Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 2 | Social services are standing by their decision to pay for the 14-year old to stay at his grandparents ' villa , but refused to talk about the inquiry . |
| 3 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 4 | On coming to power in Tbilisi , the new military council expressed its readiness to search for a negotiated solution to the problems in South Ossetia and , as a gesture of goodwill , on Jan. 7 released the Ossetian leader Torez Kolumbegov who had been held since January 1991 [ see pp. 37971 ; 38014 ] . |
| 5 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 6 | It has announced its intention to tender for a further 12.5pc stake . |
| 7 | Mrs Kinnock , 47 , last month announced her intention to stand for the 1994 European Parliament elections in the South East Wales constituency . |
| 8 | New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has agreed to coach Italy 's national cricket team for the next two months to help their bid to qualify for the next World Cup in 1996 . |
| 9 | The companies wrote to the Clerk to the Commissioners on 31 January 1991 , stating their intention to apply for a 90-day extension at the next meeting , explaining why they would not be able to comply with the precepts in the 50-day time limit . |
| 10 | They are using it as part of their module to train for the real business world by setting up their own venture and running it for the school year . |
| 11 | But other couples will either find a way through and re-negotiate their relationship to allow for the different people that they 've now become , or they may shelve them because they get caught up in the , the very busyness of life , what we call the , the productivity phase , which is the third phase , where couples are maybe having children , building up a family , building up careers ; they 're involved in that sort of activity . |
| 12 | The county council will have to ask colleges to bid for money on its behalf to pay for the vocational adult education courses it runs . |
| 13 | Those who give up their employment to care for a disabled relative may also have their pension rights protected by the Home Responsibilities Protection Regulations which came into effect in April 1978 . |
| 14 | Beth still saw it as her duty to provide for the old man , though he rarely ate anything she prepared . |
| 15 | Alessandra Mussolini , granddaughter of Il Duce , has been a hit with photographers , although only the foreign press have paid attention to her pretence to campaign for the neo-fascist party . |
| 16 | On top of that many of them necessarily have to divide their time to allow for the other tasks for which they are also responsible . |
| 17 | That gave her time to go for a quick wash . |
| 18 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
| 19 | Geoffrey Palmer , Prime Minister of New Zealand , promptly announced his intention to call for a global ban on drift-netting during his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in October . |
| 20 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 21 | They are hatching a plan for Bruno to fight the new champion in China or London next spring , leaving Lewis to pursue his right to fight for the unified title through the American courts . |
| 22 | Recalling that ‘ this country was built on ruins ’ , he added that it remained his aim to strive for a classless society . |
| 23 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 24 | It was unthinkable to pledge his word to stay for a fixed term when he might not be able to keep it . |
| 25 | As a screen Englishman , he felt it his duty to volunteer for the Royal Navy when war broke out and was amused to find that his newly-developed persona automatically promoted him to officer class . |
| 26 | Now in fairness it would n't be our responsibility to pay for a new engine if the vehicle had been drive on . |
| 27 | The two meetings on which I have reported to the House have shown our determination to work for a safer world and a new partnership with Russia in the cause of peace . |
| 28 | It is very important that as you come to the end of one bottle you contact your Homœopath to arrange for the next one to be made up . |
| 29 | However , there were no other factors in our patient to account for the acute haemolytic episode , and ascorbic acid induced haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency has been reported . |
| 30 | Our Solar System is certainly a prerequisite for our existence , and one might extend this to the whole of our galaxy to allow for an earlier generation of stars that created the heavier elements . |