Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We make no charge for including your requirements in this register . |
| 2 | I am grateful to him for drawing my attention to that . |
| 3 | It is proposed that hypertext systems go some way towards providing students with alternative structures for organizing their knowledge of electronic publishing . |
| 4 | Belinda saw the gesture , winced inwardly as the image stabbed at her feelings , and despised herself for wasting her emotions in this way . |
| 5 | At that time , the target of the campaign was the Glasgow District Council who were responsible as our landlord for keeping our flats in good repair . |
| 6 | We all know that exercise is important for keeping our muscles in good working order . |
| 7 | Ah yes , they said , the man in charge up there is a legend for landing his plane in appalling conditions and absolutely ridiculous places . |
| 8 | All the more reason to congratulate the Mappin Art Gallery and the Herbert Gallery for opening their doors to these groups of women . |
| 9 | Victorian parents have been condemned for clothing their children in black for months on end , and putting even babies into mourning . |
| 10 | Three animals can not establish two dyads of high compatibility , for the sight of an interacting pair in a threesome tends to reduce the capacity of the onlooker for developing his relationship with either of the other two . |
| 11 | With regard to galleries , then , we aim to support a number of strategically placed centres in , say , Brighton , Farnham , Canterbury , Folkestone , St. Leonards and Eastbourne , sufficiently for them , each doing their own thing , in due course to be able to service a touring exhibition network , made up of themselves and the other regional galleries , be able to offer the artist whose work they exhibit or promote a fair deal — that means paying them for their transport , insurance , publicity costs and perhaps a fee for exhibiting their work in public — and finally to organize appropriate marketing and education back-up to their own exhibitions programmes , which both pulls people in to the gallery and reaches out to them in , for example , schools and industry . |
| 12 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 13 | Gooch has never publicly criticised Ted Dexter and Co for limiting his re-appointment to three one-day matches and three Tests pending a mid-term review . |
| 14 | Lenin and the Bolsheviks had grasped the supreme political importance of the railways and the press as instruments for turning their domination of some cities of European Russia in 191 7 into an all-Russian revolution . |
| 15 | ‘ They appear to be plans for turning our house into two flats . ’ |
| 16 | In his talks he had a gift for turning his diffidence to good humour and they were often amusing as well as being quite profound . |
| 17 | ‘ Lowe International is continuing to study potential for expanding its operations in European countries and is progressing in this area , ’ it added . |
| 18 | Lying in bed at night is a perfect time for scanning our brain for those things we might have forgotten . |
| 19 | The advent of the single market in 1992 has been used by Mr Haughey as a pretext for renewing his offer of direct talks with Northern Ireland Unionists . |
| 20 | He has a hang-up — not a dick the size of a pin , not even a fetish for sharing his bed with woolly four-legged animals . |
| 21 | Shadow Education Secretary , Jack Straw has accused Cabinet Ministers of hypocrisy for sending their children to private schools . |
| 22 | May we have a debate on junk mail as soon as possible , to discuss a mailshot sent to many of my constituents by an organisation that is partly funded by Maxwell money which is so full of falsehoods that it would make the average time-share salesman blush ; which redefines the term ’ junk mail ’ and peddles dodgy , old-fashioned and out-of-date remedies which have been banned in most countries and which have passed their sell-by date ; and which bears the signature of an obscure Welsh politician , best known for losing his rag with Zimbabwean soldiers and for nutting people in public lavatories ? |
| 23 | herself , so she 'll get her own money plus ninety eight quid for doing my round for two days |
| 24 | ( By the way , in case they happen to be reading this , my apologies to Phillip , Mary , Harold and Henry for taking their names in vain ! ) |
| 25 | Although there is a preference for appointing his successor in that field , candidates whose interests lie in Physical Geography will be considered . |
| 26 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 27 | Specifically , during the 1980s this has meant progressively losing control over economic policy in return for merging her currency with those of her EEC partners . |
| 28 | While maintaining its defence , however , NATO saw greater opportunities than ever before for achieving its aims through political means , including dialogue , co-operation , crisis management and other efforts to prevent conflict . |
| 29 | From an RIBA point of view these seminars were a useful vehicle for reaching our members in other parts of the world . |
| 30 | Thank you Lord , for hearing our prayers for those who have been ill and are now recovering ; thank you for the skills of hospital staff in caring for members of St Leonard 's over the past few weeks . |