Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 2 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 3 | We can all watch for the Labour block vote at the end of this debate as a matter of principle , I could never vote in support of the Labour whip . |
| 4 | While Lee 's claims on Dickerson are evidently still large , perhaps he 'd better look for a new cinematographer now that his old pal has a director 's credit . |
| 5 | If it did n't , I thought re-reading had better keep for a rainy day . |
| 6 | One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area . |
| 7 | Now Rebecca 's family can only hope for a suitable kidney from an accident victim . |
| 8 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 9 | That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time . |
| 10 | If you hold a full Great Britain licence but are currently disqualified in GB you may only apply for a provisional licence . |
| 11 | If this advice is ignored , the torque of the seven-foot-diameter propeller , and the airflow it sends corkscrewing down the fuselage and acting on the large fin , causes the relatively light 207 to suddenly aim for the left-hand side of the runway . |
| 12 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 13 | It involves beliefs such as ‘ There is n't enough to go round ’ , ‘ I never have enough money ’ , ‘ Money does n't grow on trees ’ , ‘ You have to work hard for what you want ’ , ‘ If I have more , others have less ’ , ‘ Better save for a rainy day ’ and ‘ It 's immoral to be rich when so many people are starving and homeless . ’ |
| 14 | If you are a person of fastidious intellectual taste you will not much care for the comic-strip account given in the preceding paragraph . |
| 15 | Again , the benefits of being landlord , so far as they can enure to an owner who has parted with the property , would only continue for a former landlord who had continuing liability . |
| 16 | As Brailsford had noted some years earlier : ‘ The decline of our trade with Germany , Russia and Austria would alone account for the whole volume of our present unemployment . ’ |
| 17 | During the course of the day the Bank 's objective will be to provide enough assistance to the money market ( through outright bill operations and the other techniques discussed below ) to relieve the overall expected shortage , but purchases of bills by the Bank at the early rounds of assistance during the course of the day might only account for a small proportion of the overall assistance provided , for four main reasons . |
| 18 | ‘ Alex , ’ said the producer , ‘ could you just stay for a quick word ? ’ |
| 19 | Since cloned human TFIIA is not yet available , we used the yeast analogue , which can functionally substitute for the human factor in pol II transcription in vitro ( 17 , 24 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Could n't we just apply for a long-term permit for him now ? ’ |
| 21 | The renovation grants section must consult the local social services department , and will normally arrange for an occupational therapist to visit you to assess your needs . |
| 22 | I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home . |
| 23 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 24 | Rainwater goods , coping roof edge trims and ventilators — in fact , everything you will ever need for the perfect job . |
| 25 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 26 | Bookings made before the end of November , however , will still qualify for the appropriate discount . |
| 27 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 28 | The class of shares in respect of which employees and directors are granted options will usually provide for a mandatory sale upon cessation of employment , which strictly amounts to a uniform restriction across the whole of that class of shares . |
| 29 | After all , if they 've got some of the modules , they can always go for the full general SVQ later . ’ |
| 30 | But if the scout car is n't quite the run around for you , you could always go for the little car with big ideas . |