Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] for " in BNC.

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1 In fact they can be seen as the difficulties that are faced with young people generally : how far should they be allowed ( encouraged ? ) to take risks and learn for themselves and how far should they be guided by those who ‘ know best ’ ?
2 Add orange zest and chestnuts and saute for a couple of minutes .
3 The social worker seemed to be dangling that last word before Gilly 's nose , as if expecting her to jump up on her hind legs and dance for it .
4 One Small Step is building a laboratory that will help keep many children from lives spent in a wheelchair … please help to make this possible for our kids and run for them in the next London Marathon .
5 One Small Step is building a laboratory that will help keep many children from lives spent in a wheelchair … please help to make this possible for our kids and run for them in the next London Marathon .
6 Of the other parties SDLP suffered because the votes of Republican Clubs supporters in particular were not transferred on elimination to SDLP candidates and support for Republican Clubs was so dispersed throughout the province that there was insufficient support in any constituency for one of their candidates to be elected .
7 That a large and heterogeneous society like the United States has maintained just two parties for almost its entire history suggests that the job of aggregation has been performed admirably , but it must be remembered that in the United States these interests are really only aggregated once every four years , just long enough for the parties to select their presidential candidates and fight for their election .
8 The idea behind radar was to send out radio waves and listen for echoes from enemy craft .
9 LOOK AHEAD Hair predictions for 1992 from top stylists around the country PERM POWER How to make waves and care for your curls Fab looks for hair Mail order winter woollies Cold comfort skincare Ideas for watching weight NEW YEAR , NEW YOU !
10 Now close your eyes and aim for the bull !
11 ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’
12 He would linger on those delivery trips and stay for dinner or tea or come back via the Talbot , the pub across the road , although he was under age .
13 The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way .
14 The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice .
15 Sources predicted that there would be no sign of the frostiness which greeted Mr Spring 's suggestion , in a Guardian interview in July , that both Governments might have to bypass the parties and aim for joint rule .
16 But if you simply want to enjoy the birds , you will want to visit the Society 's reserves and see for yourself what wonderful places they are .
17 The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle .
18 Let us bow our heads and pray for God 's Blessing .
19 Detectives found group members would buy written-off cars and arrange for a vehicle of the same make and model to be stolen from Teesside , Humberside or North Yorkshire .
20 Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down .
21 For weeks after the game Scots fans jokingly demanded that the team abandon traditional training methods and prepare for every match with a raging bender .
22 On behalf of all local authority caterers , I thank Joe Hyam for his kind words and support for the local authority caterers .
23 Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions until they brown ; add the spices , raisins and almonds and fry for a further minute .
24 In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ?
25 During 1990 the Commissioners also commenced an extensive warehousing scheme designed to replace the old quayside transit sheds and cater for changes in port users ' storage needs dictated by the new trends in cargo handling , particularly by the containerised mode .
26 At the end of the year , like most folk , even QP members , we take stock of the events in the past months and plan for the future .
27 A further danger is that adaptation may mix different individual styles and make for poor reading .
28 Indeed , not only the earlier act but God 's especial blessings to the British nation in the form of a tradition of civil liberties imposed a particular duty on it to act as exemplar to other nations and work for emancipation .
29 Some people — old folks , especially — get like that : too attached to bricks and mortar for their own good . ’
30 He mustered from his family 's many garrisons a substantial army , and went out to patrol his borders and look for his enemy .
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