Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This amendment should ensure that there is a majority of elected members serving on the police authority , either by retaining the present two-thirds requirements , or by providing for a simple majority and they give two main reasons . |
| 2 | Spokesmen for the insurance companies seeking to justify this practice have wheeled out a few explanations which include ‘ the client understood that by settling for a poor return on death his ultimate retirement fund would be higher . ’ |
| 3 | The voyage took eight months , and after stopping for a short time in Malaysia , we arrived in the Gulf of Tongking . |
| 4 | The foreign oil producers were slow in supplying oil , and there were delays in loading and off-loading it ( and in waiting for a full ship-load ) . |
| 5 | We can begin to clean up our act by eating whole , fresh food and by working for a high-quality , environmentally benign food supply ’ . |
| 6 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |