Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until special colour charts or reference sample scales become available , CL operators can do little more than ensure internal consistency , or attempt to construct a system for quantification of CL intensity and wavelength . |
| 2 | Sometimes a tramp would knock on the back door , begging for food or offering to do a job for a few coppers . |
| 3 | Service trades offer the opportunity to create jobs quicker because they fulfil a requirement that already exists , rather than attempting to create a market for a new product and often having to wait for factories to be built and machinery installed . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe I 'll write a book and then take up that offer to have a go for the European Parliament . ’ |
| 5 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 6 | The pupils were asked to plot pairs of points and to try to find a rule for working out the coordinates of the midpoints of the lines joining these pairs of points . |
| 7 | He now believes they may be keeping her there , because they disapprove of their relationship and want to arrange a marriage for her . |
| 8 | He claims that the last shelf time period recorded on a book is highly predictive of future use , and gives a description of a simple method by which such information is examined and analysed to provide a basis for the weeding of stock . |
| 9 | Cooke published influential articles in the School and the Teacher and helped to found a museum for London teachers . |
| 10 | Having done so , Sykes took down his rod and prepared to make a dash for it , when through the storm he noticed two small boys . |
| 11 | ‘ So I shall , Bob , ’ said Dyson irritably , ‘ if I make a success of this and begin to make a name for myself . |
| 12 | Within twenty minutes a car drove up to the family majlis and began to unload a meal for us all . |
| 13 | British libel law errs by inhibiting free speech and failing to provide a system for correcting factual errors which is speedy and available to all victims of press distortion . |
| 14 | Now we may be baddies and decide to erect a battery-house for laying hens , or we may be goodies and decide to create a wilderness park for wildlife . |
| 15 | A few proponents of the change effort saw themselves as having to provide the executive leadership for the change and having to develop a strategy for doing so . |
| 16 | We all get into the trough and try to grab a bit for ourselves . |
| 17 | Toby eased himself out of his chair and proceeded to draw a pint for Dominic . |
| 18 | Richardson , Texas-based Micrografx Inc warns that it has uncovered corporate funds mismanagement in its Japanese subsidiary Micrografx , KK which may result in a loss of $500,000 , and it will likely take a provision for the non-recurring loss in the fourth quarter ; the company further realigned its worldwide operations to respond to changes in software purchasing trends and the costs of marketing products and services and expects to report a loss for the fiscal . |
| 19 | Thank you , the in after the interview I went back to Chelmsford where is the headquarters of the Essex Police Force and had to do a course for two weeks . |
| 20 | Mrs Miller threw her puffy arm into the air and volunteered to run a canteen for any troops that might pass through . |
| 21 | ‘ conspired amongst themselves and others to defraud the plaintiffs , and with intent to injure the plaintiffs , by a scheme for extracting moneys from the plaintiffs by way of inflated valuations and percentage fees and commission payments based upon such inflated valuations and by otherwise exposing the plaintiffs to liabilities , and calculated to make a profit for themselves … and/or companies in which the same were interested … by false representations , including forged and/or fraudulently altered and/or concealed loan application documentation by [ the third defendant ] . |
| 22 | Earlier still , in Russia , the Formalists had close connections with the Futurist poets , and attempted to provide a rationale for their revolutionary work . |
| 23 | Having tried and failed to find a buyer for its relatively big German subsidiary and its other European subsidiaries , a quest that was made urgent by its need for cash , MAI Systems Corp , Tustin , California has handed the subsidiaries over to its US and Canadian banks . |
| 24 | The announcement led to informal discussion between the Board 's officers , District representatives and the National WEA but failed to establish a basis for co-operation of provision in either county . |
| 25 | The seller sold one car for £350 but failed to find a purchaser for the other . |
| 26 | President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , in a speech marking the fifth anniversary of his assumption of power on Nov. 7 , 1987 , announced reforms of the civil service , but failed to announce a timetable for multiparty democracy . |
| 27 | Skinner , 31 , who began his career with Blaydon , has decided to leave Harlequins in May but intends to play a season for Blackheath before hanging up his boots . |
| 28 | While endeavouring to find a title for my first book , Colin Harvey , the publisher , suggested ‘ Poems for Daffodil Teas ’ . |
| 29 | Albanian Radio reported on Sept. 23 that Haxhia had been arrested at Tirana airport while attempting to board a plane for France . |
| 30 | The latter part of the Heath Government was taken up with the enforcement of its incomes policies and when the miners , having defeated the government in 1972 , challenged again in late 1973 , the government resisted while trying to find a formula for concession . |