Example sentences of "of [v-ing] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 2 | Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew . |
| 3 | The fourth aim of catering for the different levels of ability is more likely to be teacher-dependent . |
| 4 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |
| 5 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 6 | Offer it up , people said : offer everything up , the happy times too , it 's all part of praying for the holy souls . |
| 7 | ‘ And Zimbabwe have got a very good chance of qualifying for the African Nations Cup AND the World Cup . ’ |
| 8 | Several hundred people from Northern Ireland are expected to cross the Atlantic to support the Republic 's team , who are virtually assured of qualifying for the final stages after their 2–0 defeat of Lithuania in Dublin on Wednesday . |
| 9 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 10 | This does n't seem a fair way of qualifying for the huge incentives on offer for a record . ’ |
| 11 | of living for the agricultural population , guarantee regular supplies of produce on the market , and ensure reasonable food prices for the consumer . |
| 12 | A high social price was paid in a lower standard of living for the industrial worker and the economic and social power of the Junker class . |
| 13 | In the first quarter of 1987 the discount rate was fixed at 61 per cent , but the cost of living for the full year increased by 120 per cent . |
| 14 | Bushey Studios , in Hertfordshire , gave Crawford his first taste of acting for the big screen , although the thrills and spills in Soapbox Derby meant that plenty of fun was had at various locations in and around London . |
| 15 | Peter said that although fifth was a respectable position he felt the team was capable of pushing for the top spot and added the society was eager for new blood . |
| 16 | With the strain of listening for the slightest sound a desperate tiredness had set in and I was having to force myself to stay awake . |
| 17 | Now , given that the government 's support of the idea of Strasbourg as being a permanent place of meeting for the European parliament . |
| 18 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 19 | In the first place , instead of searching for the long-term consequences of early family experiences , a switch has taken place to the study of immediate effects . |
| 20 | Instead of searching for the musical expression of class standpoints one will do better so to conceive the relation of music to classes that any music will present the picture of antagonistic society as a whole ( Adorno 1976 : 68 , 69 , emphasis added ) . |
| 21 | A complete code of pleading for the High Court is in the High Court rules ( RSC Ord 18 and Ord 18 , r 12(1) as amended ) , which now requires pleadings to include , in relation to damages claims , details of any mitigation claimed by the defendant . |
| 22 | The solution was a simple one : employ priests with the sole responsibility of singing the memorial requiems so as to allow the parish priests to go about their customary role of caring for the spiritual needs of the living . |
| 23 | Aside from the practical aspects of caring for the young people , there was much talk of spiritual care and regeneration , so that the young men at Elpis Lodge would go out into the world ‘ imbued and enlightened with the hope of a better future ’ , and not embittered by the ill-treatment and injustice they had experienced . |
| 24 | I hope I have not made the experience of caring for the sick parent sound all gloom and sacrifice and bedpans . |
| 25 | Reading is encouraged across the whole spectrum of nursing literature rather , reflecting in part the principles of holism ; of caring for the whole person rather than being disease or disorder linked . |
| 26 | If Inchbad married Flame , it would be a very special occasion indeed ; it might be just the occasion when they would want a dish or two of roast Gnome and , more to the point , it would get the Gruagach out of paying for the new Crown Jewels . |
| 27 | It was utterly dull and repetitive , day after day of filing for the Inland Revenue . |
| 28 | Cohen 's results showed that masking produced a significant decrement in the left visual field but not in the right visual field , thus implying a superiority in rate of encoding for the left hemisphere . |
| 29 | This must be what shooting a film was like : the brightly lit scene , the ennui of waiting for the chief actors to appear tile brief moments of activity , the concentrated attention to detail . |
| 30 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |