Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | With no football to relieve his loss , Billy took it hard and , on Tuesday 26 July 1932 , the day after the team had reported for trailing for the new season , he was found dead in one of the dressing rooms . |
| 3 | An early decree ordered the destruction of heathen temples ; and the pressure of Westernisation was so relentless and meticulous that at one stage male Christians could be fined for urinating in the oriental , crouched position . |
| 4 | Matthew , now in his 20s , was caned for bullying by the then headmaster , William Blackshaw . |
| 5 | The same sort of approaches were adopted for cycling for the same reasons . |
| 6 | Potato starch , rather than harmful chemicals , is being used for scouring in the finishing process . |
| 7 | This distortion may be important in providing the flexibility needed for binding of the binuclear iron cofactor . |
| 8 | This session provides an opportunity to learn about forms and styles of education in different cultures , to examine the relationship between developing study skills and general language learning and to make practical suggestions which will help students to develop skills that are needed for studying within the British educational system . |
| 9 | For example , at the lowest level a phoneme lattice was produced for processing by the lexical access component . |
| 10 | The second equally obvious point is that , given the disparate analyses , a variety of prescriptions have been offered for dealing with the presumed causes of the nation 's ills . |
| 11 | On the other hand , only 25 per cent of the Kosovo electorate turned out to vote , most of these being Serbs , following calls by ethnic Albanians for a total boycott , and Tanjug reported that in Kosovo some 400 polling stations had not been opened for voting by the local authorities . |
| 12 | Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles . |
| 13 | In 1770/71 Lagrange set about analysing the various methods then known for dealing with the general equations of degrees 2 , 3 , 4 and he found that they all depended on the same general principle ( see Section 5.2 ) . |
| 14 | The area proposed for housing on the western slope rises to over 190m above sea level . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there is no harm in a tenant trying for a compromise and the following provision ( adapted for adding to the above amendment to clause 7.6.2 ) could be considered : AND upon cesser of the Term by notice hereunder the insurance money shall in respect of the destruction or damage of the Premises under the policy maintained under this clause [ 7 ] be divided between the Landlord and the Tenant according to the value at the date of the destruction or damage of their respective interests in the Premises ( to be determined in default of agreement by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on the application of either party ) |
| 16 | John himself was warned by the local Police Inspector not to speak at the square again or he would be arrested for speaking against the national interest . |
| 17 | Looking at the total expenditure and the economic projections , ministers decided broadly and in a preliminary way what limits had to be set for spending in the next financial year ( then about nine months away ) . |
| 18 | The only group claiming responsibility was the hitherto unknown " Mohammed El Boukhima " , and about 15 people detained for questioning in the Albi area on May 23 were freed the same day . |
| 19 | A quick telephone call from the station 's duty catering manager resulted in the young unfortunate being escorted for questioning by the heavy hand of the police . |
| 20 | But Horton , determined to make amends for missing out by such a narrow margin last year , moved to the front with an excellent 68 but with Coles so close to him , nothing can be taken for granted over the final two rounds . |
| 21 | But it is the gradualness of the progression which requires comment : here is another instance of the author 's refusal to acknowledge familiar distinctions taken for granted in the literal use of language . |
| 22 | However , many have argued that the dependency perspective failed to explain how the practices of the TNCs and those who act as their agents in the Third World actually operated to produce underdevelopment , particularly where something like the kinds of development that are taken for granted in the First World have occurred regionally or in particular industries in some Third World countries . |
| 23 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 24 | Parker , in a seminal article in the Journal of Social Policy ( 1976 ; see also Judge , 1980 ) , summarised the reasons legislators had invoked for charging in the social services . |
| 25 | She suggests that the ‘ board ’ money which young people paid for living in the parental household was seen as an exchange , especially for daughters : they handed over their wages to their mothers and in exchange their mothers equipped them to enable them to go into service . |
| 26 | He was n't up to the fancy footwork required for duelling on the high seas . |