Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she is serious about knitting for other people she must do four things . |
| 2 | Evaluate the effectiveness of the plan for satisfying the medical , psychological , and personal needs of the patients and for catering for potential problems . |
| 3 | It 's also worth applying for other jobs that appeal and for which you might have a chance . |
| 4 | If the person handling the matter seems to be relying on information given to him by others , it is worth pressing for full and frank disclosure of what they have said and for sight of any written statements or other relevant documents that may have been prepared . |
| 5 | In 1600–1 he was paid for surveying for New College , while in 1602 he mapped the Cambridgeshire estates of Merton College , and in 1607 he surveyed an estate in Leicestershire for Brasenose College . |
| 6 | One of the other stock-market listed football clubs , Tottenham Hotspur , capitalises the cost of its players ' registrations and , after allowing for estimated residual values , amortises them over the period of the respective players ' contracts . |
| 7 | Figure 4.1 shows the growth in spending on private acute care in cash and real terms ( after allowing for general price inflation ) between 1972 and 1989 . |
| 8 | But , after allowing for fixed costs , the couple 's disposable income will be severely squeezed . |
| 9 | British workers received a 9.3% pay rise in the 12 months to February , equivalent to a real pay increase of just 0.3% after allowing for consumer-price inflation . |
| 10 | But post GATT the occupier 's surplus from arable farming falls to £1500 and after allowing for other income total income would be only about £4000 . |
| 11 | The survey data also allow us to explore whether , after allowing for other identifiable differences in the characteristics of male and female workers , the labour market during the 1970s appeared to discriminate against young women compared to their male contemporaries . |
| 12 | In contrast the trend in cardiovascular mortality with head circumference ( table I ) remained significant after allowing for external conjugate diameter . |
| 13 | The level of funding was sufficient to cover 100 per cent of the benefits that had accrued to members after allowing for expected future pay increases . |
| 14 | The level of funding was 97.3 per cent after allowing for expected future pay increases . |
| 15 | Results were expressed as nmol substrate metabolised per hour , after correcting for specific radioactivity of the substrate and number of 1 4 C atoms per molecule . |
| 16 | After looking for agoraphobic avoidance , the therapist should look for social avoidance . |
| 17 | After calling for non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf , they cursed the Saudi Arabian government for inviting them there in the first place , and took a side-swipe at Israel for having occupied the West Bank in 1967 . |
| 18 | The advantage of this method is that it is a multivariate technique which allows an analysis of the relationship between unemployment and imprisonment to be examined after controlling for other factors such as crime levels , numbers of convictions , and age structure of the population , which might affect the rate of incarceration . |
| 19 | Overall , however , the work done by Box and Hale for England and Wales suggests that after controlling for other relevant variables , rising levels of unemployment have been associated with the increased use of imprisonment . |
| 20 | Carefully designed case-control studies are therefore required to measure the separate effect of radon exposure after controlling for smoking behaviour and other risk factors . |
| 21 | By fitting appropriate models , after adjusting for potential confounders , the analogue of a mixed model analysis of variance table was constructed . |
| 22 | Also even after quoting for certain deliveries , that carrier may not be in a position to do the haulage just when required . |
| 23 | You have a year or two 's advantage on me , but I 'll still be here when you 're off looking for fresh fields to conquer . ’ |
| 24 | It 's still worth looking for English labels on the vegetables and fruit — do try to support the good old English varieties . |
| 25 | Instead of plumping for shop-bought toys , build up a useful box , filled with everything from buttons to old magazines , which children can glue together to make their own sculptures . |
| 26 | Euro Disney has now admitted that it and Walt Disney are ‘ exploring potential sources of financing for Euro Disney ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They concluded that the importance of allowing for stochastic interest rates varies over time , depending on whether or not large changes in interest rates are expected . |
| 29 | The irony , however , is that in fact the new system is more likely to increase central control over , and funding of , local spending , instead of allowing for local variation , accountability and choice . |
| 30 | Max Saunders FHCIMA , a retired group director of catering for Grand Metropolitan plc , is the new chairman of the South West Regional Committee of the Hotel and Catering Benevolent Association ( HCBA ) . |