Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe . |
| 2 | Brian Harley had seemed short of inspiration too , and his putting had failed to compensate for a number of lapses in his long game . |
| 3 | He said the Royal Mail had agreed to pay for the reprinting of the leaflets but it would be too late . |
| 4 | The Committee has continued to press for a sensible Charter for the Courts as an adjunct to the Citizen 's Charter and meetings have been held with officials in the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 5 | More recent work has attempted to allow for the fact that holders of money balances may switch into a whole spectrum of assets , such as equities , trade bills and certificates of deposit . |
| 6 | The entire Barnes collection has been examined by National Gallery conservators , and the National Gallery has agreed to arrange for the tour 's transportation and insurance . |
| 7 | Authorities concerned over rural depopulation have attempted to provide for the consumer and cultural needs of rural dwellers , but the drift has persisted . |
| 8 | Elitism has to mean more than this — even in its modern , broader sense — for it to be of analytical use , so modern elite theory has tended to argue for a plurality of elites which may interact or compete in a variety of ways . |
| 9 | It could not have happened unless the Church had helped to pay for the heating . |
| 10 | Joseph 's melancholy had begun to evaporate for the first time since leaving the hunting camp as the goateed mandarin , walking ponderously beside him in ceremonial boots , reeled off the mystical-sounding names of the shimmering buildings : the Can-Chanh , the Great Mansion the Palace of the Spirits of the Six Emperors … the Temple of Generations … the Halls of the Splendours and the Moon and the Glory of the Sun — and most mysterious of all to his young impressionable mind , the guarded heart of the citadel , the Tu Cam Thanh , the Purple Forbidden City named after the Purple or Pole Star , the symbolic ruler of the heavens . |
| 11 | But on the basis of these latest extremely encouraging results , the joint venture has decided to apply for an exploitation licence in the Laurenzana permit area . |
| 12 | Cuban-US relations had been inflamed on Jan. 31 , 1990 , when a US Coast Guard patrol boat , with the administration 's authorization , attacked and damaged a Cuban-chartered cargo ship , the Hermann , in the Gulf of Mexico , when its Cuban master had refused to stop for a drugs search . |
| 13 | Such families have been well placed to secure the best contacts and the best education , and rising young stars have often married into them , so social prestige and heredity have continued to count for a considerable amount . |