Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were at least three Senators he could count on for verbal support , if nothing more . |
| 2 | I agree , I find it quite difficult to drive a lot of vehicles because I 'm very small and especially if you 've got small feet and I think there 's a big problem in that area and that it should be looked at for small people driving cars . |
| 3 | Perhaps you can wrap fish and chips in computer output , but that , it seems to me , is the only asset I can think of for ordinary domestic life . |
| 4 | I hope this public interest will eventually fade away , especially when we have moved in for good . |
| 5 | Animal protein , or first class protein as it is known , contains all eight essential amino acids which the body depends on for good health . |
| 6 | Lighting , however , you ca n't do without for obvious reasons and also because it adds a great deal of extra interest to a room ( see Lighting is important , page 35 ) |
| 7 | A PARTICULAR pleasure over the weekend was reading the latest issue of New Statesman and Society , once the publication one turned to for eloquent exposition of left-wing politics . |
| 8 | As of the Tories as we 're not going to for non-trade unions where employees are hand-picked by their employer . |
| 9 | I think there 's I think there 's quite a few and I think this is what swayed it , the fact that they have had erm , I know of at least ten say ten , there 's one , two , three on the other side of the road which is good because Bob which is another one , so that 's four , there 's which is the other side of the shop , is five , there 's us , six , Jean seven , the eight , erm the guy the other side of the which is nine , there is Ginny over the and the erm old persons ' home , that 's ten that I know of for certain about , er and then I 've heard of other people were gon na be writing in , now whether they actually did or not I do n't know |
| 10 | Only science and mathematics , declared the positivists , could be depended upon for reliable knowledge and to provide the true basis for progress ( see chapter seven ) . |
| 11 | When this was in turn cleared in the early 1980s the site was disposed of for private construction . |
| 12 | And what is the effect on the children of a marriage entered into for economic or social reasons ? |
| 13 | The Times could also be counted upon for lengthy discussion of cricket and Rugby Union , both from specialist reporters and from their readers through the institution of the Letters Page which became an important forum for influential discussion of these games . |
| 14 | My point is that if a player wants to play for Leeds , and has no wish to leave , they should nt have to FOR FINANCIAL reasons . |
| 15 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 16 | eventually disappeared from for various reasons . |
| 17 | The most obvious place to turn to for close ties is the family . |
| 18 | Well erm take it from me that I 've worked for for major American corporates and one major British corporate and er there is still something that you may miss all right . |
| 19 | Perhaps one of the most welcome results of its installation , has been the fact that hotplates , which can often cause dishes to dry out , can now be dispensed with for high volume catering . |
| 20 | Another frequent difficulty is that over a period of years , constant masturbation , sometimes desperately engaged in for emotional comfort rather than sexual release , results in desensitization of the penis . |
| 21 | For isotropic materials the wave velocities are given by for longitudinal waves and for transverse waves . |
| 22 | He was the agent you see for for International Balers . |
| 23 | Your elderly widowed parent may not only be losing her close companion , friend and confidant ( and , if she is still sexually active , as some woman are , well into the sixties and beyond , her lover ) , but also the one she depended upon for financial advice , physical protection in an increasingly violent society , and transport if she does not drive herself or can no longer afford to run a car . |
| 24 | Such a move will provoke howls of rage within the BTG — ‘ Britain will lose the fruits of its research ’ , ‘ where will inventors turn to for impartial advice ’ — and so on . |