Example sentences of "[verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 2 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 3 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 4 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 5 | Though physically a lightly built rugby player , he never hesitated to go for the top league and would be bounced and shaken regularly . |
| 6 | To go for the lapidary effect as such is sterile ; one tries for the lapidary because , if achieved , it is a guarantee of the verity of one 's feeling — Christian or non-Christian , as the case may be . |
| 7 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 8 | In his time , Even allowing for the good fellowship that exists throughout bowls , he has been a beacon of sportsmanship . |
| 9 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 10 | Even allowing for the surprising restraint that the media has shown in not reporting some instances that local residents would term ‘ a riot ’ , Britain remains a remarkably peaceful society , if the riot index is the only indicator used . |
| 11 | Allowing for the utmost frankness and lack of embarrassment possible with the individual client , it might be pointed out that it is possible to be too bright and breezy . |
| 12 | It failed for the simple reason that no coherent principles or policies came forward to replace the old ones . |
| 13 | A little later , as filmmakers began to expend the medium 's storytelling capacities , they drew from the techniques developed for the magic lantern or diorama and audiences saw a woman interrupting her husband in the act of kissing the maid , or a miller grappling with chimney sweeps in front of a windmill . |
| 14 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 15 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 16 | During the two phases of Pilot schemes , which were essentially experimental , detailed policy could only be formulated for the short term but , as the new system is becoming established , this letter is able to state policy for a longer period . |
| 17 | Importing authorities , on the other hand , have complained that the cross-boundary flow adjustment does not fully compensate for the actual workload since , by using average costs , it does not fully cover the costs of treating high-cost cases . |
| 18 | The nature-versus-culture model of analysis was first developed within anthropology to help account for the universal subordination or secondary status of women in all societies at all times . |
| 19 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 20 | The first three instruments here are obviously not intended for the serious player but for the beginner , or to be strummed once in a while as a second or third instrument . |
| 21 | But no one else is likely to be bothered by this , since the product is intended for the industrial site or building large enough to have its own substation . |
| 22 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 23 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
| 24 | Within a year , he was cooking for the Royal Box and state galas . |
| 25 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 26 | In LBC 's case , for example , the LBC Crown FM is going for the upmarket listener , while the medium wave service , London Talkback Radio , is pitching for the tabloid market and the dedicated followers of phone-ins . |
| 27 | The commentaries would not be designed for the general reader but for the specialist , who , looking up Zapp , would find that the book , article or thesis he had been planning had already been anticipated and , more likely than not , invalidated . |
| 28 | The H16 engine was designed for the 3-litre formula that came into effect in 1966 and was developed from mating a pair of the 1.5-litre V8s that had been so successful in the preceding years . |
| 29 | The Elektra is designed for the intermediate player and comes complete with racket bag . |
| 30 | In his recent study of the links between power and crime , Box states that corporate crime is crime committed for the corporate organisation and not against it ( Box , 1983 ) . |