Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not tell me that the poor hungry children had to wash with ice in the morning , and walk through wet snow to sit for two hours with icy feet in a cold church on Sundays . |
| 2 | In many areas the indicator taken by the LEA for extra funding to compensate for urban disadvantage is the number of children registered for free school meals . |
| 3 | They will eventually be forced to adjust their attitudes towards regional security to allow for popular attitudes , rather than for Western preference , or face dangerous domestic unrest and a radical intensification of Islam and Arab nationalism . |
| 4 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 5 | I think probably the County Council are in a better position than me er to advise you as to whether that thirty one thousand commitment figure is true of not , but if it were the case , then I think , Yes I would agree that erm the train would stop very quickly , and in view of the situation that we 're now in , there would have to be a degree of future flexibility to allow for phased reduction in development over future years . |
| 6 | Other approaches , such as that of Gumperz ( e.g. 1982 ) , tend to use intuitive categories as a basis for a description of code switching , relying on notions of psychological motivation to account for particular switches . |
| 7 | whether you have the relevant period of continuous employment to qualify for various statutory entitlements like redundancy pay and unfair dismissal rights ; |
| 8 | It emphasises the need for participation rather than representation ; a call in short for social and political structures which offer people the possibility of control of the resources of modern society to care for each other in an active , convivial manner . |
| 9 | During gastroscopy , the folds of Kerckring are assessed for any reduction and distal duodenal biopsy specimens are taken in all patients for histological examination to look for villous atrophy . |
| 10 | The retrieval emphasis is on keywords ( see Figure 5.2 ) and author with in-depth indexing to allow for specific and flexible searching The aim is to help pupils develop information retrieval skills b allowing them scope to experiment and develop search strategic according to their own interests and purposes within the project . |
| 11 | In line with the Group of Eight 's decision in December 1988 to offer fair treatment to Latin American debtors , Brazil in January 1990 proposed that debtor countries with payments imbalances or shortages of hard currency ( such as Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru ) should convert their debt into local currency to pay for Brazilian imports and to finance cross-border ventures , and also offered them the possibility of buying back debt at a discount . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is religious education which is in large part to blame for this , together with the restrictions on sexuality imposed upon children in schools and colleges . |
| 13 | Individuals may not have access to private transport to substitute for inadequate public provision ; they may not be able to obtain a lift when necessary and they may not possess a telephone or the resources to obtain a car or phone . |
| 14 | So if no second colour is ‘ seen ’ on line one , it will ‘ look ’ on successive line to check for further colours . |
| 15 | In addition , increasing staffing levels is said to make it more likely that successful coalitions can be developed at local level to push for higher levels of spending , so that the process of expenditure growth becomes self-perpetuating ( for example , Tullock , 1977 , p. 285 ) . |
| 16 | To ensure fast and empathetic response to customers we include for dedicated supervision to allow for close communication and co-operation with the hotel staff |