Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs . |
| 2 | In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law . |
| 3 | Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress . |
| 4 | The proposals must be acceptable to the people and parliament of the United Kingdom as a whole and because of the land frontier with the Republic of Ireland any political arrangement must recognise and provide for the special relationship between both parts of the island . |
| 5 | ‘ Then we should both stop and groom for the final showdown , giving Barry Hearn three months to promote and sell the fight , ’ said Eubank . |
| 6 | 7.5 In the event that fails to order and pay for the minimum number of copies of the Licensed Software specified in Schedule 9 shall be entitled at its option , to terminate the Agreement without liability . |
| 7 | It is far better to like and admire something that is wrong , or to like and admire for the wrong reason , provided we do so sincerely , than to follow slavishly the dictates or ideas of some other person . |
| 8 | The Waste was utterly still and save for the dark Tower in the centre utterly empty ; the birds which enlivened the forest avoided it , the morning sun , shining obliquely across it , lit the Tower down one side leaving the other in deepest shadow . |
| 9 | Please would you investigate and arrange for the necessary maintenance work to be put in hand . |
| 10 | I can see something of the sort as I look over my own published attempts to describe and account for the peaceful way of life followed by the Semai , and I think I can also see some of the reasons for it . |