Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still very difficult to see how the process might work , or to account for the fact that some ads worked , and some consumers took action , but others stubbornly did not ; or that an apparently good campaign failed to achieve extra sales — for sales were still the only real measure of effectiveness . |
| 2 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 3 | They were forced to both to cover death duties and to pay for the wear and tear on a house that costs £450,000 a year to run . |
| 4 | In trying to find answers , managers — whether they were heads or governors — were caught between the need to make progress and to prepare for broad changes which had been widely publicized by central government and to prepare for the necessity that they should lead changes . |
| 5 | The capitalist system implied a monopoly of these ‘ means of production ’ in the hands of the few , so that the workers had no alternative but to work for the capitalist and on his terms in order to survive . |