Example sentences of "[noun] for [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far we 've been concentrating on Meryl 's reasons for hanging round on the gallery in the middle of the night ; all well and good , but what was Gladys doing there ? ’ |
| 2 | Doubtless he had his own reasons for stopping off at the island — my own were to attend a workshop aimed at formulating a scientific plan for the development of the archipelago over the next two decades . |
| 3 | South Korea 's foreign ministry said : ‘ The North 's professed reasons for pulling out of the NPT convince no one . |
| 4 | We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures . |
| 5 | At the same time , however , he earned massive public support for standing up to the most widely feared and despised Soviet institution . |
| 6 | There was a violent row in the Bundestag , for instance , when the SPD leader , Kurt Schuhmacher , attacked Adenauer for cosying up to the enemy by calling him ‘ the Allies ' Chancellor ’ in 1949 . |
| 7 | A day of sorrows for Crusaders was capped just before half-time when the usually lethal Sid Burrows was booked for throwing the ball away and referee Alan Snoddy had a word with manager Roy Walker for coming on to the pitch . |
| 8 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 9 | Iain Grainger , an executive with the Aberdeen-based subsea contractor , Rockwater , which is among pioneers of the technique , said it would be a natural step to integrate subsea production equipment for towing out with the pipeline bundles . |
| 10 | Therefore I firmly believe that there is a place for netting on into the future . |
| 11 | Its summit was a good vantage point for looking out over the course . |
| 12 | The procedure for winding up by the court . |
| 13 | But erm apologies for going back to the to the discussion er yesterday but it it 's merely just to remind you , picking up the point that Mr Potter 's just made , that that certainly as far as Selby District 's concerned that circumstances have changed very drastically since the situation of ten years ago when the er the structure plan policies were were first drawn up . |
| 14 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 15 | T was not the best night for standing around in the cold wind and rain ( OK so it 's undercover , but the wind do n't half blow through there ) watching telly ( and paying a fiver for the priviledge of doing so ) |
| 16 | ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’ |
| 17 | Jansher , who was already on probation after being fined £200 for walking out of the Kuala Lumpur World Open dinner in October , has clearly reached a point of no return with his conduct . |
| 18 | Will he further commend the Secretary of State for pushing on with the tests , despite the opposition of the National Union of Teachers , the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 19 | Now I think it 's a bit rich t to slam the Liberals for walking out on the last debate because the Tories did n't attend the Health Trust Select Committee which Council set up . |
| 20 | ‘ There would then be plenty of depth for shining back onto the silicon chip . |
| 21 | I keep a pocket diary with me at all times and a calendar with spaces for writing on by the telephone . |
| 22 | Thus if I incur a verbal warning for stepping out of the area , I do n't then expect to receive a half-point penalty for a slight contravention of another rule . |
| 23 | However , environment organisations condemned the Government for backing down in the face of an organised lobby from vested interests . |
| 24 | The trend for covering up on the beach may also be influenced by the fear of sun-related skin cancers . |
| 25 | You 'd be surprised how much relaxation this provides ; just the thing for warming up before the British Open ! |
| 26 | In 1652 they had established a very well-placed port at the Cape of Good Hope as a supply depot , but the Dutch East India Company was always a little worried when settlers at the base interpreted their responsibility to provide food for passing ships as a reason for pushing on into the hinterland . |
| 27 | A job gives structure and a reason for getting up in the morning : it gives human contact with colleagues , it gives ‘ busyness ’ . |
| 28 | Well income revenue of hundred and twenty five thousand a year to manage the potential for getting in on the partners plan . |
| 29 | They lost Canadian prop Szabo for talking back to the referee in the second half and his subsequent one-game suspension meant he could not play against Waikato . |
| 30 | The development of land for housing up until the mid-1970s . |