Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [to-vb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applications are usually expensive , often costing several hundred pounds ; after all , someone has to pay for the advertising and the glossy box . |
| 2 | It happens to be the case that we can not , in our language , refer to the sensible properties of a thing without introducing a word or phrase which appears to stand for the thing itself as opposed to anything which may be said about it . |
| 3 | Treatment is free , but the Haematology Research Fund at Pembury , which helps to pay for the Clinic 's work in immunotherapy , is happy to accept contributions . |
| 4 | If she wants to work for the organization I 'm sure we 'll find something suitable for her . " |
| 5 | ‘ Apparently his wife has some hot-shot L.A. lawyer who intends to go for the jugular . |
| 6 | Anyone suffering from a mental handicap and who is living in a mental hospital must complete a declaration that he or she wishes to register for the right to vote . |
| 7 | In the first case , with a dependent text , one has to allow for the exercise of schematic knowledge which will to some degree lead to the bypassing of language and the avoidance of inference . |
| 8 | Dr Mowlam said Jeffrey 's asthma and eczema were getting worse as a result of the stress and worry about the money he has to pay for the medication . |
| 9 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 10 | The attractiveness of the cultural explanation of religion is that it appears to account for the diversity in religious practices and beliefs without the necessity to get involved in controversy . |
| 11 | He argued that he has to persist with his Euro flops as he tries to qualify for the World Cup . |
| 12 | He continues to campaign for the right of Catholics to be openly gay . |
| 13 | Having introduced the ‘ supply side ’ of the equation , it remains to account for the pattern of the ‘ demand ’ . |
| 14 | This favours those departments which have been successful in the past , but does not help those others which wish to expand or to improve their standards , and it fails to allow for the creation of new departments . |
| 15 | He attempts to account for the prevalence of the placement model despite its lack of apparent success and offers a number of suggestions for reversing the trend to identify and exclude ever-increasing numbers of pupils as deviant . |
| 16 | Over breakfast ( no Guardian was delivered , doubtless because of the snow ) she pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion . |