Example sentences of "[noun] we [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But seriously the work we do for the union is only one part of the equation . |
| 2 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
| 3 | erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China . |
| 5 | If you wish to effect a placement in a residential or nursing home we hope for the time being it will help resolve your problem . |
| 6 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 7 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 8 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 9 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 10 | But we very much hope that the map will stay in Hereford and that we shall have the money we require for the Cathedral . |
| 11 | Then we are to pray for the things we need for the doing of that holy will — food for the body and soul , forgiveness for the failures and sins of the past , and help to forgive others who sin against us , protection in temptation and deliverance from evil . |
| 12 | At night we listen for the sea freezing over . |
| 13 | Identifying trainees is all about finding out who needs to be trained and what they need to know and if you remember one of ject objectives we had for the course is , was to , so that by the end of the course you will actually develop a system by identifying the trainees because this is sort of hit or miss . |
| 14 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 15 | The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea . |
| 16 | ‘ The main reason we go for the leasing option is because it frees up working capital , ’ says John Preen , treasury manager . |
| 17 | Quantum theory then predicts that when a measurement of some property of one of the particles ( call it A ) is made the results we obtain for certain measurements on particle B depend , not only on the results we get for the measurement on A , but also on what property of A we decide to measure . |
| 18 | Intuitively , it would seem desirable that whatever account we give for the role of an expression like in other words in a phrasal apposition like [ 10 ] we give the same account for its role in a reformulation involving complete sentences , for example [ 9 ] . |
| 19 | In the summer we let the horses out on the fields and every morning we catch the horses we need for the day 's work . |
| 20 | These ideas were confirmed by a special Gallup Opinion Poll we commissioned for the review . |
| 21 | Thai We reach for the sky |
| 22 | Thai We reach for the sky . |
| 23 | To show how safe services are in the hands of this government , you only have to study John Major 's speech to the Society of County Treasurers at his Annual Dinner in London last December and I quote , together we have achieved much over the last decade to improve the services we provide for the people we serve and the environment in which they live , unquote . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC , ’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again . |
| 25 | It will be dry by the time we leave for the dance . ’ |
| 26 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 27 | In order to create the Party atmosphere we want for the show , the event will be recorded in front of studio audiences at Central TV 's studios in Nottingham on 13 and 15 December . |
| 28 | Following NN we allow for the possibility that the higher the wage the more competition there will be for the job ( ceteris paribus ) and make this a function of w . |