Example sentences of "[verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 2 | Mr Chirac seems to want to wait for the presidential election in 1995 . |
| 3 | These should more than compensate for the natural decline in other more mature fields . |
| 4 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
| 5 | Moreover , even today allowing for the enormous growth in monopoly , or oligopoly , in the advanced capitalist countries , the national economies have not yet reached that condition of ‘ rationality ’ or planning in production that Bukharin assumed had been already achieved . |
| 6 | These data are given for the post-war period in Figure 2.1 . |
| 7 | Together with previous data showing a similar location for the small molecule binding sites in adrenergic receptors , these results suggest that there is a general transmembrane binding site for small molecules in G-protein-coupled receptors , and that non-peptide antagonists can be developed for the analogous domain in other peptide receptors . |
| 8 | They could not afford to buy a horse , and although the richer peasants were more heavily taxed , this did not compensate for the wide difference in equipment , which was not taxed . |
| 9 | Tomorrow they 'll be free to roam Fantasyland , Adventureland and all the other Lands and try the attractions before gathering for the big gala in the evening . |
| 10 | The Orangemen could even talk to those trees ( the ones removed and replanted for the Papal visit in 1982 about which the parks department is still very sensitive and reluctant to comment ) on the basis that plants respond to music . |
| 11 | Swales is not at the US Cup , though he is expected for the final match in Detroit against Germany on June 19 . |
| 12 | But it is the lenders ' generosity with their funds during that era that has been partly blamed for the continuing rise in the number of arrears and repossession cases . |
| 13 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |
| 14 | The amendment stated that the USA would attempt to dissuade any NATO ally from making force reductions , and that , should this attempt fail , the USA would seek to persuade other NATO allies to compensate for the resultant shortfall in overall NATO force levels . |
| 15 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |
| 16 | Utilities were among the more buoyant sectors , helped by the search by pensions funds for higher-income investments to compensate for the five-point drop in their investment returns as a result of the Budget changes . |
| 17 | At the half-year the increase in carpet profits will be unable to compensate for the significant fall in Sekers ' profits , causing an overall profit erosion . |
| 18 | So , although AViiON sales are increasing quarter by quarter , they are n't bringing in enough to compensate for the sudden drop-off in MV business . |
| 19 | It is the very particular choreographic style that MacMillan created for the child-like figure in Requiem that emphasises more strongly than any other of today 's ballets the need for choreographers to explore dance itself . |
| 20 | Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ? |
| 21 | Finally we show that recombinant TFIIA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae can substitute for the human factor in pol III transcription in vitro which proves that TFIIA is also involved in the efficient expression of classical pol III genes . |
| 22 | Yeast TFIIA can substitute for the human factor in pol III transcription in vitro |
| 23 | Since cloned human TFIIA is not yet available , we used the yeast analogue , which can functionally substitute for the human factor in pol II transcription in vitro ( 17 , 24 ) . |
| 24 | The development of professional competence however paramountly desirable can not substitute for the academic element in language courses . |
| 25 | As the fire was crackling into life she headed for the small lavatory in the hall . |
| 26 | But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand . |
| 27 | Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather . |
| 28 | The government also interfered more sharply with individual freedom that ever before : men were drafted into the Army to man General Pershing 's expedition destined for the Western Front in France ; several laws were passed against spying ; a form of censorship was imposed on the foreign language press in the USA ; pacifists were harshly dealt with . |
| 29 | Tehran radio announced on 31 December that ‘ The Iranian navy has seized a Danish ship in the Gulf of Oman which was carrying explosives destined for the ruling regime in Iraq and forced it to dock at one of the ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran . ’ |
| 30 | This is the name given to integrated computer hardware and software which allows for the easy production in the office of complex and elaborate documents and reports . |