Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's bad for the sport because I wanted to win the crown in the ring by fighting for the undisputed title , ’ said Lewis . |
| 2 | The introduction of the steam press after 1810 reduced the price of books , allowing experts to earn a living by writing for the ever-expanding market . |
| 3 | Lawrence E. Walsh , the special prosecutor in charge of the Iran-contra investigation , responded to the move by suggesting for the first time that Bush was a " subject " of his inquiry . |
| 4 | The Group believed that the Children Bill further eroded the already inadequate rights of poor families by allowing for the progressive transfer of parental rights to foster-parents and by widening the powers to dispense with parental consent to adoption . |
| 5 | In a news conference on Nov. 9 , however , the Philippine spokesman Rafael M. Alunan appeared to indicate a softening of the government 's stance by differentiating for the first time between " sovereign control " and " operational control " , noting that Philippine personnel would not be fully ready to take over the bases by 1991 and that US personnel would be needed to operate them under Philippine sovereignty for a transitional period . |
| 6 | Although Egypt offered its full support to Iraq , it still managed to assert its role as a regional moderator and as the main link between the Arab states , Israel and the West ; thus , during a visit to Baghdad on April 7 , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak widened the debate by calling for the mass elimination of all weapons of mass destruction . |
| 7 | And now you can easily spot the best quality Scottish salmon by looking for the tartan Brand Quality Mark . |
| 8 | Simple constant voltage drives of the type described in Chapter 2 can also incorporate this waveform detection principle by arranging for the next phase in the excitation sequence to be turned.on for a succession of short trial times . |
| 9 | A speed.dependent switching angle can , of course , be introduced into this system by arranging for the required final current level to be a function of motor speed . |
| 10 | Amer Midani , United 's second largest shareholder , had apparently annoyed Edwards last weekend by calling for the public flotation of the shares . |
| 11 | Underlying the previous analysis was the view that the Court had resolved the conflict between freedom of contract and social protection by opting for the latter . |
| 12 | In the first of a new series Peter Partington shows how to draw birds by looking for the essential scaffolding of shapes on which to build form and detail |