Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Socialist group in the European parliament has called for the EC to set more ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 2 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |
| 3 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 4 | She is unable to gauge his mood , her feminine antennae have folded for the night . |
| 5 | THE on-going recession means to respite for the hard pressed Citizens Advice Bureau . |
| 6 | Speakers at a rally this afternoon have called for the release of hundreds of prisoners they claim are innocent . |
| 7 | This technique involves asking for the order in such a way that if the timing is premature the presentation can continue with the minimum of interruption . |
| 8 | At the same time , British Rail agreed to withdraw for the next six months a proposed price increase for carrying the high quality limestone to the BS works at Redcar . |
| 9 | Social progress means heading for the city , dropping Aymara or Quechua in favour of Spanish , adopting modern dress and weakening ties with the countryside . |
| 10 | But , while social programmes continue to pay for the largesse for defence , scientific research and development has been spared . |
| 11 | A number of British garages refused to quote for the job directly , giving only-their hourly-rates and an estimate of how long it would take . |
| 12 | By July 30 , 12 candidates had registered for the presidential elections due to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on September 29-30 . |
| 13 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 14 | The British Museum wants to recover for the nation the 2,000-year-old bronze Roman plaque which fetched £26,000 at auction after its removal one night from land in North Yorkshire . |
| 15 | America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 16 | This hedonist tends to live for the moment , because if one is constantly distracted from present experience by designs for the future nothing will ever be fully enjoyed . |
| 17 | Giry 's models were the volumes of Jahrbucher ( year-books ) which German scholars had produced for the reigns of other Carolingians : strictly chronological accounts conceived quite literally as annals . |
| 18 | Some players have remained for the northern winter in England , France or Italy , to pursue the loose change of world rugby . |
| 19 | Only Simon Woods of the league 's five top players has qualified for the semi-finals at Witham tomorrow ( 7.15 ) . |
| 20 | For loading and unloading sacks of coal , and driving a lorry round the villages , that was £440 per annum more than a Senior Scientific Officer earned slaving for the defence of his country . |
| 21 | When we left at 11.20 am the forecourt would be crowded with another congregation waiting to enter for the 11.30 am Celebration of the Sung Eucharist . |
| 22 | Its close links with the English cathedrals had to wait for the Norman reorganization , which first made possible in England an absenteeism and pluralism on the German model . |
| 23 | The agricultural sector managed to provide for the food needs of Japan 's growing population . |
| 24 | The government made little effort to conceal a belief that the rural sector had to pay for the development of the urban/industrial one . |
| 25 | Quite simply , there is too little equipment installed to account for the levels of unemployment . |
| 26 | In the event the vast majority continued to make for the seaside resorts in the area , leaving the conservationists to fend off the more predatory designs of farmers and water authorities . |
| 27 | Under headlines such as ‘ Fiend 's third victim ’ ( Daily Mirror ) and ‘ Terror of tape bondage rapist ’ ( Sun ) , it was noted how ‘ a sticky-tape sex-fiend has struck for the third time ’ bringing ‘ terror to a triangle of Hampshire towns ’ . |
| 28 | Similar work has begun for the west Birmingham and south central Leeds areas . |
| 29 | Somewhere further up the scale is the seasonal dieter who goes on a diet in spring to get rid of the Christmas over-indulgence ; in summer to get ready for the beach ; in autumn to lose the fat gained from too many chips , ice-creams , and Tequila sunrises on holiday ; and in early winter to help prepare for the Christmas binge . |
| 30 | It was estimated that the consequent loss of exports and the extra imports needed to compensate for the shortfall could cost the economy up to US$2,000,000 million in 1990 . |