Example sentences of "for [adv] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Thereafter Ladislav could not keep any post for long before the authorities hounded him out of it . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he could n't talk for long and the line was very bad but she 's absolutely sure it was John . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But good looks ai n't going to count for much if the sound 's not up to much . |
| 7 | However , in-flight service and experience do n't count for much if the plane is n't going where you want to be . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I suddenly had the sense that this was going to go on for ever and the conversation became an argument . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A company is often in danger of losing the expertise for ever if the expert retires , dies or changes employment . |
| 19 | Assuming for now that the cause of death is known and that there is no need for an inquest or autopsy then the death certificate is next taken to the Registrar for Births , Deaths and Marriages . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say for now that the premises underlying Anisminic are made explicit , at least for those institutions within Lord Diplock 's first category . |
| 21 | The practical corollary of this , tirelessly expounded in the Round Table in the post-war years , was that the safest place for brown races , for now and the foreseeable future , was within the British empire , where their interests could be looked after and their development , at an appropriately gradual pace , ensured . |
| 22 | Christie arrived back from warm-weather training on Thursday , but confirmed yesterday through his coach , Ron Roddan , that he would be flying north to attempt a sprint double , even though the 200 metres is scheduled for today and the 60 metres tomorrow . |
| 23 | In preparing ours for today and the whole question of thinking of being , main precedency of communion rests in our understanding erm , of ordination , which I know later we we will have time to discuss . |
| 24 | It was funny for awhile but the novelty soon wore off . |
| 25 | I just believed for awhile that the dream had gotten away from me … |
| 26 | Factories were occupied and a strike was announced for tomorrow unless the security forces pulled out of the town , reports said . |
| 27 | Still , I have hopes for tomorrow and the Trevi fountain . ’ |
| 28 | They did not delay their marriage until they had received their inheritance , and younger sons and daughters were provided for even though the formal system was primogeniture . |
| 29 | It should be remembered that the position is different in a shop , whether self-service or otherwise , where ownership does not pass to the alleged thief the buyer , until the goods have been paid for even if the buyer obtains possession before payment . |
| 30 | For then if the price is set at P the quantity traded will equal the quantity that buyers and sellers at the end of period t — 1 thought optimal at that price . |