Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Moynihan should even now be pressing the football authorities to cast around for an island where The Problem can be contained . |
| 2 | Hoddle 's been in the transfer market to make up for Shearer 's loss . |
| 3 | Later on , they encouraged the beat man to take over for five minutes — for a man to go and stretch his legs . |
| 4 | I should be sorry to have to advise the Parish Council to look elsewhere for banking services . |
| 5 | Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years . |
| 6 | I wonder what the Labour party would cut elsewhere in the health service to make up for that loss of revenue . |
| 7 | Like tonight , Parents ' Evening , when they had assembled at his behest in the Staff Common Room overlooking the school driveway to watch out for arriving parents and usher them through to the headmaster 's sitting-room , where the first part of the festivities were to take place . |
| 8 | These are some of the milestone constituencies to watch out for tonight — early declarations , marginals that may indicate a trend , ministers whose seats are at risk and well-known candidates . |
| 9 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 10 | It 's an income redistribution to make up for 12 years of Reagan and Bush in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer . |
| 11 | The Ramblers ' Association ( RA ) have condemned as ‘ shameful ’ the government 's approval of an army plan to take over for training 900 acres of common land at Holcombe near Bury , Manchester . |
| 12 | If you participate in a mock interview programme you will be given an application form to fill in for the kind of job that might be available through the Compact . |