Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that staff from this group will be given priority over all others when the time comes to filling Council Tax posts or selecting staff for ‘ acting-up ’ duties . |
| 2 | At a very early age the Spencer children had impressed upon them the value of good manners , honesty and accepting people for what they are , not for their position in life . |
| 3 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 4 | Other studies indicate a RVFA for both deaf and hearing people for English words but with hearing people showing a stronger effect ( McKeever et al. , 1976 ; Manning et al. , 1977 ; Poizner , Battison and Lane , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | The Israel Nature Reserves Authority is attempting to protect the population , providing guard dogs to local farmers to prevent wolf attacks and collecting data for the wolves ' long-term conservation . |
| 6 | He found Zacco lightly intoxicated , and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends . |
| 7 | Clare Stevens and Mark Mascal , both members of Nottingham Cathedral Group , thumbed across seven European countries collecting signatures as they went , and raising £1,000 for Amnesty International . |
| 8 | But paying £56,000 for a house from which to collect train numbers is taking a hobby too far . |
| 9 | Cannabis may not lead to crime , but jailing people for drug offences does . |
| 10 | Cannabis may not lead to crime , but jailing people for drug offences does . |