Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] for [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report on suicides at Oxford University has called for ways to be found to reduce academic pressure on students . |
| 2 | Although the Act does allow for children to be absent from Hearings under the circumstances already referred to , they should still be notified of the Hearing , and an explanation of why it is taking place should be given . |
| 3 | A Tyneside girl disliked going for dinners to her grandmother because ‘ she used to threaten us with this monkey stick , hung behind the door . ’ |
| 4 | For instance , the Borough Surveyor wrote to ask for repairs to be made to the wall between the School and Greek Street : he was politely but firmly informed that the wall was not dangerous , " having been in that condition for twenty years " ! |
| 5 | So at a minimum government needs to arrange for broadcasting to be undertaken by allocating and enforcing private sector property rights in these frequencies . |
| 6 | Teachers of this persuasion wished to accept for admission to higher education , and to English studies , only those students possessing a sufficiently high level of " qualitative literacy " and sufficiently hard-working and disciplined as well as competitively motivated to " benefit " from university education . |
| 7 | Talks on a post-war coalition concluded indecisively , but the Prime Minister had called for progress to be made on plans for full employment . |
| 8 | All take marketing seriously and the time has come for education to be added to the list . |
| 9 | And Dons boss Joe Kinnear reckons the time has come for Fashanu to be reconsidered by England in time for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley . |
| 10 | The Scottish Office has asked for responses to the consultation document by 27 November . |