Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] for [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This separation allows for further twists in the nature of representation , since the failure of the modernist council estate could be ( and was ) manipulated by the media to appear as evidence for the failure of the ideals of communality such estates appeared to represent . |
| 2 | But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days . |
| 3 | The civil service unions chose this moment to strike for better pay . |
| 4 | This approach allows for greater flexibility by concentrating on the nature of the consequences of the breach . |
| 5 | ‘ Some girls go for older men . ’ |
| 6 | This letter calls for further comment . |
| 7 | Make a note of all requests made for further information and of any interest expressed in ideas for features . |
| 8 | During the budget debate many deputies argued for heavier spending on public works projects to cut unemployment , rather than the introduction of measures to reduce the budget deficit . |
| 9 | The combination has impelled manufacturing and service enterprises in almost all sectors to search for larger markets abroad , and to establish themselves there in an ‘ insider position ’ ( Best , 1990 : p. 260 ; Milner and Yoffie , 1989 ) . |
| 10 | From a developmental point of view this will mean adding to the local varieties used within the family and peer group those varieties used for wider communication ( in school and higher education , in adult work and society ) ; it means adding written language to spoken language , Standard English to non-Standard English , literary language to non-literary language and , for children who have a different mother tongue , it means adding English to their first language . |
| 11 | However , an injunction being an equitable remedy awarded at the discretion of the court , will usually be suspended where best practicable means are being taken to abate the odour , and more time allowed for further efforts to be made to secure its abatement . |