Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One man in Düsseldorf allegedly remarked , even in the presence of a member of the SS , that ‘ we have the Führer to thank for this ’ . |
| 2 | But they are not random errors : they grow out of her particular approach to spelling , and suggest that she may have trouble in the future because of a weak visual memory and her attempts to compensate for this are reckless and haphazard . |
| 3 | He had his own share of responsibility to bear for this . |
| 4 | I just come back er ladies and gentlemen to apologize for this morning 's cock up , I mean it was totally inexcusable of me . |
| 5 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 6 | In fact , in an attempt to compensate for this , the nurses would paint nail varnish on her toe-nails and put bows in her hair . |
| 7 | And Jesus was going across to the other side to look for this man . |
| 8 | And I 'm not so sure that portrait is the best possible erm medium to use , or the best possible photograph to use for this type of er trick . |
| 9 | This article comes out of the familiar experience of being drawn to a particular image , or set of images , without at first knowing why , and the attempt to account for this feeling . |
| 10 | In the 1970s , the school moved into new modem premises on the Ashbourne Road where it has now also developed a Further Education department to cater for this increasing need among deaf students . |
| 11 | Since body weight has a prodound effect on pancreatic weight , the results were expressed as mg per 100 g body weight to correct for this variable . |
| 12 | a student at Cambridge University paying reduced fees and formerly having to carry out some menial work to compensate for this . |
| 13 | ‘ He has a part to play for this club . |
| 14 | GL to arrange for this amount to be transferred to Computing . |
| 15 | Given the move towards a common European community with common citizenship and agreed rights , this is a well-selected moment to press for this radical reform . |
| 16 | It is possible that those who work in education , even at senior management level , lack the confidence to press for this sort of recognition ; a diffidence which has its origin in the perceived ‘ otherness ’ referred to above , combined with the erroneous view that education has little or nothing to offer a commercial board-room . |
| 17 | There was no longer any forum where education as an essential , local provision could be discussed , and there was no pressure group to speak for this aspect of national education . |
| 18 | So what are the Somali people and the relief agencies to do for this country which seems past the point of no return ? |
| 19 | But there is a price to pay for this advantage , in that the effect of insurance is a reduction in the deterrence value of liability . |
| 20 | There would be a price to pay for this abandonment . |
| 21 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 22 | The demanding role meant Crawford had no understudy to begin with , so he carried on with a wrist cast , and Onna White changed the choreography to allow for this . |
| 23 | This arises since patients are permitted to go anywhere for treatment , leaving the home authority to pay for this treatment , whether or not the authority considers such treatment necessary for that particular patient , whether or not that type of treatment figures in local priorities , and whether or not there are ‘ more deserving ’ cases within the authority . |
| 24 | One of the earlier attempts to account for this residual precession was by the astronomer Le Verrier , to whom I shall introduce you more properly in Chapter 13 . |
| 25 | Some of them have posited underlying mechanisms of language change to account for this ; some have been more interested in relating it to social realities , treating language as a sort of cultural key rather than as a self-contained system with its own particular dynamic ; others have seen it as their main task to suggest linguistic reforms that will modify or eliminate offensive usages . |
| 26 | A number of arguments have been presented in the literature to account for this . |
| 27 | There are a number of reasons to account for this conclusion . |
| 28 | We have Alan Austin to thank for this character-building little outing — an experience you wo n't forget in a hurry ! |
| 29 | Majorie gained B.Litt in 1948 and D.Phil in 1976 , and expresses gratitude to Somerville for enabling her to return to Oxford to work for this . |
| 30 | Because there is usually less protein in vegetarian dishes , more yogurt has been included in these menus to compensate for this . |