Example sentences of "that [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 2 | There is one fundamental difference , however , between the material which is produced within a business and that produced for external consumption . |
| 3 | In England , in a paddock used continuously throughout the year by greyhounds , the seasonal pattern of infective larvae on the pasture followed closely that described for gastrointestinal trichostrongyloids in ruminants with a sharp rise in July and a peak in September ; this suggests that development to the L3 is heavily dependent on temperature . |
| 4 | The procedure for payment of labour and material sub-contractors will usually follow that described for labour-only sub-contractors and interim payments will be supported by a certificate issued by the builder 's surveyor . |
| 5 | By the end of 1987 , they were playing live almost every other night , but they were still getting their share of badly organised gigs or ones that flopped for other reason , usually not connected with the band . |
| 6 | Most of the SNC meteorites have sustained shock , but not to any degree approaching that predicted for Martian target rocks . |
| 7 | Once upon a time , say until the late 1960s , advertising and public relations were skills that called for good writing ability , a flair for commerce , art talents , a large degree of personal charm and verbal fluency , and a sociable nature . |
| 8 | The original fade-out provisions that called for progressive expropriation of foreign firms have gone ; and the attempt to create cooperative ‘ regional multi-nationals ’ on the basis of a division of labour and specialisation was abandoned in 1982 . |
| 9 | More importantly , through good fortune and good management — as they played out their ‘ games against nature ’ : Gould ( 1963 ) — some cultures were able to control their environments sufficiently that their level of living far surpassed that needed for simple subsistence — even though not all survived . |
| 10 | It was this balance or imbalance between losing manufacturing jobs , on the one hand , and service-sector performance on the other , that accounted for urban economic performance and variation in the 1970s . |