Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think there is a case for going for a fixed-rate . |
| 2 | Bush called for greater funding for housing for the poor and for inner city redevelopment . |
| 3 | The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution . |
| 4 | Henry takes the stage in a f—ed -up black T-shirt tucked into f—ed -up shorts atop hideous Essex Man/Cliff-from- Cheers white socks and rolls straight into a monologue about posing for a high fashion magazine dressed like a regurgitated dog 's brunch . |
| 5 | Deland , a dapper and sophisticated character whose varied career included a stint as a part-time magician , came to executive search through working for an upmarket recruiting agency . |
| 6 | Puffer , a nineteenth-century female psychology graduate thinking of applying for an academic post , is told by her college president , ‘ the rumor … concerning your engagement may have … affected the recommendation I sent ’ . |
| 7 | There is no suggestion anywhere else in the New Testament of waiting for the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 9 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 10 | That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend . |
| 11 | It is perhaps the imperative of writing for a national gallery with international exposure which prompts this emphasis on ‘ mastery ’ and ‘ genius ’ . |
| 12 | The working of the Contagious Diseases Acts themselves also served to mobilise many a radical working man against the exploitation of working-class women , and an important alliance developed between this radicalism and feminists , which had the additional effect of providing for the latter a social support which enhanced their authority within the repeal movement . |
| 13 | The most feverish area of research in snowboarding for the past few years has been the quest for an improved binding system — in particular a releasable binding that works . |
| 14 | Catch crops are usually sown in late summer or early autumn immediately after harvest , for grazing in early winter and again in the spring before ploughing for the next main crop . |
| 15 | ANSWER/ARGUMENT In accounting for the popular appeal of the Nazis , anti-semitism was not as significant as other factors , especially that of Hitler himself . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's bad for the sport because I wanted to win the crown in the ring by fighting for the undisputed title , ’ said Lewis . |
| 17 | The introduction of the steam press after 1810 reduced the price of books , allowing experts to earn a living by writing for the ever-expanding market . |
| 18 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 19 | Offer it up , people said : offer everything up , the happy times too , it 's all part of praying for the holy souls . |
| 20 | It is all too easy under the euphoric conditions of a degree congregation to minimise the physical discomfort , the mental struggles , the times of desperation , the sheer hard work that are a part of working for a first degree . |
| 21 | That from the nobility , gentry , clergy , yeomanry and freeholders of Middlesex considered the action both illegal and arbitrary as well as threatening to the very concept of private property : " the pretended necessity of reserving for the public service the specie deposited by individuals in the Bank … may be pleaded at any time , and applied , with equal reason , to any private property whatsoever " . |
| 22 | A sudden wave of feeling for the clever , perfectionist girl washed over him . |
| 23 | There will be a Krypton Factor room for the energetic , A Kind Of Loving for the romantic and even a conference suite named after the inventor of TV , John Logie Baird . |
| 24 | The difficulty of accounting for the historical demographic transition by conventional economic measures ( Cleland and Wilson 1987 ) , and the fall of fertility even in some Third World countries with little economic progress today ( Cleland 1985 ) , has revived interest in non-material motivations for childbearing . |
| 25 | And , now , crumbling in decay , over laden with a desolate burden of humanity , the houses had the look of queuing for a great knacker 's yard , of eagerly embracing the extinction of their former grandeur , of offering themselves to ruin with an abandonment almost luxurious . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , in the course of preparing for the great race , I have become aware that the message to visiting runners is : ‘ Go home — dead or alive . ’ |
| 27 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 28 | In some instances , the pace of long-term change is being intensified , for instance in the provision of housing for the rural population , while in others relatively new features are evident , for example in farm indebtedness . |
| 29 | I hope I have not made the experience of caring for the sick parent sound all gloom and sacrifice and bedpans . |
| 30 | It derives from the author 's experience of working for the Agricultural Training Board in an area in the North of Scotland where family and part-time farmers predominate but has been put on a wider footing by detailed investigations of attitudes and needs in eleven counties in England , Wales and Scotland , and by less detailed investigations during visits to Norway , the Federal Republic of Germany and France . |