Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New auction records for Malcolm Morley and Julian Schnabel compensate for generally low prices |
| 2 | In any branch of government , civil or military , promotion always came easier to a man who could add political interest to ability , and on occasion the active support of a great man could more than compensate for very limited abilities . |
| 3 | " In the year 1929 I used two rock-crystal vases in which were branches of white orchids , but those days are gone I fear for ever , and a few white carnations have to suffice now . |
| 4 | Even safe and necessary medicines sell for up to six times as much in poor countries as they do in the country of manufacture . |
| 5 | Barns in North Yorkshire sell for as little as £20,000 for a tiny village blacksmith 's forge with no land , to £125,000 for a very large barn with a paddock . |
| 6 | It owns three subsidiaries : Charles Farris , which makes enormous church candles that sell for about £35 each ; Aidee International , which manufactures pottery Beatrix Potter soap dishes in Devon ; and Candle Flare , a Colchester-based maker of Christmas decorations . |
| 7 | Today good , unconverted barns in his area sell for about £75,000 . |
| 8 | Battered by Apple , Compaq and Dell , NEC belatedly announced big price cuts in February , but its computers still sell for about ¥150,000 more than those of its foreign competitors . |
| 9 | These antiques of the future sell for about £375 in rosewood . |
| 10 | Erm sell for about eighty seven pound including spacers so I was gon na go in at about eighty three , eighty four but it 's the new pricing company so I 've got to ask your permission have n't I ? |
| 11 | The drawings bore Latin inscriptions — ‘ Day of Resurrection ’ , ‘ Day of Wrath ’ — that are so unlike any of the rest of his works that they have been largely ignored , and sell for far less than any other of Modigliani 's works . |
| 12 | I have seen some 1.8-litre CL models with under 10,000 miles on the clock sell for around £10,000 within the trade . |
| 13 | Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is available in 1 litre and 5 litre packs which sell for around £13 and £44 respectively . , . . |
| 14 | Most of the houses sell for around 60,000 pounds … and keen pricing seems to be the key to attracting first time buyers : |
| 15 | Do you know , I mean for so long now we 've done it very much on personal effort . |
| 16 | They encompass all kinds of visual material and account for both the aesthetic and non-aesthetic response . |
| 17 | These two broad industrial groups account for rather less than half the total labour force but nearly two-thirds of the temporary labour force [ see Table 2.1 ] . |
| 18 | However , in a number of cases the variables on the right-hand side of equation ( 6.5 ) account for rather a small proportion of the variance of the left-hand side variable , suggesting that some important influences on have been omitted from the estimating equation . |
| 19 | They report their statements , analyse their actions , and re-create their thoughts , so as to convey the reasons which account for why each step was taken rather than any other . |
| 20 | It may well be , however , that this approach misses important explanatory factors which account for why the military-industrial complex has developed . |
| 21 | Needless to say , the study of natural hazards is important , a statement brought into sharp focus by the fact that natural hazards account for up to 4 per cent of total deaths in the world each year ( Mitchell , 1974 ) . |
| 22 | Though French brands still account for nearly half of the luxury market , German , British , Italian and even a few Japanese and American brands are showing up on the shelves . |
| 23 | Consider financial services , for example , which already account for nearly a third of GDP . |
| 24 | Indeed GP referrals account for nearly all the excess of female over male referrals . |
| 25 | Windows-based applications now account for nearly half of all PC-software sales . |
| 26 | PC superstores account for nearly a quarter of the total market in the US , and they 're beginning to make inroads into the UK market as well with the likes of PC World and the Business Superstore . |
| 27 | Together they account for nearly two-thirds of the entire temporary labour force but rather under half of total employment . |
| 28 | In terms of sheer size they are sometimes bigger than the countries in which they operate ; they are estimated to control over a quarter of world output ; and their ‘ inter-firm ’ shipments of goods from one country to another account for nearly one-third of recorded trade ’ . |
| 29 | Accidents and external causes of injury among the children of the subgroup of unoccupied families account for nearly 60% of deaths , twice the proportion in the rest of the population . |
| 30 | In terms of numbers of banks the USA is the most heavily represented country , but in terms of market share the Japanese now account for nearly one-third of the market . |