Example sentences of "method of [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 The paper addressed at some length methods of accounting for convertible debt that seek to address the hybrid nature of such debt by accounting separately for its debt and equity components , although it did not propose that such methods be required .
2 Some of these arguments have called into question methods of accounting for capital instruments used for many years which had previously appeared uncontroversial .
3 In particular the project compared two methods of accounting for unobserved effects ( marginal likelihood and information matrix corrections ) and achieved a computational advance in the first .
4 The Initiative has aimed to bring about major changes in the content and methods of schooling for 14-18 year olds .
5 Unionists want methods of legislating for Northern Ireland to be brought into line with those for the rest of the United Kingdom .
6 Though changing methods of planning for traffic specifically in residential areas were not a central thrust of Traffic in Towns , the book provided a context for residential area strategies which , in the event , have guided a number of countries in the ensuing quarter century .
7 She had unconsciously put into practice the Winnie the Pooh principle , which rules that the most effective method of searching for a lost person or object is to get lost oneself on the assumption that some force of nature brings all forgotten things together in ignored niches and unfrequented locales .
8 The method of allowing for this is to show how many divorces there are per 1,000 of the married population .
9 Respondents are asked to indicate the method of accounting for convertible debt which they consider should be required .
10 After discussions with its auditors , the oil company has decided to adopt the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas expenditure for the current financial year to 30 September 1992 instead of the full cost method .
11 The 1992 figures reflect a change in the method of accounting for certain deferred income tax benefits .
12 The 1993 figures reflect changes in the method of accounting for post-retirement benefits .
13 The company has decided to adopt the ‘ successful efforts ’ method of accounting for oil and gas expenditure used by many other oil companies .
14 It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated .
15 These results would suggest that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography may be a better method of sampling for biliary cytology than percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography although larger numbers of patients within a randomised study would be required for conformation .
16 ( The pecking of the spot is the chick 's signal method of asking for food : if the spot was on its parent 's , rather than a model bill , the chick would receive a meal . )
17 Alongside the debates about the most appropriate method of caring for the elderly are concerns about the ‘ blocking ’ of acute beds by older people who no longer need the facilities provided by an acute setting but who , for other reasons , can not be discharged .
18 AS WATER COSTS LOOK SET TO INCREASE , RUTH HAYHURST ASKS IF METERING IS A FAIR METHOD OF CHARGING FOR THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE .
19 Metering is regarded by many as the fairest method of charging for water .
20 In other experiments , Papi has shown that pigeons do not home accurately if their nostrils are blocked , or if their olfactory nerve is cut , or if they are experimentally distracted by a strong smell ; but other experimenters have failed to repeat these results and it has proved impossible to train pigeons to make the relevant olfactory distinctions ( which is a standard , and powerful , method of testing for sensory abilities — p. 43 .
21 Use the same method of working for three numbers .
22 They were introduced in the seventeenth century as a method of paying for the upkeep of highways when other methods had failed .
23 One method of paying for private health care is via insurance .
24 Now that many previously rich Arab states are virtually spent-up , oil has become a major method of paying for weapons .
25 The distinctions between the two cases are not convincing and the apparent conflict and the difficulties posed by causation in the medical negligence cases show the drawbacks of using the tort system as a method of compensating for personal injuries .
26 The method of solving for a sequential equilibrium in the game outlined in Section 2 proceeds in two stages .
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