Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some critics have considered it to be too weak and idiosyncratic to carry responsibility for major public and social services . |
| 2 | Surely she accepts that the Government were right to provide compensation for haemophiliacs who became infected through contaminated blood factor 8 . |
| 3 | Quinlivan and McAuley , arrested at Stonehenge a month before the Willesden cache was found , were due to stand trial for conspiracy to murder before escaping from Brixton prison . |
| 4 | He was due to stand trial for spreading Kurdish propaganda . |
| 5 | If the agreement is subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , then it is important that it does not contravene its provisions : e.g. in certain circumstances it is not possible to exclude liability for death or personal injuries at all . |
| 6 | The promoters of the Alexandra Palace show , Kennedy Street Enterprises , replied to fans ' accusations this week , claiming that they had done everything possible to provide tickets for genuine applicants . |
| 7 | It is also possible to find support for this reading by considering Anderson 's interruptions of other speakers . |
| 8 | ‘ Does that mean you 're prepared to forgive Maman for — leaving as she did ? ’ |
| 9 | If you intend to live in a house provided by the local health authority they may be prepared to arrange transport for you . |
| 10 | We 're prepared to sustain losses for several years while we get it going . |
| 11 | The Member States of the Community have hitherto been prepared to sacrifice effectiveness for uniformity , to replace superior domestic policies with inferior EEC policies for the sake of integration . |
| 12 | In the August 1949 election the German people favoured the CDU ( 31 per cent ) over the SPD ( 29 per cent ) , and other parties too proved willing to support Adenauer for the Chancellorship . |
| 13 | For example , being prepared to kill others for the sake of one 's country — fatherland or motherland — or the act of ‘ falling in love ’ are both considered to be quite ‘ normal ’ acts in modern Western society . |
| 14 | Without wishing to champion the Soviet system and the way in which it ‘ manufactures ’ its sportsmen , I believe the general philosophy underlying the integration of sports with other components of education is much more realistic than the irritating duality with which we labour in the Western world where educators are prone to see justification for particular studies in terms of their practical value . |
| 15 | Since it is one of the most natural of all pleasures , the Church should not be afraid to provide opportunities for enjoyment of it in worship . |
| 16 | On the other hand , there were people like Spaak and the Italian premier , Alcide de Gasperi , who were prepared to accept things for what they were , to see the Council of Europe as a first step in the right direction , not an end — and a direction which they believed to be merely inevitable . |
| 17 | Jacques 's visits to the LEAs and branches in the rural eastern counties confirmed his belief that without the continuing presence of high quality resident tutor-organisers in rural areas , few people would be prepared to accept responsibility for the organisation and maintenance of self-directing adult student groups in villages . |
| 18 | In the England of Edward I , if the great feudatories had refused payment for fear of losing caste , by the reign of Edward III all were ‘ now prepared to accept wages for military service ’ . |
| 19 | DoE might be prepared to provide money for the initial cost of investigating polluted sites . |
| 20 | HIRING — We are only prepared to provide cover for plant hired out provided that it is under the terms of a Hiring Agreement which is no more onerous than C.P.A. Conditions . |
| 21 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 22 | It would be possible and proper to provide aid for people who are especially disadvantaged by the changes — for example , the very small farmer in Portugal who wants to get out and to join his land to that of his neighbour . |
| 23 | Publishers are often willing to grant permission for the reproduction of music upon written application , or even by a telephone call , supported by a subsequent letter . |
| 24 | English Heritage , and some local authorities , may be willing to grant aid for the making of replacement railings . |
| 25 | At the second of these meetings Attlee stressed that the strategic arguments about the Middle East were not valid because no country would be willing to grant bases for military action , and all Britain would achieve would be to pose a needless and pointless threat to the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | In a place like Liverpool the police were willing to prosecute prostitutes for soliciting without independent corroboration of nuisance , and the magistrates backed this up . |
| 27 | She was prepared to stand surety for me , but they just was n't having it . |
| 28 | So , for example , instead of concentrating resources on child benefit , it may be more sensible to increase provision for child care , so women may enter the job market . |
| 29 | With that , Charles Burchell , chairman of the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission , in his talk Social Needs Awareness for Catholics , reminded delegates that faith without good works was dead . |
| 30 | A further example of the assumption that women should be willing to provide sex for interested men seems implicit in the Sun headline — LANDLORD 'S DEATH LUST FOR GIRL Lodger shunned sex . |