Example sentences of "in the [noun pl] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 2 | A good contemporary example can be seen in the typographers who work for British newspapers . |
| 3 | I am always at risk in the things I do for the Motherland , but idiots create the kind of additional risks one can not always allow for . ’ |
| 4 | This change in female initiation patterns is also reflected in the reasons they gave for experimentation with heroin in the first place . |
| 5 | The value-for-money deal on their premises is happily reflected in the prices they charge for their hearty , rustic , Italian-orientated menu . |
| 6 | Like climbers and fell-walkers , they frequently attract animosity , oftentimes from locals in the areas they use for their sport . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , but he did in the annuals I got for Christmas . |
| 8 | In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs . |
| 9 | Dr. Clarke had himself been a surveyor in the town in 1765 : he also cultivated the art of perspective drawing , examples of which can be seen in the plans he drew for Whitaker 's History of Manchester of 1765 and 1771 . |
| 10 | The key to an understanding of relief-giving is in the functions it serves for the larger economic and political order , for relief is a secondary and supportive institution . |
| 11 | In the hours you allocate for work , sort out your priorities , reordering them when unforeseen circumstances arise . |
| 12 | In total this has involved the transfer of around 650,000 employees , the majority of whom ( some 90% ) have become shareholders in the companies they work for . |
| 13 | He says ‘ the demand for the all-round grocery clerk , fruiterer and vegetable dealer , dairyman , butcher , and so forth , has long ago been replaced by a labor configuration in the supermarkets which calls for truck unloaders , shelf stockers , checkout clerks , meat wrappers , and meat cutters ; of these only the last retain any semblance of skill , and none require any general knowledge of retail trade ’ . |
| 14 | Singing was intended to enhance the bond between us , for by reciting verses and lines about the Legion , past and present , we were reinforcing our beliefs in the traditions we stood for . |
| 15 | " The heart and soul of a resource collection is not material at all : it lies in the structure of thought it exhibits , in the creative association it provokes and in the opportunities it provides for training the young learner in how to learn and think . " |
| 16 | In May 1940 , the RCM general secretary wrote to the Chief Rabbi , pointing out ‘ that our Regional Committees are autonomous and neither they nor the committees under them like interference in the arrangements they make for religious instruction ’ . |
| 17 | A fine example of his interior decoration may be seen in the rooms he decorated for Václav Michalovic in his house , now the Postal Museum ( see p. 157 ) . |
| 18 | They are often used in the paints they mix for the illuminated manuscripts . ’ |
| 19 | In the duets he cheated for her , sang some of her more difficult phrases with her to drown her inadequacies , and frequently stopped the piano to suggest changes of key . |