Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adjusting this income to allow for the rise in prices , it seems that the real income fell by more than one-third . |
| 2 | A man who spent four heady years as an undergraduate was often advised to go to another place to train for the ministry . |
| 3 | The Commission continued during this period to press for the creation of a single EC market in energy , particularly in response to appeals from France , which sought larger export markets for its nuclear-generated electricity . |
| 4 | ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’ |
| 5 | In those circumstances it does not seem to me right to leave open , whether the court has power to do so I 'm doubtful , but in any event it does not seem to me right to leave open a question of whether there should be some damages to provide for the possibility that er Paul may have to leave school , nor do I think that it is a situation in which any contingency award should be made in respect of that . |
| 6 | Nevertheless I am convinced that where , as here , a party can satisfy the court that there is a genuine risk of prosecution for some offence which is not within the scope of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 ’ — e.g. conspiracy — ‘ or any similar statutory provision , it is not open to this court to substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination some other protection based on an order restricting the use of disclosed material . |
| 7 | Trivers ( 1971 ) used essentially this argument to account for the evolution of ‘ reciprocal altruism ’ , in which animals cooperate only with those that cooperate with them . |
| 8 | ‘ Right , ’ he eventually whispered , ‘ we 'll advance slowly down through the forest , stopping every few yards to listen for the enemy , while at the same time using the trees for cover . |
| 9 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 10 | Surely you must have some urge to fight for the company Gran founded on caring , sharing principles … ? ’ |
| 11 | Municipal autonomy in the regions of Italy and state autonomy in the USA seems to go some way to account for the ease of transfer of care . |
| 12 | The river is to be diverted along the man-made channel later this year to allow for the construction of a barrage on the natural river bed . |
| 13 | I soon became bored , realizing that I was n't going to get much chance to compete for the club — my best time was 23.3 seconds for 200 metres — so I joined the second club with its headquarters at the track , London Irish , which was more intimate and not quite so awe-inspiring . |
| 14 | So , ’ she enquired haughtily , putting down her coffee-mug with a flourish , ‘ would it be too much trouble to ask for the number of the nearest garage ? |
| 15 | They had little chance to ask for the type of ‘ human rights ’ being demanded by students in the Beida posters . |
| 16 | The nuclear waste agency had launched an appeal against the Highland Regional Council , which had refused all applications to test for the dump . |
| 17 | She had been working in Poole as a trading standards officer and has moved to London to earn more money to pay for the venture . |
| 18 | All in all a fascinating sale and again staged on a weekend , allowing more enthusiasts to strive for the memorabilia but possibly increasing the voyeur attendance . |
| 19 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 20 | There are 800 professionals round the world now compared with the days 20 years ago when they struggled to find enough pros to compete for the world championship . |
| 21 | The plan that produces the least CO 2 costs less than simply letting market forces prevail , because its high level of energy efficiency saves enough money to pay for the investment needed to switch to biomass production . |
| 22 | Even the argument that there was not enough money to pay for the programme soon dissolved when heritage languages were actually seen to help immigrant students succeed in other subjects . |
| 23 | If the tax base is too small to support the welfare burden , there is not enough money to provide for the demand of welfare services and people have to do without . |
| 24 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 25 | KEVIN Keegan has rapped some of his Newcastle players for not showing enough desire to play for the club . |
| 26 | Maternal grandmother had started to take control once the baby came home and undermined mother 's confidence in her own abilities to care for the baby . |
| 27 | Apparently Clifton Cinemas raised enough cash to purchase for the nation Spitfire Mk Vb BM240 . |
| 28 | Unable to cope with the financial or everyday demands of a baby , they often end up relying upon their own mothers to care for the child . |
| 29 | If the hummingbird comes back too soon , there will not be enough food to compensate for the energy it had to expend in getting there . |
| 30 | If a local authority has any matter to propose for the good of local government in general or for any particular section of local government , this should invariably be done through the appropriate local authority association , for if supported by the association it will carry much more weight than the proposal of a single local authority . |