Example sentences of "for [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 2 | The principal element in capital is party support for public approval , and presidential electoral success will count for little if the seats in Congress are not there . |
| 3 | Even such a perfect match would count for little if the fish had to wave its fins in order to maintain its position in the water , or if it were to move independently from the weed . |
| 4 | The [ draft ] FRS requires such instruments to be accounted for wholly as a liability . |
| 5 | ‘ Not for less than a thousand pounds ! ’ cried Lady Durbeyfield . |
| 6 | Thereafter Ladislav could not keep any post for long before the authorities hounded him out of it . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , he could n't talk for long and the line was very bad but she 's absolutely sure it was John . |
| 8 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 9 | But good looks ai n't going to count for much if the sound 's not up to much . |
| 10 | However , in-flight service and experience do n't count for much if the plane is n't going where you want to be . |
| 11 | There is no set pattern for grieving , for just as no two people love in the same way , no two people grieve in the same way . |
| 12 | There were only three divisions in the city — east , west , and central — and each of us in our own division knew we were the élite ; for just as the men in the west were certain they were best , so the men from the east remained convinced of their own superiority . |
| 13 | My perfect house , the one I am condemned to search for just as the womaniser in 10 is condemned to search for his impossible mate , could only have existed in some fiction I had read — or in a past life . |
| 14 | For just as the properties of individuals are dependent on their social context , the set of social relations which constitutes a practice does not exist in isolation . |
| 15 | For just as the British rejected the multimillion-pound blandishments by Suchard three years ago on behalf of richer , more bitter European chocolate , so Continental consumers are largely unimpressed by UK products . |
| 16 | For just as the latter are then not receiving as much employment as they would normally like at the prevailing real wage rate , so the former are not providing as much as they would normally like . |
| 17 | There 's old adage ; one game at time , but for once when the pressure 's been on Swindon have done the business and they are looking very solid . |
| 18 | The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan , and 99 per cent of our supplies come from unsustainable sources , in other words forest that is gone for ever once the loggers have moved in . |
| 19 | If he still appears a hero to some , that may be something the world can live with : for all his defiance , he will have thrown away everything Iraq gained from its eight-year war with Iran , and swallowed many mouthfuls of words about Kuwait remaining Iraq 's 19th province for ever and a day . |
| 20 | I looked up again , and now her perfect form lay in his arms , and her lips were pressed against his own ; and thus , with the corpse of his dead love for an altar , did Leo Vincey plight his troth to her red-handed murderess — plight it for ever and a day . |
| 21 | Because we could row for ever and a day , so we 've decided not to . |
| 22 | The agreement purported to grant a term of uncertain duration which , if valid , now entitles the tenant to stay there for ever and a day at the 1930 rent of £30 ; valuers acting for both parties have agreed that the annual current commercial rent exceeds £10,000 . |
| 23 | But if she were to look for ever and a day , she would not find it . |
| 24 | I suspect that these matters will be discussed on a number of occasions in the future , but the Opposition should not be too complacent about the attitudes and voting patterns of those north of the border for ever and a day . |
| 25 | so be aware that you do n't want to ramble on too long or this appointment could go on for ever and a day . |
| 26 | It lives with you for ever and a day . |
| 27 | The Irish Union legislation ( see pp.19–21 above ) had provided that the churches should be united and established for ever and the new Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established apparently on that basis . |
| 28 | I suddenly had the sense that this was going to go on for ever and the conversation became an argument . |
| 29 | Addressing the Assembly on June 25 Havel declared : " I share the view that the state of uncertainty can not be prolonged for ever and the sooner the decision is taken the better . |
| 30 | A company is often in danger of losing the expertise for ever if the expert retires , dies or changes employment . |