Example sentences of "we [vb base] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TV items are being selected on the criteria of level of interest and validity as examples of authentic spoken English ie. we tend to go for ordinary people speaking to camera rather than voice over or straight presentation to camera . |
| 2 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 3 | The point we want to make for immediate purposes has to do with the way in which methodological problems arise from particular conceptions of the " order of things " . |
| 4 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 5 | If he go up , we 'ave to look for another ringer . ’ |
| 6 | It leaves us saying ‘ We do n't like this one but we like that one less ’ , so we have to opt for lesser evils . ’ |
| 7 | Even at this early date , therefore , we have to allow for managed areas of woodland , as well as wildwood , in the landscape . |
| 8 | We have to allow for some license : he is writing to his brother in Paris about this street pick-up and doing his best to make it palatable . |
| 9 | General manager David Melvin said : ‘ We provide catering to 350 outlets within the region , including schools , but we have to tender for that business . |
| 10 | Another major factor we need to consider for black citizens in the UK is the way in which black groups have been defined politically over the past four decades . |