Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 2 | Or sit for a while with your back against the trunk of a mature tree ( preferably an oak ) ; breathe deeply and allow yourself to merge , as it were , with the energies of the tree . |
| 3 | Local volunteer schemes may be able to arrange a regular visitor or you could contact an employment agency or advertise for a kindly ‘ sitter ’ . |
| 4 | When a sudden shock wave pressurises water captured in the pores between soil particles , there is no time or place for the water to move : the high pressure pushes the soil particles apart . |
| 5 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |
| 6 | Too mean to waste a bullet or send for a vet , thought Massingham savagely . |
| 7 | Or send for the new No. 10 Catalogue . |
| 8 | That way , we can call the police if there 's any trouble , or send for an ambulance if we 've a need to , which God forbid . ’ |
| 9 | One result of this moral panic was that , even as the anxiety mentioned by Furlong ( ibid. ) forced us to react to these public demands with some arrests , we insiders with ‘ special knowledge ’ , who were working face to face with the counter-culture , knew there was a different social reality abroad which we could never adequately explain to the entrepreneur or encapsulate for the media headline . |
| 10 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 11 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 12 | The High Court or an election court ( constituted and functioning in accordance with Parts III and IV of the 1983 Act ) may , on the presentation of an election petition by an interested party ( a voter , a ‘ defeated ’ candidate ) , declare a seat vacant , or provide for the return of another candidate in prescribed circumstances , where there has been irregularity in the conduct of the election campaign or where the ‘ successful ’ candidate is not qualified . |
| 13 | Parliament can discriminate on grounds of sex or religion ; or provide for the taking of life with impunity ; or detain without trial ; or prohibit marriage . |
| 14 | Buy a 944 — or wait for the forthcoming 968 . |
| 15 | Oliver asked whether they should go after Barbara Coleman or wait for the others . |
| 16 | If you 've had to put a plan on ice or wait for an opportune moment to announce a life-expanding decision then you need wait no longer . |
| 17 | The penetrance ( probability of having the disease for given genotype expressed as P ( disease/genotype ) ) of the abnormal allele A' was almost the same for the liability classes above class 1 , being 0.26 in the heterozygote or homozygote for the highest incidence groups . |
| 18 | a handy refuge for many punters fed up with processed pop , but the indigenous musics of Zimbabwe , Soweto or Venezuela will never serve the same purpose as Gim me Shelter or Relax for a British , French or American listener . |
| 19 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 20 | Stock broking firms that are involved in the issue or act for the authorities have been banned in the run up to flotation from issuing any research . |
| 21 | In the first instance please write or telephone for an appointment . |
| 22 | Write a letter stating your objections or support for the application and send a copy to every member as well as the chief planning officer . |
| 23 | The council , applicant and any interested parties are invited to write to the inspector giving their objections or support for the proposed development . |
| 24 | ‘ In no case did I make a formal approach to the top management of any of the firms to get approval or support for the research . |
| 25 | Membership or support for the CP and other white supremacist groups was disproportionately prevalent within the police and security forces ; this , it was suggested , could jeopardise the successful implementation of any significant reforms . |
| 26 | The period in question was one of make or break for the conservation of Rome 's antiquities , and this book explores in satisfying depth the activities , notably of the French , in saving them . |
| 27 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 28 | The villagers were suspicious at first , waiting for the demand of a bribe or request for a chicken or a village girl , but in the end they decided to believe him . |
| 29 | In our view , we ought not to shut our eyes to these facts , or mask the dark sides of tsarist activities , or look for a justification for them in the need to protect Russian settlements from nomad onslaughts , and in the voevody 's disobedience to the tsar , etc . |
| 30 | ‘ I never force myself , or run for a record and if you are not running under pressure you can achieve more . |