Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 2 | We can only presume the allocation for the current financial year is the first element of a rapidly expanding budget over the full five years of the scheme . |
| 3 | Government intervention can likewise influence the demand for a particular nationalized industry 's services . |
| 4 | Olivetti will also adapt the communicators for the European market — for DECT and Groupe Speciale Mobile cellular networking compliance , for example . |
| 5 | The Microprocessor Report suspects that Hummingbird may be aimed at MPEG full-motion video/audio applications and could eliminate the need for a separate MPEG chip . |
| 6 | But it did not eliminate the need for an Anglo-French nobility to mediate between the two powers . |
| 7 | A Nordic superrace will shortly descend from the cosmic iceclouds ; they will rule the earth for a thousand years . |
| 8 | Some of Joseph 's creations — the all-powerful Ministry of the Interior , working through the prefect — fascinated a generation of bureaucrats : Javier de Burgos , who served Joseph as a sub-prefect , was to make his French experience the basis for the administrative reconstruction of Spain . |
| 9 | I am very concerned to read about the proposed restrictions and charges , which will from 16 May onwards ban tandems , tricycles and Rann trailers altogether and will make the charges for an ordinary bicycle payable on all journeys no matter how short . |
| 10 | I am very concerned to read about the proposed restrictions and charges , which will from 16 May onwards ban tandems , tricycles and Rann trailers altogether and will make the charges for an ordinary bicycle payable on all journeys no matter how short . |
| 11 | Er which I do n't think would make the focus for a new settlement proposal . |
| 12 | These problems alone would not make the prospects for the straightforward treatment of deictic sentences within truth-conditional semantics look very hopeful . |
| 13 | The goals were to establish a New World Order which would prepare the way for the New World ‘ messiah ’ , the Lord Maitreya . |
| 14 | This initial historical contextualisation will prepare the ground for a detailed textual analysis in which the focus will be not only the original moment of production of the text , but also , and by implication , its subsequent moments of reproduction in differing historical circumstances . |
| 15 | Between now and then , the Quality Development Programme will prepare the ground for the new Framework , giving SCOTVEC and centres time to prepare for the changes . |
| 16 | Once again I must congratulate the officers for the excellent budget . |
| 17 | He concluded that after the main chute had failed to open , Mr Tipping ( 34 ) either could not locate the handle for the reserve chute or possibly pulled the dummy by mistake as he hurtled towards the ground . |
| 18 | A similar relative price term may affect the demand for the good as well : if demanders feel that the price of the good is high relative to its likely future value , they may well delay purchases until the price is lower . |
| 19 | ‘ This will inevitably affect the prospects for the current account . |
| 20 | First , by analysing the strategies of the leading firms in the area , the study will explain the reasons for the limited impact of the recession . |
| 21 | Once the old tank has been removed , you can install the pipework for the new cylinder . |
| 22 | The approach taken here does not afford us the luxury of such explanations : we must seek the reason for the peculiar distribution of the infinitive with perception verbs in the passive voice in the meaning expressed by the sentence . |
| 23 | European Studies also helped translate the menu for a Russian dinner . |
| 24 | ‘ It would be terrific if we could win the title for the first time in 25 years . ’ |
| 25 | You just might win the prize for the best one , at that , ’ the reporter replied , fingering his own scanty side whiskers . |
| 26 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |
| 27 | Yet even here there are minefields , for the report of a group of Commonwealth experts is likely to be the basis for the discussion on the environment , and its main recommendation is that the developed countries should foot the bill for the under-developed to adopt environment-friendly means of production . |
| 28 | The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year 's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses . |
| 29 | It goes back to the fifties when the local authority , in this case the Worthing Rural District Council would not approve the plan for a small development A Twenty Seven in near the roundabout at Manor . |
| 30 | The advantages of diversity , however , can not ever outweigh the need for a uniform minimum standard , which is not the same as rigid uniformity . |