Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the difficulties , people still regard access to education for their children as a ‘ passport out of poverty ’ . |
| 2 | Financial collapses , major frauds , litigation , environmental responsibility , all have understandably given rise to demands for companies to strengthen their control over their business and their public accountability . |
| 3 | The EEC wants to limit noise emissions from bikes to 79 decibels , which riders claim will make all air-cooled machines illegal , and also limit power to 100hp for motorcycles with more than 400cc capacity . |
| 4 | Again , when civilized states extended their frontiers they frequently took occasion to prospect for and exploit sources of precious substances and most notably of gold . |
| 5 | His decision was prompted by Mrs Thatcher 's vehemently expressed opposition to proposals for monetary union at a recent European Community summit in Rome and a strident populist performance in Parliament in which she displayed considerable hostility to the idea of European integration . |
| 6 | They then drove north to Alexandria for a final briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters , with the Germans only forty miles away . |
| 7 | Some men were particularly successful in Black Africa , and might return direct to Kufra with slaves , spices , even gold , which they then forwarded north to Alexandria for export , they alleged , ‘ to Istanbul ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Some of you thought I could n't do it , ’ chuckled Pipe , who then gave credit to Dickinson for the role he played in Granville Again 's timely revival . |
| 9 | The processes of school internal evaluation are recommended by the Hargraves Report , ‘ Planning for School Development : Advice to Governors , Headteachers and Teachers 1989 ’ , as the way to organise School Development Planning , a widely endorsed approach to management for the effective school of the 1990's . |
| 10 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |