Example sentences of "for the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the uninformed like myself it came as a surprise to find that fossils are not simply stone coloured but range through rainbow shades of unbelievable beauty . |
| 2 | And at one time , we used to feed what we called , for the used to chaff some of the the poorest hay and straw and spread it out in a thick layer about oh twelve of fifteen inches high on the floor of the of the barn . |
| 3 | NGOS governments and humanitarian assistance for the uprooted in Southern Africa |
| 4 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 5 | Yeah and that 's about wordsmith , choosing the right words for the for the appropriate to the audience and of course jargon the industry jargon erm is the thing you 've got to watch . |
| 6 | Barry Hills ' luck took a turn for the better at Goodwood and he 's hoping the same applies at York . |
| 7 | It looked as though Hereford 's away form was changing for the better on Saturday when they drew at Mansfield , but last night an attacking display by struggling Doncaster had them on the retreat again . |
| 8 | The county council say their changes will be for the better for most passengers and will provide improvements in services in the Alton area . |
| 9 | Do n't wait for it Appleton if you want to save your insipid self from being punctured or badly handled all you can Do for the Better of our ESTEEMED BURMA is GET OUT ! |
| 10 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
| 11 | People never change for the better by being hated , judged and condemned . |
| 12 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 13 | In the normal way , there should be some change for the better in the patient 's condition , so if weeks pass and the patient seems static , you need to know why . |
| 14 | One trusts that the desert winds blowing through Vegas this week represent the winds of change for the better in boxing . |
| 15 | Unionists of the time would scarcely have recognized the terms of the debate , for in 1922 the party was still embroiled with Ireland and the House of Lords , held a smaller share of the popular vote than ever before , and was still split as it had been since 1902 ; few Unionists would have seen the war as a turning-point for the better in the party fortunes . |
| 16 | His fortune took a turn for the better in 1968 , however , when he teamed up with Tyrell again who had entered the world of Formula One with the Matra MS10 . |
| 17 | Whilst the latest CBI survey reports a turn for the better in future business confidence amongst UK industry and commerce , this merely indicates that the rate at which businesses are failing has slowed . |
| 18 | Some felt the present arrangements to be satisfactory , believing that ‘ there had been a marked change for the better in the CNAA system over the years and felt that subject boards fulfilled a useful role ’ . |
| 19 | Er I ca n't , you know , there seems to be an inconsistency in so many people who are against national wars but er would say that what we need is a revolutionary situation in order to change things for the better within society . |
| 20 | He kept saying how their fortunes had taken a turn for the better from the moment Alice began playing with the group . |
| 21 | For the two-thirds of families between $5700 and $35 500 , the tax ratio varies only in the range 32.4–33.9 per cent . |
| 22 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 23 | our party 's we 've arranged our Christmas party for our residents for the nineteenth of |
| 24 | The gallery 's catalogues of its French collections are currently undergoing thorough revision : that for the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries currently dates from 1957 and for the nineteenth from 1970 . |
| 25 | An ardent Puritan and uncompromising parliamentarian , Moyer in June 1642 was made a manager of the ‘ Sea Adventure ’ , through which the city undertook to find ships and men for the reconquest of Ireland . |
| 26 | Barbara Craig as well as Daphne Park returned for the Gaudy for the years 1960–5 . |
| 27 | There is another task for the Twelve at Edinburgh . |
| 28 | It 's not enough for the rich to be rich , they have to boast about their perks and fiddles and scams as well . |
| 29 | He compared the cut in taxes for the rich to the bottom 20 per cent which had seen its tax burden rise form 30.7 per cent in 1979 to the present 39.7 per cent . |
| 30 | Peafowl have been domesticated and valued as a special food dish for the rich since Roman times ! |