Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the basic similarity of human sexuality at birth , and the bisexual nature of human beings , Freud sought to account for the way in which men and women are produced in a particular society — namely , middle-class Europe and America in the early twentieth century . |
| 2 | The Chronicle A ( s.a. 685 ) says that Caedwalla began to contend for the kingship in 685 , but it was not until 686 that he established himself as king over the western Saxons . |
| 3 | The law of the land saw to it that gentry who did not conform to the new religion had to pay for the privilege . |
| 4 | Between 1956 and 1960 the association had to fight for the right to enter the Big Berlin Exhibition as a separate group . |
| 5 | But the EPA wanted to wait for the results of the post-flood analysis in the hope that the floods would dilute the dioxin . |
| 6 | As with the word ‘ church ’ , the synagogue came to stand for the building as well as the people meeting there . |
| 7 | But when Katherine came to dress for the party , her dress was nowhere to be found in her wardrobe . |
| 8 | Quite simply , there is too little equipment installed to account for the levels of unemployment . |
| 9 | It was that time of year when England began to prepare for the Guy Fawkes celebrations of 5 November . |
| 10 | Ray began to make for the door . |
| 11 | The agricultural sector managed to provide for the food needs of Japan 's growing population . |
| 12 | The local communities had to pay for the equipment of the men selected and their expenses until they reached the county boundary , after which they served at the king 's wages . |
| 13 | The government made little effort to conceal a belief that the rural sector had to pay for the development of the urban/industrial one . |
| 14 | The ANC continued to press for the setting up of an interim government during the constitutional negotiations , whereas some other groups , including the Democratic Party and the Zulu-based Inkatha movement , favoured the current government staying in power during the transition period . |
| 15 | Moreover , even when funds were available , the peasantry refused to fight for the monarch : and this was true even with the growth of an expropriated landless labouring class . |
| 16 | Money flowed to pay for the war , but control of taxation lay firmly with the commons in parliament . |
| 17 | There had already been a violent expression of xenophobic sentiment earlier in the year when China 's football team failed to qualify for the World Cup . |
| 18 | The set had reached deuce when Mrs Beattie decided to go for the advantage point . |
| 19 | They saw a few hares , two of which the tracker managed to shoot for the pot , and there were buzzards overhead sometimes , but that was all . |
| 20 | Leland and this son Wilfred continued to work for the company . |
| 21 | The buyers who were pig farmers bought a 28 feet high hopper which , as the sellers knew , the buyers intended to use for the storage of pig nuts . |
| 22 | However , Grant refused to apologise for the embarrassment caused to Brady even after the manager stated his belief that boardroom matters involving the manager of any club should remain confidential . |
| 23 | Dartmoor was used by the inhabitants of both Devon and Cornwall until AD 850 , after which date common rights began to develop for the Moor , protecting the rights of all but the people of Barnstaple and Totnes ( who were excluded after AD 900 ) , while allowing the area to be hunted by the Wessex kings . |
| 24 | In addition to preparing for recruitment the development officers began to prepare for the training and employment of support workers . |
| 25 | The charity continued to pay for the schoolmaster in Saltash , who fulfilled certain conditions , the sum of £6. 17s. 2d. per annum up until 1875 , when the school , run by a Mr. Williams , closed down . |
| 26 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 27 | A few days before the European Planning Committee was due to meet , Mueller decided to go for the jugular . |
| 28 | Having just had a row with the acerbic Redwood , Kelly decided to apply for the job as assistant to whoever the new paper appointed as their Belfast representative . |
| 29 | She came from a large family , and it must be supposed that her mother or one of her sisters helped to care for the children while she was at work . |
| 30 | Another rally on Feb. 23 provoked violence against the police as about 10,000 people rallied to call for the return of the Soviet Union as a unified state . |