Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] [noun] for the " in BNC.

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1 Is it not an absolute absurdity that that person should spend an extra week in prison and my elderly pensioner couple should not get compensation for the damage that they suffered as a result of the burglary ?
2 It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number .
3 It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number .
4 There needs to be a recognition that appeals for aid must also have spin-off for the company concerned if the appeal is likely to succeed .
5 and team should also enjoy support for the second of my points .
6 The Government must then make time for the resolution to be discussed although , as the Government has a majority and can normally force its measures through , it is unusual for such resolutions to be unsuccessful .
7 While this delay may not cause difficulties for the production of the final version of a map it is an inefficient way to proceed during the stage of map design .
8 This may not pose problems for the mutated creature , which may find plenty of potential partners ; they , however , will not recognise the deviant form as conspecific .
9 To do the navy justice , however , it must again be emphasised that powerful interest could rarely secure promotion for the unqualified , and in the naval service some ability was a prerequisite for advancement .
10 Hatfield and Totteridge were separate places and the one could not levy rates for the other .
11 One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy .
12 And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog .
13 Oddly , despite her own feelings towards Rune , she could still feel sympathy for the other girl .
14 Not only were they more cheaply remunerated — at the church 's expense , mainly — and far more experienced in the business and technicalities of administration and negotiation , but their clerical status gave them a weight which most laymen could only acquire by aristocratic connections or by ennoblement ; lay chancellors , to be of any consequence , needed political and dynastic links , which could also spell danger for the king .
15 We were sat in the North Bank ( could n't get tickets for the Leeds end ) , and in the second half we had a good view of the amount of space that the Arsenal forwards were getting , it was unbelievable .
16 I certainly hope not , as this could well signal problems for the King of Major Championships .
17 Commonly he will be looking for evidence of thrush or trichomonal infection , but may also take samples for the other organisms that are found in the vagina from time to time .
18 It may well take time for the church planting team to see fruit of this kind .
19 Variations across London often reflected the differential performance of the parties there at the last general election , and may well portend trends for the next .
20 While the region has traditionally written off 5 per cent of rates or poll tax bad debts — this year it could be £15 million — the finance director , Tony Taylor , promised yesterday that the council would vigorously pursue non-payers for the rest of the cash .
21 That would just leave time for the necessary visas to be obtained .
22 The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use .
23 With fewer than 300 pupils , it was reprieved because the Roman Catholic church would not accept plans for the pupils to share facilities with the denominational Holy Rood school .
24 Many of those institutions would not seek incorporation for the obvious reasons .
25 Nabiyev agreed to all the US proposals for weapon control , specifically to restrictions on sales of arms components , and gave assurances that Tajikistan would not sell uranium for the use of weapons production .
26 A change to these routines would normally have implications for the database control sub-system .
27 Then , after dealing with the Grand Slam Cup and explaining how he only went along with the idea after insisting that the event would also produce $2m for the development of the game in ‘ third world tennis countries , he went on :
28 Manson 's hand-picked ‘ death squad ’ for this murderous mission was made up of Susan Atkins , Patricia Krenwinkiel , Linda Kasabian ( who would later turn witness for the prosecution at the controversial trial that followed ) and Tex Watson who , when asked by a terrified Frykowski who he was , calmly replied , ‘ I am the devil , and I am here on the devil 's business . ’
29 I mean I would n't change things for the world with him [ the child ] but how else can you do it ?
30 Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself .
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