Example sentences of "in [noun] [verb] [pron] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large number of forms in circulation made it difficult for the authorities to keep track of them . |
| 2 | Many times after cooking and cleaning there , she would have to bring suitcases of washing back to our house in Taibach to get it ready for the next visit . |
| 3 | It can also in effect make it impossible for them to participate in the community and thus deprives them of an important aspect of citizenship . |
| 4 | On an application for any interim relief under subsection ( 1 ) the court may refuse to grant that relief if , in the opinion of the court , the fact that the court has no jurisdiction apart from this section in relation to the subject-matter of the proceedings in question makes it inexpedient for the court to grant it . |
| 5 | The present situation in Russia makes it impossible for the centre to control this process . |
| 6 | In this case the finding that the father had acquiesced in the removal and/or retention of the children in England made it appropriate for the court to consider whether to decline to order the return of the children . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's well known that Maurice likes a night out but the media attention he gets in Britain makes it difficult for him to enjoy it . |
| 8 | All my subsequent attempts to find a mutually convenient time to meet have failed — mostly , I have to confess , because my term-time commitments in Oxford made it difficult for me get up to London except at hours when you were in Cabinet , or in the House . |
| 9 | The realisation that this is a racist society , a society which wishes them dead for the colour of their skin , accentuates their loneliness , and their isolation in turn makes it harder for them to fight against racism . |
| 10 | Our cautionary comments and suggestions are offered to ease the transitional processes of attachment and detachment in order to improve them both for the individual and the organisations involved . |
| 11 | They and the school together planned ahead in order to make it possible for pupils to feel that they , too , knew themselves better . |
| 12 | In order to make it worthwhile for people to buy bills , therefore , they must be sold below their face value ( i.e. at a discount ) . |
| 13 | As we noted in Chapter 10 , oligopolists have an incentive to carry out socially unproductive advertising in order to make it harder for new entrants to meet the fixed costs of breaking into the industry , thereby leaving more of the market and the profit for existing firms . |
| 14 | His naturally long strides , she suspected , he was deliberately making even longer in order to make it difficult for her to catch up ! |
| 15 | The bill also made permanent changes in the system in order to make it easier for more people to qualify for extended jobless benefits in the future . |
| 16 | He had been made mayor by the Germans during the Occupation , and had in fact done his best for the villagers . |