Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responding to the resolution , the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for preliminary talks in the Georgian capital , Tbilisi , on March 30 . |
| 2 | ‘ They should select a side for the Tests and then pick for one-day games , ’ Doshi said . |
| 3 | Gregarious , flocks often hawking for flying insects and spiralling up to perform aerobatics . |
| 4 | with money to spare for small luxuries ; |
| 5 | Buxton initiated his Civilization Society in part because he feared that to wait for antislavery principles to permeate foreign societies of slaveholders , which he believed to be BFASS policy , ‘ would cost us half a century , and that implies the sacrifice of twenty five millions of the human race ’ . |
| 6 | So you had to wait for full details of John Major 's new cabinet earlier this year . |
| 7 | Thus for a proper appreciation of the distinction between " slow " and " fast " you have to wait for electromagnetic waves to be introduced , discussed , and digested . |
| 8 | Many of the children in care were young , and unless positive steps to plan for their future were taken , they would continue like the older children in their sample to wait for lengthy periods in care . |
| 9 | Odyssey also comes with host mode which means you can set your computer to wait for incoming calls . |
| 10 | Relationships with that partner may be judged successful or otherwise according to the ways in which they duplicate , replace or compensate for parental relationships . |
| 11 | This may seem to be a gloomy picture but it must be noted that , in relation to work , age is not a large aspect of individual differences compared with natural endowment , and that increases in ability can more than compensate for small decreases in capacity . |
| 12 | The 17th annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions , held in London in October , endorsed the use of international standards on auditing for cross-border offerings and continuous reporting by foreign issuers . |
| 13 | With the exception of the ten generals , who were elected annually by the assembly , most other public offices were filled for limited periods ( usually a year ) by citizens chosen by lot . |
| 14 | The drawing of lines between right and wrong [ or duty and obligation ] is being overshadowed by the need for cooperative adjustment and common improvement among States competing for limited resources . |
| 15 | In nature , many animals are competing for limited resources . |
| 16 | An additional problem is that Soviet organisations are automatically barred from competing for infra-structural projects sponsored by the World Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank , which require bidders to be members of these institutions . |
| 17 | Now that the national museums no longer have their purchase grants awarded separately from grant in aid for running costs , they fear that those will be further whittled away and they will be even less capable of competing for major masterpieces . |
| 18 | We may think of them as competing for various tenures . |
| 19 | There were cars in the streets and brash , noisy journalists crowded round hotel bars competing for sensational stories to wire to their papers . |
| 20 | In summary then , the reasons for choosing The Machine Gunners include the opportunities it offers for various aspects of personal involvement on the part of the reader and its curricular potentials with regard to related topic , theme , and language work . |
| 21 | The Report itself is , as it says , largely a description of the present situation ; its value is therefore the opportunity it offers for new proposals to come forward . |
| 22 | Gary Owen and Cyrille Regis had sunpensions received for recent sendings off delayed . |
| 23 | In general , herbal remedies are prescribed for specific complaints , somewhat similar to the use of crataegus ( hawthorn ) in heart failure , arnica for bruising or hypericum for nerve injuries . |
| 24 | Although they are helped to meet expenditure through grants from central government , their monies are prescribed for specific purposes . |
| 25 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 26 | But historical scholarship gives this notion the lie : since the form was originally prescribed for sexist reasons , feminists who find it sexist are hardly projecting some novel and bizarre interpretation onto an innocent and neutral rule . |
| 27 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 28 | Germany 's needs are not ours and the treatment prescribed for German troubles is killing the rest of us . |
| 29 | Standard periods would be prescribed for different types of business , although it would be possible to apply for a special timetable at an early stage and for detailed variations of the timetable . |
| 30 | Standard periods will be prescribed for different types of business . |