Example sentences of "by [verb] for the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The van der Waals equation is where a is a constant which corrects for the attractive forces between gas molecules and b is a constant which corrects the volume of the gas by allowing for the part of the volume occupied by the gas molecules . |
| 2 | By allowing for the distribution of results in random diversification , reductions in the overall risk of a randomly selected portfolio of shares may continue until the number of constituent securities reaches about thirty . |
| 3 | Acid output was calculated by allowing for the amount of juice produced in each time interval , and was expressed as mEq/h . |
| 4 | Inspired probably by the continuing ill-feeling towards himself , Gurney had attempted to leave the Grammar School by applying for the Mastership of Wellington College early in 1855 , but the Goldsmiths declined to supply a testimonial of his conduct until he had given up his post , and his application therefore lapsed . |
| 5 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph II treated other members of the ruling family with a studied rudeness which shocked contemporaries : in the 1780s he deeply antagonized his younger brother and successor Leopold , Grand Duke of Tuscany , by pressing for the merging of the Grand Duchy with the hereditary lands of the monarchy . |
| 6 | At one-hour weekly meetings , the team started the process by looking for the symptoms of the problem , which meant pulling together all the relevant facts . |
| 7 | The central , distinctive idea here is that the rational expectations hypothesis can be seen as imposing restrictions on what we should observe in the world , and so the validity of rational expectations can be tested by testing for the validity of those restrictions . |
| 8 | To test this prediction rigorously Lucas should estimate equation ( 6.6 ) for his 18 countries jointly , imposing the restriction implied by his model that the β 1 coefficients are negatively related to the estimated variances of v. The Lucas model could then be tested along the lines suggested in chapter 3 , by testing for the validity of this restriction . |
| 9 | By accounting for the development of the mode of production in terms of economic relations only , Marx failed to take account of the development of political forces which also have an effect on the development of the mode of production . |
| 10 | Most frequently , under the two-party system , all these requirements are met easily by sending for the Leader of the Opposition or of the majority party , as the case may be , upon the fall of government-as happened , for example , in 1945 and 1951 . |
| 11 | On Oct. 9 , demonstrators responded by calling for the resignation of Crimea 's authorities and cancellation of the new resolution . |
| 12 | He appeared to be advocating a reversal of the process by which military officers were appointed to key posts since the mid-1960s , by calling for the civilianization of a greater proportion of bureaucratic positions . |
| 13 | THE five presidents of Central America kept the beleaguered regional peace process alive yesterday with an agreement that bolstered the governments of Nicaragua and El Salvador by calling for the demobilisation of rebel forces in both countries . |
| 14 | THE Australian Prime Minister has tried to revive his party 's support ahead of next month 's general election by calling for the replacement of the Queen as head of state . |
| 15 | The ambiguously worded agreement effectively permitted the involuntary repatriation of Vietnamese " boat people " who had been screened out as " economic migrants " , by providing for the repatriation of those who " while not volunteering to return , are nevertheless not opposed to going back " and according to some officials thereby created a fresh category of " acquiescent non-volunteers " . |
| 16 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 17 | Oh , he had told lies and they had trapped him by asking for the names of other English agents in Paris . |
| 18 | By substituting for the values of Do and so on , this model can be generalized as follows , . |
| 19 | By fighting for the ideal of a strong Britain in a wider , deeper and more democratic European Community , that Labour Government will be fighting for a true and meaningful British sovereignty . |
| 20 | Livingstone and Wilkie conclude by arguing for the decentralisation of control and the democratisation of work processes . |
| 21 | By legislating for the emancipation of the serfs Alexander II had achieved more than either of his immediate forebears , but he had also upset peasants , nobles and intellectuals . |
| 22 | The Syrians ensured the continuation of Maronite rule by arranging for the installation of Elias Sarkis , a banker of political probity whose rule was to be marked by the further collapse of the country he promised to save . |