Example sentences of "[conj] care for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most species will form groups at some stage of their life , for feeding , defence , or caring for the young , for example . |
| 2 | If you would like to join the committee and influence policy , pass on a good idea , attend the community lunch held for those working in the area , get involved in producing the regular Headington Area Newsletter , join an informal discussion group or borrow material on Health , Parenting or Caring for the Elderly , make a special request or offer your services as a tutor or Youth Club volunteer , we would love to hear from you . |
| 3 | She needed some more wood for her carving if she was to complete all the ‘ little comforters ’ , as she called them , during her three-week holiday away from the travel agents where she worked , small , smooth-shaped pieces of wood , lovingly carved and polished by herself to fit easily into the palm and which , much to her surprise and delight , were eagerly accepted by the large rehabilitation hospital in the next town that cared for the blind and mentally sick . |
| 4 | ‘ We are trying to spread the message that caring for the environment can be fun for everyone , ’ explained Wayne Talbot of Watch . |
| 5 | In all this work he functions as a kindly nurse who has no other business than to care for the well-being of her charge . |
| 6 | After dinner , back on the boat , he sat and talked about the soil as the common link between people of all nations , and spoke almost lovingly of husbandry and caring for the soil almost as if it were a human being . |
| 7 | All this currying and caring for the body , for its clothing and for the marriage room went on day after day until the wedding night finally arrived . |
| 8 | The entire burden of hatching , feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , Hoving became rapidly intoxicated with his own power and was incapable of maintaining the balance between forcefulness and arrogance , between populism and vulgarity ; between protecting and caring for the art under the Met 's roof and blithely selling it heedless of scholars or donors . |
| 10 | Even in cases where the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget , there is no guarantee that both will contribute equally to the day-to-day running of the home and caring for the children . |
| 11 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |
| 12 | Although they faithfully echoed the time-honoured myth that the Tsarist government stood above social divisions and cared for the interests of all classes , they firmly grasped that the mainstay of the autocracy was in fact the landed nobility . |
| 13 | And it is by that fire that Kentigern is born — about 518 — and to that fire , just as in the Gospels , that shepherds came and cared for the boy whose mother , her work done , is dead . ’ |
| 14 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |
| 15 | The local authorities were also given powers to establish hospitals to fulfil their duties to contain infectious diseases and to care for the mentally ill . |
| 16 | Those of you who know me from my earlier scribblings in PFK will be well aware of my feelings in relation to our responsibilities to do our best to maintain and care for the delicate marine creatures we take from the wild . |
| 17 | The proposals , which for the first time would offer direct payments for such schemes , form part of a package of six new measures to protect and care for the countryside launched for consultation . |
| 18 | The Duchess of Gloucester , as Patron , visits the offices of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 19 | 11 October : The Duchess of Gloucester , Patron of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , today visited the Counsel 's new offices at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 20 | Details of provision can be obtained from social services and from organisations such as Counsel and Care for the Elderly and GRACE . |
| 21 | In these circumstances , the back-up resources are not there , and care for the carers is also needed . |
| 22 | For this we have to thank those dedicated collectors whose affection and care for the once ‘ ordinary ’ 78s has led to a great deal of pleasure for all of us today . |
| 23 | Here they make the land habitable , banish evil spirits ( or convert them into lesser deities , the Bāhan ) and care for the people . |
| 24 | We do not want them to inherit all our problems when it is their responsibility to create the wealth and care for the increased number of elderly and aged people in this country . |
| 25 | ‘ Then his son-in-law must act as a son and care for the land that 'll one day be his . ’ |
| 26 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 27 | The counsellor should become fully acquainted with as much relevant knowledge and information in as many professional spheres as possible , and use that knowledge in an attempt to ensure that the best possible treatment and care for the counsellee is obtained . |
| 28 | It invites denigration , even denial , of the link between physical care and care for the whole person whose body needs tending , and therefore of the knowledge and skill which such activities may require . |
| 29 | Descriptions of their behaviour show how many of the characteristics which are considered natural or essentially human are not instinctive but learnt , indicating the necessity of human contact and care for the development of social behaviour and for the development of fundamental human faculties . |
| 30 | ‘ Britain was the first to pay farmers to look after the land and care for the countryside , while cutting back on production . |