Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [to-vb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The money is a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for the upheaval . |
| 2 | It decided not to pay out the sums so received to individual solicitors as a sort of dividend but to apply them for the benefit of the profession as a whole . |
| 3 | Some may choose to neglect their health or to trade it for the freedom to do other things , as does the business executive who opts for a stressful way of life in pursuit of material success . |
| 4 | The promise of high rewards is necessary to provide an incentive to encourage people to undergo this training and to compensate them for the sacrifice involved . |
| 5 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |
| 6 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |