Example sentences of "[pron] they [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not impossible that nationalism will decline with the decline of the nation-state , without which being English or Irish or Jewish , or a combination of all these , is only one way in which people describe their identity among the many others which they use for this purpose , as occasion demands . |
| 2 | Despite revolutionary zeal , or perhaps because of it , they sought immediate compensations for the miseries of daily life , and spontaneous methods of attack which they mistook for political strategy . |
| 3 | Some who had failed to get out of the way in time bore the scars like war wounds or medals which they paraded for public admiration . |
| 4 | The explanations which they offer for continuing peasant unrest , however , run counter to important aspects of the Soviet explanation . |
| 5 | ‘ It is extremely serious when someone in a position of trust over women , to whom they go for intimate advice , education and examination , behaves in this way . |
| 6 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 7 | Far from it , what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately . |
| 8 | That 's all the more reason why you should not be cutting their budget below what they need for next year . |