Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to describe in detail without spoiling the effect for future viewers , something that goes for the whole film . |
| 2 | It was concluded that low cost tools have limitations but can provide useful experience to system builders that allows for the critical selection of more advanced software . |
| 3 | Concern was also expressed about smoke from the barbecue interfering with other sporting fixtures , and it was agreed that plans for the proposed verandah should be viewed by the parish council before going to the district . |
| 4 | If , as is postulated here , usage is determined by the meaning to be expressed , the answer must be that there are two different ways of conceiving causation in English , make representing it in a way that calls for the bare infinitive , cause in a way requiring the representation of abstract movement in time signified by to . |
| 5 | As the implications of another disastrous election defeat begin to be analysed , it is clear that calls for the Labour Party to embrace PR as a way of breaking the Tory stranglehold are gaining in strength . |
| 6 | It may be modern unwillingness to accept that there were activities in ancient societies which we do not understand that accounts for the embarrassing silence of archaeology on the Andean lines and its stubborn resistance to a proper treatment of the ley theory in Britain . |
| 7 | It is in a rather different sense that it is said of the wicked that they will soon fade like the grass ( Ps 37.2 ) , for there it is not an inbuilt weakness of the human constitution that accounts for the imminent death of the wicked but a fate peculiar to wrongdoers . |
| 8 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 9 | it to be rewritten we usually have one event after Christmas that pays for the extra gas and heating that we use . |
| 10 | ( This ensures a wide field of application and allows for the gradual introduction of new languages such as Ada . ) |
| 11 | This ‘ deadband ’ prevents the servo from ‘ hunting ’ and allows for the inevitable backlash , friction and inertia of the gearbox and motor . |
| 12 | To receive and consider the Directors ' Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 27th March 1993 . |
| 13 | Over 60 per cent of public expenditure flows through these accounts , as well as grants to local government and finds for the National Health Service , nationalized industries and public corporations . |
| 14 | Suppose the central bank takes this line of argument seriously and opts for the following policy rule : where n is a constant . |
| 15 | A number of principles , notably that of collective responsibility , have been set out as signposts for the continuing evaluation of services for the under-fives . |