Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | tenant of area of sea has right to sue for nuisance where pollution killed larvae even though at the time they were killed , tenant had not acquired a proprietary right of action . |
| 2 | As he had lived alone before his stroke , he had to hire 24-hour nursing help , and a nurse accompanied him whenever he went out , which was initially only to attend for rehabilitation care . |
| 3 | She felt bereft , but a part of her still sane enough to try for self-preservation pulled her away from him and drew a deep breath . |
| 4 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 5 | We are unable to love ourselves enough to allow for weakness . |
| 6 | In the Osma system , a small hole in each pipe connector tells you when you have pushed the pipe in far enough to allow for expansion : 10mm is normally allowed . |
| 7 | Furthermore , since they are not directives but guidelines they must be flexible enough to allow for teacher participation and the exercise of initiative so that teachers can follow their course in reference to the bearings provided . |
| 8 | When she was broke , she had been stupid enough to plead for credit . |
| 9 | Again it 's Bass , Mid and Treble and each pot has a recommended start setting of 12 o'clock to allow for cut or boost , which makes me wonder why these controls are labelled 0 to 10 — would n't -5 to +5 have been more sensible ? |
| 10 | Although his head was throbbing almost intolerably , he 'd felt sober enough to ring for breakfast in his room , and had done his best to contemplate the ‘ Full English ’ he 'd so foolishly ordered for 7 a.m . |
| 11 | The first larvae to hatch have to be fed by their parents , but once they are big enough to forage for food and build walls of mud , the royal couple devote themselves entirely to the production of eggs and the colony is founded . |
| 12 | Is it best to go for television , radio , newspapers , magazines , posters , point-of-sale material like shop cards on counters or in shop windows , or brochures and leaflets ? |
| 13 | Some of the sailors and I managed to get a boat into the water , and we rowed away to look for land . |
| 14 | Two events are to be held to raise funds for HACK which is shortly to apply for charity registration . |
| 15 | It is shortly to apply for planning permission to extend the pits . |
| 16 | So in the future we also have a lot to give to the rest of the world rather than just to look for help . |
| 17 | She could hear cars and lorries swooshing past and tried desperately to call for help but she had no breath . |
| 18 | It 's easier sometimes not to achieve and just to settle for family life than it is to achieve and to set your occupational sights quite high and then to have to face the terrible and fight of having both a job and children . |
| 19 | In the glow of this new power , erotic love and spiritual love are somehow conflated ( in a way that seems finally to overcome for Prince the apparent mutual antagonism between sensuality and righteousness that has hitherto perplexed him ) . |
| 20 | Why should I say , ‘ T is yet too soon To seek for heav'n , or think of death ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen . |
| 22 | It is now an acceptable place to bivouac or just to break for lunch in bad weather . |
| 23 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 24 | Subject to obtaining a magistrate 's warrant , police officers may also enter premises forcibly to look for evidence of a serious arrestable offence ( ranging from murder and rape to any act which has led or might lead to public disorder , or , vaguer still , acts which might interfere with the effective administration of justice ) . |
| 25 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |
| 26 | The idea of a department of state concerned solely with foreign affairs had clearly still to fight for acceptance . ) |
| 27 | Gone early to hunt for tent , etc . |
| 28 | Looked at on a year-by-year basis , the sum of money we must set aside to pay for decommissioning represents only 4% of our annual turnover . |
| 29 | However , the very fact that you are reading this proves that you are doing a lot more to prepare for life , and marriage in particular , from a Christian perspective . |
| 30 | In the same year , it became harder to re-qualify for unemployment benefit once entitlement had been exhausted . |