Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means it is time to loose the last two arrows and decide whether to aim for the middle of the target to boost your score , or to aim for the outside edge of the target and the chance of winning the Horn Spoon . |
| 2 | If a school intends to operate a form of option system allowing pupils to drop history at Key Stage 4 or to opt for the short course or continue with the full course , pupils and parents will presumably wish to base their decision on performance to date . |
| 3 | His encounters with the eagles he met convinced him that he was not yet experienced or powerful enough to seek territory of his own , or to head for the far north-west where golden eagles are notoriously fierce and strong . |
| 4 | Nineteenth-century feminists did not demand measures to improve the status and conditions of wives and mothers other than to campaign for the equal right of married women to control their own property . |
| 5 | Welch implies that to account for the apparent increases in zooplankton biomass over the past 30 years in the North Pacific without a marked concomitant increase in phytoplankton biomass ( as reflected by chlorophyll ) , phytoplankton productivity must have increased . |
| 6 | ‘ we are persuaded that , there being no authority to prevent us , it is preferable as a matter of justice to hold parties to their clearly expressed bargain rather than to introduce for the first time in 1971 an extension of a doctrine of land law so as to deny the efficacy of that bargain . |
| 7 | There 's enough food and to spare for the coming year . |
| 8 | The incentives to seek and follow advice , to think long-term rather than short , and to work for the best results at 16+ are all clearly set out . |
| 9 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |
| 10 | In the gigantic concrete suburbs around Bucharest and the other major cities , no churches were built to replace the ones in the areas demolished and to provide for the spiritual needs of the relocated populations . |
| 11 | Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests . |
| 12 | Details are not yet available , but one proposal is to establish regular deadlines for grant applications and to require for the first selection round a short summary of project proposals rather than the full 20-page application , as is now the case . |
| 13 | The committees are empowered to take evidence from ministers , civil servants and outside experts and to call for the necessary papers and records . |
| 14 | A large demonstration organized by the opposition was held on May 26 to protest at corruption and to call for the Prime Minister 's resignation . |
| 15 | Therefore , it seems likely that Jupiter has powerful internal sources of heat , and to account for the excess radiation these would make the interior hot . |
| 16 | Although formally set out only at a later date ( c.1372 ) , they came to include the rights to create notaries , to legitimize bastards , to grant letters conferring the status of bourgeoisie and nobility , to issue pardons and remissions , to license fairs and markets , to permit suitors to be represented at law by proctors , and to legislate for the common weal of the kingdom . |
| 17 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 18 | Having seen all of this , Stoker , they say , told Irving he wished not only to administer Irving 's theatrical affairs , but to write for the great man . |
| 19 | But no entry is given by Meude-Monpas for ‘ Batteur de mesure , and it is relevant to note that Meude-Monpas 's stated purpose was not to be academic about things , but to write for the ordinary reader . |
| 20 | It was a potent stimulator for our technical people , not just for the marginal improvements from our operating experience which would be built into the next plant , but to look for the major change in thinking which alone would put us ahead of the competition . |
| 21 | Jakobson 's answer to this argument is , however , a powerful one : all users of a language must necessarily know the system of categories into which its different elements are divided , even if only unconsciously ; and his analysis of poetry does not claim to represent what goes on in the reader 's mind , but to account for the special effect which the poetry , for reasons of which he may well be unaware , exercises on him . |
| 22 | That will be the convenient and sensible course because what such a defendant is seeking is not so much to correct an error in the judge 's decision , for which appeals to this court are designed , but to have for the first time a hearing at which his evidence is considered . |
| 23 | Choukeir will now decide whether to go for the French equivalent of an appeal ; a cancellation in the Supreme Court . |
| 24 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 25 | Once this level is set , any change in the output voltage , rise or fall , due to a variation in the load current , for instance , is sensed by the error detector which then causes the error amplifier input to deviate from the reference level , and the resulting output adjusts the series control element resistance in such a direction as to compensate for the initial change . |
| 26 | How could minute quantities of an injected peptide be guided to and then enter the appropriate neuron so as to code for the new memory ? |
| 27 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |