Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just walked to school for fucking nuffink I have n't got a lesson |
| 2 | To find employment my father moved to Peterborough and although I have since lived at Rathcoole for a period I have found my childhood friends difficult to trace . |
| 3 | Despite the labour shortage , employers have skilfully staved off demands for big wage increases , helped by sensational talk in the media of an ‘ economic crisis ’ . |
| 4 | That , however , is to ignore the reality of Arab politics , where governments are unrepresentative of popular will , and many have long functioned as clients for Western interests in the region . |
| 5 | Rolls-Royce and British Aerospace have also been feeling the slump in civil aviation : the hangover after a spending boom , the post-liberalisation troubles of the American airline industry and the hiccup over the Gulf war have all cut into demand for new aeroplanes . |
| 6 | I have already applied to SCP for affiliation ( June 1993 ) and am awaiting a reply . |
| 7 | The committee agreed to accept the proposal , recommended by external consultants , last year and a number of private companies , including some from England , have already put in bids for the service . |
| 8 | The number of species of animals and plants living today runs into millions , and similar numbers of species have probably lived on earth for at least part of the earth 's history . |
| 9 | Recent financial scandals involving the use of tax havens have also led to calls for anti-tax haven legislation . |
| 10 | Parallel to these activities , other standardisation bodies ( eg ASTM and BSI ) and scientists have also dealt with nomenclature for gas chromatography , liquid chromatography , exclusion chromatography , and planar chromatography . |
| 11 | Needless to say , all CMEA countries have now emerged as enthusiasts for greater integration in the realm of energy production and distribution : In sum , the results of this decade of lost hopes have been : |
| 12 | Although there has been no mass exodus of member firms from employer bodies , nevertheless ‘ employers have used their associations more as advisers than negotiators and have increasingly looked after negotiations for themselves ’ ( Brown , 1981 , p. 24 ) . |
| 13 | I have actually phoned for takeaways for the entire group . |