Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context the authors note that ‘ equalizing ’ income differentials ( higher income to compensate for the lower attractiveness of some jobs ) are normally swamped by ‘ accentuating ’ differentials ( such as status and recognition following high income ) . |
| 2 | ( iv ) Pupils should have opportunities to write for a wider range of communicative or informative purposes , including : describing , explaining , giving instructions , reporting , expressing a point of view , persuading , comparing and contrasting ideas , arguing for different points of view . |
| 3 | The Me109s swept away out to sea and made no attempt to turn for a further attack . |
| 4 | He told a key meeting in Dunkirk at the end of August : ‘ You must find the nerve to ask for a better treaty ; one that hands less power to Brussels , controls bureaucracy more stringently and leaves France her autonomy in foreign and monetary policy . ’ |
| 5 | Thus whilst there are increasing opportunities to bid for a larger share of this business , it would be financially imprudent to do so . ’ |
| 6 | A nicely placed observer speculates that if Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture , does well with the Destiny desktop operating system , that that will convince Novell chief Ray Noorda to go for a bigger piece of USL : he already owns the largest outside share . |
| 7 | The two meetings on which I have reported to the House have shown our determination to work for a safer world and a new partnership with Russia in the cause of peace . |
| 8 | All the more reason for Lorraine to look for a bigger home . |
| 9 | is a way of demonstrating to parents both the methodology of drama and the value of it ; it 's a way of getting parents to argue for a greater emphasis on drama in the school . |
| 10 | You might consider moving the stops to allow for a thicker door , or if this is impractical , using a thicker door and rebating the edges to the existing thickness so that it fits the frame . |
| 11 | It also revealed the paltry sums thrown at such communities by BC to compensate for the lower quality of life they are forced to endure . |
| 12 | Italians have had the courage to vote for a greater decency and sense of public accountability , though they know the road to reform will be bumpy and uncertain . |
| 13 | This was a necessity to qualify for a later call to the Bar . |
| 14 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
| 15 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
| 16 | This print was probably intended as the frontispiece of a book — Goya was one of the first painters to look for a wider audience for his work . |
| 17 | The meeting was preceded by calls for the disbandment of the organization but ended with an agreement to review existing COMECON financial and trade arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 18 | The decisions , tantamount to a significant downgrading of COMECON ( as also indicated by a sharp staff reduction at the Moscow secretariat ) , and which were expected to be approved at a future summit meeting , were the outcome of an undertaking made at the summit meeting in January [ see p. 37202 ] to review existing COMECON arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 19 | I note that there is in train a proposal to change legislation to provide for a later retirement date for females to equate with those of the males . |
| 20 | CAST awards are offered for periods of two to three years dependent on the anticipated duration of the project , and they will enable students to submit for a higher degree such as MPhil or DPhil . |
| 21 | The code proposed the creation of a two-tier administrative system to allow for the easier processing of non-controversial mergers and takeovers , the referring of important or unusual cases to a full Takeovers Committee ( which would be renamed the Takeover and Mergers Panel ) , the right of appeal to a new independent Takeovers Appeal Panel , and the retention of 5 per cent as the maximum amount of shares which a person controlling between 35 and 50 per cent of shares in a company could further purchase in any 12-month period . |
| 22 | Hence , there may be little or no incentive for a low paid worker to strive for a higher income , whether by gaining promotion or by working overtime , if the welfare benefits previously received disappear rapidly as income rises . |
| 23 | However , there is also evidence the emergence of serious skill shortages in some occupations which may prejudice the county 's ability to prepare for the longer term challenges of the Tunnel and the Single European Market . |
| 24 | On the one hand this can be attributed to an unwillingness by politicians to provide for a greater disclosure of information . |
| 25 | Our Solar System is certainly a prerequisite for our existence , and one might extend this to the whole of our galaxy to allow for an earlier generation of stars that created the heavier elements . |