Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an argument of increasing popularity with government and some of the advisers to government , that since comprehensive schools are widely seen to do worse for their pupils than selective schools in terms of examination results , and since so many people , if they can afford it , are removing their children from the maintained comprehensive sector to independent schools ( which are broadly speaking selective ) a way must be found for government to supply non-comprehensive schools , in the interests of the country as a whole . |
| 2 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Aunty Annie , ‘ but I 'm just going to pop home for my nightie ! ’ |
| 4 | I 'm actually going to go in for it in the Telegraph 's competition , so I may as well use the same team for our one if it gets going . |
| 5 | Readers are then advised to watch out for transfers between balance sheet and p&l account to identify cases where companies have enhanced profits at the expense of their balance sheets . |