Example sentences of "them for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife .
2 She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind .
3 The desire to modernise the UKCC and the national boards , and to condition them for the 1990s is uncontentious and is supported by the Opposition , by the professional organisations and by the health unions .
4 Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match .
5 If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices …
6 In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold .
7 If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings .
8 The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days .
9 Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills .
10 At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time .
11 Swan 's ‘ guest ’ ( ie , unpaid ) lecturers are academics singing for their supper and for the chance to revisit sites and monuments , or sometimes visit them for the first time .
12 The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal .
13 Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past .
14 For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time .
15 It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time .
16 Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories .
17 In an effort to improve its PR , the country 's most prestigious hunt , pictured above this weekend , invited a journalist to ride out with them for the first time .
18 Regina Royal Ginseng and Regina Evening Primrose Oil take those two remarkable natural substances and combine them for the first time with Regina 's fresh Royal Jelly .
19 The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes .
20 Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever .
21 He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time .
22 The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) .
23 The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time .
24 According to forecasts no less than 2 million people will visit Seville in the six months of Expo , many of them for the first time .
25 It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time .
26 Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey .
27 She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week .
28 Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning .
29 He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’
30 Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’
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