Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neale was re-elected captain for the 1991 season last November , already equalling the record for longest serving captain . |
| 2 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 3 | Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 . |
| 4 | Previously the rate support grant had been distributed to authorities on the basis of a complex formula which took account of a number of factors , including levels of local prosperity , which influence the need for local services . |
| 5 | These factors also influence the demand for one sort of drink in preference to another . |
| 6 | In this chapter , we examine the factors which influence the demand for money and the important question of how the economy reacts to changes in the supply of money . |
| 7 | Methods of deforestation and subsequent management practices not only influence the potential for forest regeneration but also influence the impact of deforestation on runoff and soil erosion . |
| 8 | Biggart says : ‘ The Northwest promotion , which offered two for the price of one tickets to 74 international destinations , met the prerequisite for a successful sales promotion . |
| 9 | Mr Brownlow came in , took off his gloves and met the Minister for Trade and Industry , the Rt . |
| 10 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 11 | As Mr Urbanec met the opposition for the first time , it appeared increasingly likely that his predecessor , Mr Milos Jakes , would eventually find himself behind bars . |
| 12 | But the common assumption that Pericles ' war strategy meant the total evacuation of Attica neglects the evidence for fortifications in his time , not all of which , surely , were abandoned in 431 ( see further p. 128 ) . |
| 13 | Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him . |
| 14 | More convincing is the argument that Kahn lacked the genius for self-promotion of other great architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson . |
| 15 | Because they lacked the capacity for complete cultural and political hegemony , he argues , not all elements in the movement were assimilated . |
| 16 | Anger was a luxury she lacked the energy for , right that minute . |
| 17 | Because these seven lacked the gene for uncapping , the gene for removing would not be expressed . |
| 18 | Forecasting the Demand for Higher Education |
| 19 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 20 | But while recommending such long-term plans , I must stress the need for flexibility . |
| 21 | The Cotswold-stone shop sells bears vintage ( £2,500 ) and everyday ( £10 ) , and owner Ian Pout has trawled the world for the top teddies . |
| 22 | In the Boston area up to 2ft of snow fell and the storm was compared to a 1978 blizzard which paralysed the city for four days . |
| 23 | This causes a build up of pressure in the solution compartment until , at equilibrium , the pressure exactly counteracts the tendency for further solvent flow . |
| 24 | Dressed up or down it fits the fill for every occasion and will be one of the easiest things you have ever made — try it in linen , washed silk or a floral print |
| 25 | The later species depend on the preparations of the earlier , for the action of the zebra fits the vegetation for the stomachs of the wildebeest and gazelle . |
| 26 | This fits the student for a professional career in a wider range of applications . |
| 27 | Though she had foreseen the need for such a private moment Louisa would certainly not have chosen it to occur so quickly . |
| 28 | The slump in profits has limited the scope for corporation tax offsets but economic recovery should help ease the problem . |
| 29 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 30 | Given the close relationship between the occupational behaviour of working-class adolescents and their ‘ personality ’ , reformers faced certain difficulties : how to imbue them with approved ethical principles ; how to turn them into efficient workers ; how effectively to reorganize the labour-market for social and economic ends . |