Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 2 | The combination has impelled manufacturing and service enterprises in almost all sectors to search for larger markets abroad , and to establish themselves there in an ‘ insider position ’ ( Best , 1990 : p. 260 ; Milner and Yoffie , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | He is the only person in opposition to plan for greater unemployment as a matter of policy . |
| 4 | The less organised often resented the superior efficiency and greater discipline ( or docility ) , and the readiness to work for lower wages , of these peasants . |
| 5 | The relative strengths of competing hypotheses may be relevant to the decision about how many words to select for higher level processing , but unfortunately sequential hypothesize and test systems favour the collection and evaluation of evidence for a particular hypothesis in isolation from its competitors . |
| 6 | However , the initial Application Linking specification will possess object-like characteristics to allow for further developments and support for Object Group 's Object Request Broker Architecture . |
| 7 | However , the initial ALT specification will possess object-like characteristics to allow for further developments and support for OMG 's Object Request Broker Architecture . |
| 8 | campaigning for better use of the existing housing stock to cater for smaller households ; |
| 9 | A similar agreement between Nicaragua , Panama and the USA was signed on June 27 , binding all three countries to work for freer trade and to consult regularly with one another on trade issues . |
| 10 | It changes from being a cost centre to a profit centre , and this should stimulate management to aim for better performance and should provide increased job satisfaction . |
| 11 | None of the new group members felt able to take on the job at present and it was agreed that David should write to the Management Committee to ask for further suggestions . |
| 12 | Furthermore the threat of losing independence by means of a hostile merger ( ie a takeover ) is claimed to provide a spur for management to strive for greater efficiency . |
| 13 | We hope that the fact that we have won this encourages other small companies to strive for better things . ’ |
| 14 | Word was also sent to the Superintendent of Newbury to arrange for Shorter 's body to be moved . |
| 15 | Appendix : Organisations to contact for further help |
| 16 | He has accepted 21 of the 28 recommendations made by the committee , but turned down demands for baggage hold examination and the introduction of a levy on fares to pay for better security . |
| 17 | The government has already promised extra cash to pay for longer transmissions for the BBC 's World Service in Arabic and Persian . |
| 18 | But that hopeful estimate assumes that firms owned by the Treuhandanstalt , the privatisation agency for east German industry , will find the courage to ask for lower pay hikes rather than pass the bills on to German taxpayers . |
| 19 | This will provide a better climate for the workers to push for higher wage rates . |
| 20 | The civil service unions chose this moment to strike for better pay . |
| 21 | The MPs joined port chiefs from Larne to lobby Ministers and other parties at the Commons last night to press for better transport links . |
| 22 | The class were able to use a new information source ; to locate and extract information from that source ; use Mailbox to send for further information ; see tangible results from their Mailbox request ; and obtained up-to-date and vivid information which would have been hard to get from another source . |
| 23 | It is written in Latin to someone in authority to ask for warmer clothes and above all for the return of his Hebrew Bible , grammar and dictionary . |
| 24 | Usually , they are intermediate values to allow for later additions . |
| 25 | The deficit reduction targets outlined in April 1989 [ see above ] were revised upwards in the budget to account for higher interest payments . |
| 26 | Reports indicated that the Kurdish crisis , and the scale of the relief programme resulting from it , had prompted G-7 leaders to press for clearer guidelines sanctioning UN intervention , which would include the right to cross international borders when there was evidence of human rights violations . |
| 27 | Stewart/Ranson therefore argue for four related developments to allow for greater popular participation . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the re-election of Mrs Thatcher in 1983 and 1987 , a clear majority of voters have favoured increased taxes to pay for greater expenditure on services such as health , education , and welfare , over tax cutting and programme cutting ( Table 10.1 ) . |
| 29 | Whether these increases reflect increased morbidity , a greater willingness to care for older people or an expansion in capacity is a matter of debate . |
| 30 | They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities . |