Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period of limitation for bringing an action arising out of carriage under the CMR convention is one year . |
| 2 | However , if preferences are understood merely as patterns of physical behaviour which tend towards certain results , then there would be no more moral reason for satisfying them than for assisting a computer carry out its programme when this was something undesired by any conscious being . |
| 3 | Any weeds that are able to get through the cover are knocked over , but the important purposes for keeping the mulch jostled about are air penetration and the prevention of rain run-off from a packed surface . |
| 4 | I apologised for slamming the car boot down upon it and commenting churlishly upon its perkiness and assumed that since ferns grew in the wild and my great aunt had had a whole conservatory of them , they were not difficult to rear . |
| 5 | You ca n't , one flat 's not gon na be responsible for having the hall lit up all night long which it will be and then length of time , unless it 's on a timer switch . |
| 6 | He found that a poor Tambov peasant who harvested 35 pudy of grain from one desiatin of land had to pay 15 pudy of it for the hire of a plough , 7 pudy for having the grain carted off in a richer man 's wagon , and to top it all 7 pudy in tax . |
| 7 | ‘ They were a token of appreciation for having the courage to turn up ! ’ |
| 8 | SO Allan Lamb 's reward for having the courage to speak out and tell the truth about the Pakistani ball-tampering was to be banned for two games and heavily fined — with the possibility of further punishment from the TCCB . |
| 9 | Mr Ashdown blamed post-election Tory ‘ inertia ’ for letting the crisis build up . |
| 10 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 11 | The English had been fishing there for over a century , and had been settled for over fifty years , so they had a strong position for making the French give up any claims to settle there . |
| 12 | ‘ For finding a place to sit down , consult us first . ’ |
| 13 | The key worker is responsible for monitoring the plan worked out to protect the child , and for co-ordinating all interagency activity in order to make sure it is carried out . |
| 14 | HUNDREDS of fans phoned a radio station yesterday to demand the reinstatement of a DJ sacked for telling a woman to shut up . |
| 15 | The chain for ringing the bell runs down the house , through the first floor landing , where it can be pulled if desired , to the hall below . |