Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] for [noun sg] " 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 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Than to go for strychnine — that 's what it looks like to me , and you can see that he had a rough passage out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Attempts by Irish women , lesbian and heterosexual , to voice our oppression and to struggle for support were largely ignored . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As chairman Reg Brealey explains in his statement , changes have been made to provide depreciation on buildings and equipment , to accrue retirement gratuity payments , to write off to p&l account the exchange adjustment on foreign currency loans and to provide for interest payable — ‘ all to help in the cause of a clean auditor 's report ’ . |
| 19 | He was able to complete his conquest of his brother 's duchy without interruption , and to imprison for life — perhaps to blind — the only member of his family who deserved the protection of the Church . |
| 20 | The BMC 's response has been to offer to install abseil points and lower-off stations on the Horseshoe Bend area and to apply for assistance from the Sports Council for stabilising work |
| 21 | Consequently , in 1983 a more comprehensive survey was carried out in the area with two objectives , — to map structure in reconnaissance form , and to look for evidence of Westphalian strata with a view to coal development . |
| 22 | It aims to promote community broadcasting and to press for legislation . |
| 23 | While the Act reiterates a commitment to parental involvement ( Sandow , Stafford and Stafford 1987 ) nevertheless many parents have felt excluded from decision-making processes and have formed alliances to challenge local authorities and to press for change . |
| 24 | The first graduates from degree courses validated by the CNAA were beginning to enter industry and the professions , and to study for postgraduate awards in the universities , and were thus establishing the credibility of CNAA degrees — including in non-science subjects . |
| 25 | The LSE group ( which was set up in October 1990 to support the Irish students ' campaign and to campaign for abortion rights for women in England and Ireland ) will be organising a further picket on that day to highlight this fundamental attack on Irish women 's right to choose . |
| 26 | You can reckon to need twenty to support a 100-yard net , allowing a few spares to be on the safe side and to allow for breakage . |
| 27 | One involved using whole word shape to help determine segment positions and to allow for letter shape variations within words . |
| 28 | This is not a criticism of the theories in themselves , but if discourse analysis is to incorporate them , and to demonstrate their relevance to the language learner , it will need to test their value in interpreting language which has actually occurred ; to select what is relevant from context rather than invent a few elements of it ; to account for writing as well as speech , and to account for discourse where there is no constant feedback from the receiver who may not even be present . |
| 29 | However , we urgently need around £2,000 to £2,500 to get it printed and to pay for postage . |
| 30 | However , we urgently need around £2,000 to £2,500 to get it printed and to pay for postage . |