Example sentences of "for [noun] [adv] and " in BNC.

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1 The new regulations were , at first , systematically evaded by all those with vested interests and he recognized that to pursue the path he had begun he was going to have to reinforce the need for change again and again .
2 ‘ Unless more funding is earmarked for YT urgently and better organisation installed , this excellent programme will disintegrate , ’ warned Mr Hanson .
3 He says he has high hopes for unity finally and apparently thinks the industry might start coming together at the Unix International members meeting in New Orleans February 11–12 where some 100 companies and 200 people will assemble .
4 Many schools have furniture which can be used for play outside and children will often supplement this with improvised ‘ furniture ’ from cardboard boxes , for instance .
5 The analogue armoury on here is fearsome , and doubtless his dad has got a huge record collection so he 'll be churning them out for ages yet and we might as well get used to it .
6 I 've been advised to stay away from political jokes ( they too often get elected ) but in the UK , party workers say : ‘ If you put a monkey up for Parliament here and stuck a red ( or blue ) rosette on him , he 'd get in . ’
7 Greed played a part in such expropriations : by governments for the profits from land sales or other income , by landlords , settlers or speculators for estates easily and cheaply acquired .
8 It should be stressed that the figures given are for manufactures only and do not include exports of primary products or raw materials .
9 Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a working town as well as a holiday place , for centuries past and still today a very active fishing port .
10 Two Haitian navy ships were searching for survivors yesterday and the US Coast Guard dispatched a Falcon jet , a helicopter and two patrol vessels to help .
11 Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere .
12 Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her .
13 In addition , there is the most important demand-side pressure — namely , changes in the demand for labour locally and nationally , the effects of which have been largely overlooked in previous research .
14 Bernard left for college early and said no more about Nerina .
15 This information is for guidance only and you should not take action without specific advice .
16 Flight timings are shown for guidance only and are local times based on the 24 hour clock system .
17 Those shown in the brochure are for guidance only and may have changed since we went to press .
18 Those shown in the Flight Timetable are for guidance only and may have changed .
19 This information is for guidance only and visitors are strongly recommended to check details prior to their visit .
20 The test results for each stove are for guidance only and are not intended for direct comparison .
21 He stressed that his advice to go ahead with detailed planning for the £5 million junction had been for guidance only and that the full approval of the CIOR would still have to be sought before the junction was commissioned .
22 Well I hope you enjoyed this morning now what I want to do this afternoon , we 're gon na break for lunch now and then can we reconvene at the syndicate rooms at two o'clock
23 But you see there was always this thought that it was always to better yourself that you were doing this that your Orcadian was just for home about and among yourselves and what it did n't really matter .
24 and erm he 's doing us a favour and some round to get Patch and er he said he 'll get lots That 's all ready for Simon now and he forgot his bag .
25 Late again : Thousands of rail commuters on Network SouthEast were late for work today and British Rail said leaves on the line were again to blame .
26 Witnesses were found and coerced or bullied into telling what they had seen , by the simple expedient of sealing off the entire area for blocks around and threatening all-night interrogation sessions , unless information was forthcoming .
27 Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war .
28 Cos I mean , he 's starting to make a beeline for Carol now and she 's getting the creeps about it .
29 Demands to redress such insufficiencies have led to calls for school-based staff development schemes for all serving teachers as an integral part of a special needs related properly co-ordinated unified in-service structure ( cf Hegarty 1987 , Sayer 1987 , Wolfendale 1987 ) ; and for staffs within and across schools and the school services to meet and pool their expertise , share and deepen their understanding systematically in school-based discussion and workshops .
30 It is easy to argue , invoking self-righteous precedents , that the lady who hurries to assist the injured animal or pedestrian in the street or who feeds the beggar on her doorstep , but who fails to get excited about suffering in general and shows a disinclination to contribute to Oxfam , is really not a good Samaritan ; that she is morally short-sighted in letting ‘ distance ’ be a factor , and that she should be equally concerned for suffering whenever and wherever .
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