Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I wanted on behalf of the team was the opportunity to qualify for the European Cup final off the back of our last two Champions League matches , ’ said the manager . |
| 2 | One has transferred to the communications department and all were offered the opportunity to work for the new contract firm . |
| 3 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 4 | A study by Robert Gordon , at Northwestern University , estimated that America 's inflation rate was overstated by 1.5-2% a year between 1947 and 1983 because of the failure to adjust for the improving quality of consumer durables . |
| 5 | The model described above provides a simple illustration of the effect of input-output relations and the need to allow for the indirect effects . |
| 6 | The opposition also emphasized that the referendum failed to address the issue of the 10,000 US troops stationed in the Panama canal zone and the need to provide for the future security of the canal when it came under complete Panamanian control at the turn of the century . |
| 7 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 8 | It buys them , sells some bits quickly , but then keeps the rest to manage for the long term . |
| 9 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 10 | On the one hand he had to contend with a tough gang of young people attracted to the youth club , and on the other to care for the elderly people who made up a considerable proportion of his congregation . |
| 11 | He wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds on Saturday , apparently , and no one seems quite sure whether the resignation dates from the day the letter was received or the date the warrant is signed by the Chancellor . |
| 12 | They get out the plastic to pay for the double-decker load of food . |
| 13 | A meeting on Jan. 6 between representatives of political parties and the government to prepare for the national conference scheduled for Feb. 19 [ see p. 38517 ] , ended abruptly when opposition groups walked out . |
| 14 | Darwin 's theories have been used to support the view that homo sapiens is the pre-eminent of species , and have fuelled beliefs in the morality of the survival of the fittest , whilst also lending support to positions , reminiscent of Albert Schweitzer 's , which emphasise universal kinship and the duty to care for the lowly and enfeebled . |
| 15 | The bill did not include a method for funding the changes , leading Bush to suggest that it would " inevitably lead to a raid on the Treasury to pay for the elaborate scheme of public subsidies " . |
| 16 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |
| 17 | So , on a 4 x 4 , unless the vehicle has a differential in the gearbox to allow for the different rotations of the front and rear propshafts , the transmission will ‘ wind itself up ’ . |
| 18 | In Britain the government has allowed tax relief for child care provided by employers , to encourage women to return to the work-force to compensate for the missing teenagers of the 1990s ( Chapter 13 ) . |
| 19 | She dropped a one-pound coin on the table to pay for the smashed saucer . |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman was far more brave than the hon. Member for Torridge and Devon , West ( Miss Nicholson ) who has adopted the role of reading out central office briefs in the House to apologise for the Conservative party . |
| 21 | Because there is no money to pay for the extra care and maintenance staff , janitors , and others , who would be required to make greater use of the facilities at night or at week-ends . |
| 22 | I 've got a piece to write for the Overseas Service . |
| 23 | Does he also agree that , although the violence of the provisional IRA and others who claim with no legitimacy to speak for the Irish people as a whole , is sickening , it is equally disgusting , disgraceful and sickening to see those who claim to be loyal to the Unionist cause killing , tit for tat , for no reason other than that people happen to be Catholic ? |
| 24 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 25 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 26 | Nor was a desire to retaliate for the Triple Intervention of 1895 totally absent . |
| 27 | The Wellcome Foundation Trust , a charitable arm of the Wellcome drug company set up to fund medical research , has agreed in principle to a request to pay for the three-year investigation . |
| 28 | It all starts off on the Friday evening of the Spring Bank Holiday with the President 's dinner , which for the centenary is being held in a marquee to cater for the huge numbers who wish to attend . |
| 29 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 30 | We note the elapsed time at that quarter-point , knock off a minute to allow for the initial climb out of Gransden , and mentally predict the arrival time at the half-way point . |