publication , although we ask for almost every paper to be revised before publication . |
| 29 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 30 | The union provides free contract forms for virtually every type of engagement . |