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 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 4 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The model described above provides a simple illustration of the effect of input-output relations and the need to allow for the indirect effects . |
| 7 | The crushing of the Austrian Socialists in February 1934 by a Catholic government ideologically close to the CEDA merely served to convince many Socialists , already acutely aware of the fate suffered by their Italian and German comrades , of the need to prepare for the worst . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ELDERLY council tenants living in easily-accessible housing will gain the right to buy for the first time , under a government amendment to be tabled in the House of Lords on Monday . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It buys them , sells some bits quickly , but then keeps the rest to manage for the long term . |
| 12 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You will have the chance to qualify for the highest civilian cookery qualifications available in Great Britain . |
| 16 | They get out the plastic to pay for the double-decker load of food . |
| 17 | Brussels had framed the legislation under a section of the Treaty of Rome which authorises the Commission to aim for the highest possible levels of environmental protection and allows for majority voting in the Council of Ministers when member states are unable to agree . |
| 18 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But the report says : ‘ The museum must be attractive enough to persuade customers to make the effort to visit for the first time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 23 | 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 " . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | She dropped a one-pound coin on the table to pay for the smashed saucer . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I 've got a piece to write for the Overseas Service . |