Example sentences of "[verb] for this [noun] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old age is not a sudden event : those becoming dependent must have anticipated and prepared for this stage in some characteristic way , even if by denial . |
| 2 | Three or four colours can be also used for this design in several different ways . |
| 3 | He places the blame squarely at the door of social scientists , whose theories have directed them to look for this pattern in pre-industrial and non-industrial societies . |
| 4 | So , Special Commissions of the Conference were called for this purpose in 1978 and 1985 . |
| 5 | Handscomb has served the equivalent of a 15-year notional determinate sentence now , a sentence which , as I have already pointed out , is well in excess of the maximum fixed-term sentence passed for this offence in recent years . |
| 6 | It was originally operated by the HIDB itself , but a marketing cooperative ( Lewis Livestock Ltd ) was established for this purpose in 1980 . |