Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Occasionally , perhaps , gerontophiliac tendencies account for the disruption of an engagement or marriage through attraction of one partner to the parent of the other ; but marriages are broken far more often through infatuation with a third party of a partner 's own age group , while attraction to an in-law may equally denote a need for a surrogate mother or father irrespective of true gerontophilia . |
2 | But this , as I have indicated , does not in all cases make for the construction of a more liberal society . |
3 | In what follows the interpretative dimension will come alive only on the next layer of the problem , where we ask whether social rules and institutions account for the performance of social roles , or vice versa , In other words , we think international institutions too fragile to permit a fully systemic answer on the highest layer and so incomplete that an answer which favours the international units must yield to curiosity about how these units work . |
4 | However , plans remain for the construction of major irrigation works — with possible support from EC structural funds — which would transform the habitat . |
5 | As figure 4.3 shows , in 1984 , 41.5 per cent of fulltime women workers were to be found in clerical employment , while a very few further occupational groups account for the rest of most women in paid work . |
6 | Table 4.4 Recent trading history on MATIF , main contracts The Government Bond futures and options contracts account for the bulk of trading on the MATIF . |
7 | These proposals provide for the replacement of the present local authorities in the area . |
8 | Secondary analyses were to include within group comparisons of arrhythmias , oxygen saturation , pulse rate , and blood pressure between the pre , per , and postgastroscopy periods , using the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks test for the frequecy of arrhythmias , and the Students t test for the remaining normally distributed data . |
9 | In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant . |
10 | It is beyond doubt , he argues , and most psychologists and ethologists would agree , ‘ that animals act for the sake of goals , and that they may be conscious of their goals , in the quite literal sense that they may see or smell what they are after ’ ( 1975 : 19 ) . |
11 | Not only must we limit the scope of animal goals but we must also limit the sense of the claim that animals act for the sake of goals . |
12 | Building societies are mutual organizations run for the benefit of their depositors ; their success is measured in terms of growth . |
13 | Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 . |
14 | There was a silence ; then a growing murmur , that grew rapidly to a hubbub of comment and argument around Eachuinn Odhar , while he had his horn refilled to ease his throat and sat back , ears alert for the tone of the reaction . |
15 | Clients pay for the service on a quarterly basis and they know that the air will be kept clean , without any additional expenditure on repairs or maintenance ’ . |
16 | The remaining covers apply for the duration of the booked holiday plus the period of travel from home to departure point and back home afterwards not exceeding 24 hours in each case . |
17 | At world level , two organizations exist for the governing of karate , WUKO , the World Union of Karate Organizations , and FAJKO , the Federation of All-Japan Karate Organizations . |
18 | In general , when male animals compete for the attention of females , the biggest males are most likely to be successful ; therefore , as Darwin observed , in species where the males compete , they tend to be bigger than females , as in baboons or in most species of seal . |
19 | What problems and solutions exist for the promotion of vocations to the Religious Life ? |
20 | A hush falls over the landscape as the animals prepare for the coming of the night . |
21 | A draft newscuttings list for the month of June is enclosed . |
22 | CLUB AND RESORT FACILITIES — some Clubs charge for the use of certain facilities , e.g. mini-golf , tennis courts , saunas , sun loungers , parasols , and nightclubs etc . |
23 | In radio broadcasting a small number of sonic entities suffice for the expression of all artistic thoughts ; the gramophone and the various mechanical instruments are evolving such clear sonorities that one will be able to write much less heavily instrumented pieces for them . |
24 | Similar extensive bibliographies appear for the Church of England , all the monastic orders , Roman Catholicism , Spiritual Healing , Judaism , Islam and all other religious denominations and orders of , or relating to , Christianity . |
25 | Aegon will pay £200m — about half of which is good-will — which will be injected into the with-profits fund for the benefit of the current and future policyholders invested into that fund . |
26 | How much latitude does the political structure of Latin American countries allow for the development of Marxist-based organisations ? |
27 | Some thought it was an attempt to make the long hitters go for the green across the water so they made it twenty-five paces shorter . |
28 | ‘ When Mal picked the Lions team for the tour of Australia last summer he left out most of the Welsh players , ’ said the Salford full-back . |
29 | These calculations account for the enthusiasm with which some reformers embraced and recommended models for the development of self-regulation amongst slaves . |
30 | In the later Republic and early Empire Greek artists were brought to Rome to design buildings appropriate for the display of booty , to repair old sculptures and make new ones for these and other structures , and to restore decaying old temples , once venerated for their wooden and terracotta statues , but now seen to be in need of renovation . |