Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | How will you go about lavishly praising people for giving up their time to attend the meeting ? |
| 2 | When he allowed his prime minister to make reassuring comments about France 's continuing role in Algeria or when he himself encouraged rumours that self-determination was just window-dressing for the UN , he was not merely deceiving people for the sake of his Algerian policy ; he was fulfilling what he regarded as one of the state 's sacred responsibilities : to keep the fabric of national unity intact . |
| 3 | But the fee is still likely to go to an independent tribunal with Forest apparently asking £3m for their former manager 's son . |
| 4 | On the Lineker transfer , quoting from Mr Sugar 's sworn statement , Mr Mann said : ‘ Another example of Mr Venables ’ so called mastery of the transfer system was when I realised Tottenham were only receiving £850,000 for Lineker , as opposed to the £4m that I understood we were to get . |
| 5 | Normally costing £4 for 125g , this pack is available to best readers at the special price of £3 p&p inclusive . |
| 6 | He was just hurting people for his own amusement . |
| 7 | ‘ I was absolutely staggered to see the attendant still asking people for the fee , ’ said one female motorist . |
| 8 | Mr Bush is now suggesting $300m for all Eastern Europe in fiscal 1991 ; the Senate and the House think this too little . |
| 9 | The pace of change is such that internal information systems ( for example for finance , staff and related issues ) are often providing data for an organisation that no longer exists . |
| 10 | This is illustrated in Figure 5.12 , again using data for England . |
| 11 | All nine teams have paid £10 to enter , thereby raising £85.50 for the worthiest of causes . |
| 12 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |
| 13 | YJ Lovell , which is currently bidding £137million for fellow builder Higgs & Hill says it is too soon to comment on current trading but its profits for the year to September 30 , rose from £24.4million to £33.3million . |