Example sentences of "[verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 2 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 3 | It will be seen that the written notes for the B flat tenor give the actual sounds if the tenor clef is substituted for the treble and for the baritone the written notes give the actual notes if imagined to be written in the bass clef ( making allowances in the matter of key signatures ) . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Debord 's place within a reified history of ‘ political modernism ’ is assured , more by virtue of what is claimed for the work than by its testing in public — Levin admits that screenings have been rare , especially outside France . |
| 5 | Eight Republicans , who had originally voted for the bill because of unemployment problems in their home states , joined all 57 Democrats to oppose the veto , but there were no additional crossovers in spite of the widespread recession . |
| 6 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 7 | The reverse of this policy was a Unionist proposal that all men in the armed forces should qualify for the franchise as of right . |
| 8 | The capitalist system implied a monopoly of these ‘ means of production ’ in the hands of the few , so that the workers had no alternative but to work for the capitalist and on his terms in order to survive . |
| 9 | This keeps the game ‘ alive ’ from start to finish as teams jockey for the lead as in , say , soccer . |
| 10 | Yet , among its symptoms listed by Marx in his description of alienation , one — the fact that the work is not done for the worker but for someone else , that ‘ in his work he does not belong to himself but to another person … . |
| 11 | That 's why I 'm pushing for the fight and for me the sooner the better . |
| 12 | ‘ Provision is , however , made for the possibility that at any time the two airports may have the same owner . |
| 13 | Parliamentary time has been made for the Bill and for amendment of the 1984 legislation . |
| 14 | The Commission had taken much of its case from the evidence of the BBFC , differing only in proposing that the private exhibition of films on domestic occasions should not be subject to criminal sanction provided that no person under 16 was present and no charge was made for the exhibition or for anything provided in connection with it . |
| 15 | Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal . |
| 16 | This is the nearest thing to typesetting yet released and it speaks PostScript so for desktop publishers looking for the quality but without typesetting it could be the answer . |
| 17 | I understand at one time it was possible to cross the river by means of stepping stones but these are no longer in position and the landowner finds that walkers wander along the river bank looking for the path and for a way to cross the river . |
| 18 | It was only the resolute persistence of the dealer Samuel Woodburn who purchased the collection from the artist 's executor in 1834 , together with the support of the collector and academic the Revd Dr Henry Wellesley and the generosity of Lord Eldon that enabled part of the collection to be saved for the nation and for the new University Galleries , Oxford . |
| 19 | Land-using practices are economic activities , in which political-economic relations may be crucial ( e.g. the ownership of the land , the distribution of that ownership , the crops grown for the market or for self-provisioning , the existence of wage labour , and so on ) . |
| 20 | Obviously , sorting out the courses which are on offer can best be done by writing for the prospectus but with any application the question that will be of overriding importance is how you are going to finance your training . |
| 21 | Thus the same word — regnum — was used for the whole and for both larger and smaller parts . |
| 22 | I have few comments to make , except that the sack survived very well , save for some sections of the Advent material used for the back and inside the shoulder straps , which were eaten by salt-seeking grasshoppers ! |
| 23 | Tutors may wish to explore how it would be treated if it was used for the business and for family use to illustrate that these decisions are not always so clear cut . |
| 24 | Mr Gummer said : ‘ The proposals complement the range of environmental incentives already available to farmers and reflect the Government 's continuing commitment to caring for the countryside and to integrating environmental objectives into agricultural policy . ’ |
| 25 | New constitutions would be drafted for the federation and for the Czech and Slovak republics , separating local self-administration from state administration , and ending excessive centralism . |
| 26 | John , some time this week you will tell us in the Midland Region that a package is just that , no picking the bits out , you either vote for the package or against . |
| 27 | I would appeal to people to take this opportunity to vote with their conscience — to vote for the future and for life . ’ |
| 28 | Assume for the moment that in the United States the Constitution , the statutes enacted by Congress and the legislatures of the several states , and past judicial decisions are , by convention , all grounds of law . |
| 29 | The majority opted for the visit and in my opinion made a good choice . |
| 30 | The visit is not ‘ unsolicited , ’ and therefore the Regulations do not apply , if the customer has expressly requested the visit , e.g. by completing and returning a reply paid card asking for the visit or by telephoning asking for it . |