Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 2 | To work out quickly what your RC will indicate at the point where you arrive on track , use the following method : When you turn Left to intercept ( or to allow for drift on track ) consider Left as Minus |
| 3 | Any shares which have not been taken up will go into a trust for new starters or to allow for people who are promoted to be allocated more shares . |
| 4 | The reason for this is traditional : Roman friends were often called on to look after property or to care for members of a family . |
| 5 | No shaman was present to preside or to ask for God 's blessing upon Artai 's reign , Alexei saw , for it was a fact that there was no such thing as organised religion on this world , and even casual superstition was not permitted to interfere for long in the affairs of men . |
| 6 | ( In such door to door visiting programmes it certainly seems right to be open to talk , to lead people to Christ or to pray for healing . |
| 7 | ‘ Than to go for strychnine — that 's what it looks like to me , and you can see that he had a rough passage out . |
| 8 | If we really wanted to find out whether the unwesternised Wolof were capable of expressing different points of view , we could do worse than to look for instance at their political activities and see whether , in factional disputes , the lobbying that takes place indicates such an awareness . |
| 9 | In order to come to terms with the past , the initial gesture must be to confront its strangeness , rather than to seek for similarities and continuities so that it can be equated with the present and thus , in effect , dehistoricized . |
| 10 | I suppose the heat had made me edgy : though I knew that to ask for money as a loan was the only way she could keep her dignity , I held an angry conversation with her in my mind . |
| 11 | If then your paper proves suitable you will be told that to register for Advances in Fermentation ‘ 83 , organised by Process Biochemistry , Penn House , Rickmansworth , Herts WD3 1SN would normally cost £152 . |
| 12 | He therefore gave authority to one Edward Sawyer to make inquiries , and to search for evidence in all houses and places in Kettering and five miles around . |
| 13 | Royal household men were sent against Edward Woodville and to search for Dorset . |
| 14 | Royal household men were sent against Edward Woodville and to search for Dorset . |
| 15 | In this first study , the European-ness of the 1989 elections will be explored in depth to see whether there are differences between EC countries , and to search for clues about likely future changes . |
| 16 | With reference to Jim Brunton 's letter ( 17 February ) , I would like to support Professor Ronald Girdwood 's remarks in an earlier letter and to confirm for blood donors and other readers the facts about blood for private hospitals . |
| 17 | Though it is meant to be used to keep out the cold , we had brought six of them to cover the tents and reflect away the sun 's heat , and to signal for help if needed . |
| 18 | This prompted Gorbachev on May 27 to make a televised address to the country to try to calm fears about the market reform plan and to appeal for support . |
| 19 | The results of the study should enable prison managers , policy-makers and Parliament to monitor prisons more efficiently and to plan for prison reform more effectively . |
| 20 | Zeno 's head was lifted as if to search for scents on the air . |
| 21 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |
| 22 | Centuries after their creation , we intervene to limit the deterioration of frescoes , painted panels , canvases or marbles , and to preserve for posterity not just an empty shell but the enduring substance of a work of art . |
| 23 | Women are more likely than men both not to be members of such schemes and to work for employers without them . |
| 24 | Swainson 's and Forbes ' energies were diffused in their own struggle for existence ( though both hoped to live like gentlemen rather than just exist ) and the need to write fast and to lecture for money and reputation . |
| 25 | Political citizenship rights , notably the right to vote and to stand for election , were won in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth as the Representation of the People Acts extended the franchise by stages until universal adult suffrage had been achieved . |
| 26 | The response of the companies is that such prices are necessary to recoup the costs of R&D , and to compensate for risk , since only a small proportion of R&D generates innovations that are commercially viable . |
| 27 | On Feb. 7 Sharif announced a programme of economic reforms to encourage foreign investment and to compensate for losses resulting from the Gulf crisis . |
| 28 | Attempts by Irish women , lesbian and heterosexual , to voice our oppression and to struggle for support were largely ignored . |
| 29 | Due diligence will be undertaken by a number of different advisers to Newco and the investors , and in certain transactions it is advisable for these parties to meet before the exercise in order not to duplicate work and to provide for cross-fertilisation of ideas . |
| 30 | Some system might be adopted ( Clause 13.06 ) for coordinating applications for new certificates ; ( 2 ) to maintain bank accounts in accordance with the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules and to provide for restrictions on drawings from such accounts ( Clauses 6.0.4 and 6.0.6 ) . |