Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 2 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
| 3 | Borrowing an idea from the fiercely competitive US market , ITN has made McDonald the sole anchorman but his role seems not so much to read the news as to make it simple for the viewer before the reporter fills the story out . |
| 4 | It is clear that what Bukharin had in mind here was that the ‘ town ’ must provide consumer goods and means of production to agriculture on such a scale as to make it worthwhile for the peasants to produce more than for their own immediate needs . |
| 5 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 6 | In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter . |