Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hotel 's owners have made it clear they are not obliged to wait for the outcome of today 's inspection . |
| 2 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 3 | With a more sober view of what is possible , local social services departments are now beginning to plan for the provision of more comprehensive and effective welfare services for the disabled . |
| 4 | I was hiding , working my way round to the Orchard to try for the pennant in there . |
| 5 | The conversation ended the official programme of the Leeds Congress , but there was more to come for a party of about forty participants , including the President and Professor Kerney and his wife , for whom an excursion into Wensleydale by train and horse drawn wagonettes had been organised . |
| 6 | FOR YOUNG PEOPLE , A NEW ENTITLEMENT TO TRAIN FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO FOUR YEARS , WITH A QUALIFICATION AT THE END OF IT COMPARABLE TO THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED AT SCHOOL . |
| 7 | He was celebrated at court for the eloquence of his sermons , and in 1683 Lord Dartmouth , who commanded the large fleet which was to visit Tangiers and evacuate its garrison , implored him ‘ For God 's sake , and as I am to answer for the preservation of so many souls as he hath put under my care ’ , to join the expedition as his chief chaplain . |
| 8 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 9 | Christine and Tony had decided to look for a girl of about 2 , since they felt a baby would be too much to cope with and a 2- year-old could accompany Christine to nursery school . |
| 10 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 11 | To hope for a return to how they must have looked before mine shafts and blast furnaces — one of the most strikingly attractive regions in Britain — is too much to expect . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , once the initial silting has taken place , the weathering of the ditch is very slow , and such experiments need to run for a period of over a hundred years to gain the maximum results . |
| 13 | You also need to allow for the cost of both building and tiling a separate shower enclosure ; this can often be more than the cost if installing the shower itself . |
| 14 | If copying errors have occurred ( unlikely , but possible ) , the software can be written to allow for the recopying of just single bytes or short blocks from within the main memory block . |
| 15 | Near the end of the novel the clergyman is left ‘ … in strange Embarrassment , not knowing how to account for a Mind at once so enlighten 'd , and so ridiculous . ’ |
| 16 | However , as the results of the first inspections started to come in the seriousness of the problem was realised and the US authorities eventually went so far as to call for the use of specially made ultrasonic probes for detecting cracks round the fastener holes . |
| 17 | But they have to pay for the schooling over there , you know . |
| 18 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
| 19 | Members of the Stratification and Employment Group at the University of Surrey have previously received grants from the ESRC to pay for the preparation of more accessible versions of the General Household Survey data tapes from the annual surveys of 1973 and 1980 . |
| 20 | In survey conditions it is unreasonable to ask for a ranking of more than ten objects . |
| 21 | If at any stage you wish to go beyond your daily existence and to ask for the knowledge of how you can reach your higher self , then your guide will teach you about the workings of your mind , your intellect and how to rise from your lower mental being into that of perfection . |
| 22 | Only the jumper is allowed to move for the ball with either his inside arm or with two arms . |
| 23 | But again , flexibility is built in to the system : you do n't have to register for a degree in just one subject area , but a free to mix and match your courses to build a degree that is tailor-made to your own requirements . |