Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 2 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 3 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for a five-year term and consists of six appointed senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 4 | Alan Pugh is the secretary of another group of initials , BFICC , which stands for the British Facsimile Industry Consultative Committee . |
| 5 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
| 6 | In such a culture , knowledge is superseded by wisdom , which looks for a total view of life , seeking to come to terms with its essential suffering and aspiring [ in Goethe 's words ] to " live resolutely in wholeness and fullness " . |
| 7 | But movements in oil prices have knock-on effects on other fuels , particularly gas on which plans for a new generation of power stations is based . |
| 8 | Despite the adoption of a global data-structure , an essentially hierarchical flow of information is imposed which allows for a weak interaction between the knowledge sources . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This species is preserved in a soft shale , but one which allows for the skeletal anatomy to be preserved in its entirety . |
| 11 | In the previous Section it has been shown that these harmonics can contribute to the mechanical output power , because harmonics of current lead to harmonics of motional voltage — The approach adopted here is to introduce a " torque correction factor " which allows for the harmonic contribution to the pull-out torque . |
| 12 | The committee , which meets for the first time next Tuesday , is expected to end its deliberations in January . |
| 13 | Which marks for the last test give a final average of fourteen marks for So the one test is gon na give him that is n't it ? |
| 14 | The van der Waals equation is where a is a constant which corrects for the attractive forces between gas molecules and b is a constant which corrects the volume of the gas by allowing for the part of the volume occupied by the gas molecules . |
| 15 | The first question is whether the procedure under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 is a matter which calls for a formal hearing by a court consisting of at least two justices . |
| 16 | The trade union movement has reached a new unity with the foundation of the Comite Unitario Sindical ( CUS ) which calls for a negotiated solution in common with the FDR-FMLN position . |
| 17 | No one got him to expand on his Irish policy , just as no one got Mr Kinnock to say whether he followed the Tory policy on Ireland ( whatever that is ) or the policy of the last Labour Conference which calls for a United Ireland . |
| 18 | He also describes the failsafe footrest and says it is required , then states the details of the relevant BS which calls for a full plate footrest . |
| 19 | To summarize , where know means " experience directly " , the knowing is frequently represented as accompanying the action experienced , instant by instant , throughout its duration — a coincidence in time which calls for the bare infinitive . |
| 20 | The fearsome overhang on the third pitch , which calls for the bold gritstone approach favoured by neither of us , caused further delay . |
| 21 | PUPILS at Stowmarket Middle School are putting the finishing touches to a glittering musical which opens for a four-night run next week to sell-out audiences . |
| 22 | Devon county council , typical in the region , has the over-riding aim of protecting the natural heritage against the ravages of tourism ( which accounts for a large part of the county 's economy ) , the needs of the local industries and rising demand for retirement homes . |
| 23 | Many writers take the view that it is the changing structure of spending , described immediately above , which accounts for the changing structure of employment in modern western society . |
| 24 | It is the mobility of dislocations which accounts for the mechanical differences between metals and non-metals . |
| 25 | The following excerpt is written in a Mass Observationer 's shorthand , which accounts for the bumpy grammar : |
| 26 | For the dreamer this illusion represents a deep and pleasurable necessity — which accounts for the well-known state of mind in which a dreamer can say , " It is a dream : I want to go on dreaming it . " |
| 27 | Companies certainly try to control demand , to channel it in known directions , but they are never sure of their market ; the best they can do is to offer a ‘ cultural repertoire ’ , to cover a spread of the likely possibilities in order to minimize the risk — and it is this which accounts for the colossal overproduction of records and the large number that make a loss ( see Laing 1985 : 9–10 , 20 ; Frith 1983a : 92–102 ; Denisoff 1975 : 92–4 ) . |
| 28 | So , by the time they went to Scotland , Boswell had visibly engaged with the project , which accounts for the everyday discipline he displayed in writing his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . |
| 29 | But as well as providing services , it 's also the council which speaks for the whole county . |
| 30 | for next year cos if somebody asks for a specific training |