Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [v-ing] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By August 1991 the European Commission was reported as forecasting growth for the year at a discouraging 1.5 per cent . |
| 2 | In fact , the rational expectations hypothesis is sometimes seen as providing support for the ‘ strong ’ version of the Friedman approach to monetary policy in which the x per cent rule is made constitutionally binding . |
| 3 | The 1980 Education Act , which extended parental choice of schools , was seen as creating pressures for the raising of academic standards . |
| 4 | The tragedy of the situation is that if the application succeeds , it will destroy the wildlife ‘ safe haven ’ he has created , as the existing lakes will be used as settling basins for the millions of gallons of water and sediment to be pumped from the proposed gravel pit . |
| 5 | The criterion of the purpose of avoiding pregnancy was emphasized in most surveys and interpreted as avoiding pregnancy for the reason of contraception . |
| 6 | It is now proposed that fraud as to the nature of the act and impersonation of any man , not merely a husband , should be regarded as vitiating consent for the purposes of rape and that a statutory provision should be introduced to this effect . |
| 7 | The second main emphasis of Callinicos ' critique is aimed at the philosophy most frequently regarded as underpinning claims for the distinction of a postmodern culture , viz. poststructuralism . |