Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truth to tell , the arrangement did n't look particularly promising : the Bowl resembled something for kitchen use , plain fired ceramic , large enough to whip eggs for a couple of soufflés . |
| 2 | In the midst of his writings he used suddenly to include advertisements for some of his editions of prints already published , adding for good measure that ‘ His Highness the Prince Regent ’ had already ordered copies of the same . |
| 3 | And apart from this exacerbation of old quarrels at the level of official and formal relations , religion lost some of its hold on the masses as it did less and less to provide channels for social protest . |
| 4 | Joint finance has been provided since 1976 to enable local authorities and health authorities , as well as voluntary organizations , to work together to provide facilities for care in the community for different groups , including both the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped . |
| 5 | Yet throughout England school pupils have banded together to launch campaigns for teachers in their school . |
| 6 | Apparently it did not take her long to provide services for both husband and wife . |
| 7 | Lately however Alison , and sometimes Irina , had decided to walk in and join her , no doubt , as Franca felt , to cheer up the ‘ lonely old creature ’ ; and , in the case of Alison , perhaps to set scenes for some ‘ statement ’ which she felt that Franca might wish to , or indeed ought to , make . |
| 8 | Three young men , all old enough to buy shirts for themselves , and their father 's still going out and buying them shirts ! |
| 9 | For now I want only to suggest possibilities for further investigation and analysis of representation in British feature films . |
| 10 | Without a clear military objective , and a principle strong enough to hazard lives for , America can not hope to lead by hassling . |
| 11 | It is not that these judgements should not be made , but that where subjective judgements are made by the teacher she should be aware that this is so and be prepared , not only to give reasons for her judgements , but also to be sufficiently flexible to change them in the light of particular circumstances . |
| 12 | Naturally , they ca n't all come at weekends , so several get together to form parties for a mid-week break in the great outdoors . |
| 13 | Religious ideas offer a way of coping with this situation by suggesting that these events occur perhaps to punish men for wrongdoing , and that the gods who cause these happenings can be placated by worship and sacrifices . |
| 14 | George knows Lennie ca n't and wo n't remember things so he is patient enough to repeat things for Lennie ; time and time again , day after day . |
| 15 | They are overwhelmingly popular with parents and pupils and are doing much to raise standards for children of all abilities in the inner cities . |
| 16 | Henry III originated the practice of forcing landowners to take up knighthood , in order apparently to recruit cavalrymen for an overseas campaign . |
| 17 | These were people who saw local opportunities to improve transport for fuel , raw materials and goods and so to make profits for themselves . |
| 18 | Such a development required a strong defence , and the point to which they referred time and time again was that ‘ modern conditions ’ made it imperative that education be structured into a coherent national system , with special attention being paid to working-class youth , not merely to trade classes for apprentices , but to the mass of young workers . |
| 19 | For the course seeks not only to prepare graduates for immediate employment in a range of positions within publishing but also to provide them with the intellectual equipment to become in the longer term the managers , the decision-makers and strategy-formulators . |
| 20 | In January 1960 , shortly before Mikoian 's visit , Eisenhower issued another in a series of conciliatory statements , and throughout 1959 Ambassador Philip Bonsal in Havana had worked untiringly to establish grounds for accommodation . |
| 21 | The chalk is flinty nearer the top of the cliff and weathers easily to provide niches for sea birds . |
| 22 | RHYL Football Club 's committee will meet Rhyl Town Council officials tonight to discuss proposals for relocating their pitch . |
| 23 | MacMillan Bloedel is expected soon to submit applications for cutting permits . |
| 24 | With a shrug , he turned away to give orders for the care of the greys , and the visitors ' mounts . |
| 25 | I think er , Committee ought just to say thanks for both of them , I , I mean this is n't the way with reference to peace elects them democratic , though they 're , I think both Mr and represent the County of Swindon now , and I 'm grateful to both of them because they took a , a , a weight off my personal shoulders , which was useful . |
| 26 | In the United States a sharp drop in Scholastic Aptitude Test ( SAT ) scores ( an examination used widely to select students for college admission ) has been evinced as ‘ proof ’ of falling standards . |
| 27 | The staff were to meet EC officials yesterday to finalise arrangements for European funding for environmental studies in the isles . |
| 28 | " Forests , " it says , " have been swept aside to grow crops for western consumers , flooded by huge hydroelectric dams to power mineral smelters and cut down to provide timber for export markets . " |
| 29 | Engineers have invariably passed through Western universities and polytechnics , which train them more to run projects for the Thames Water Authority than for undertakings in the Third World . |
| 30 | Parents need to provide their children with firm guidance and positive models of behaviour ; schools should do more to prepare pupils for the responsibilities of being parents . |