Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earnings per share should be calculated after accounting for minority interests , extraordinary items , preference dividends and other appropriations in respect of preference shares . |
| 2 | Turner is mobbed after scoring for Spurs ( right ) Pictures : IAN DERRY |
| 3 | The advantage of this method is that it is a multivariate technique which allows an analysis of the relationship between unemployment and imprisonment to be examined after controlling for other factors such as crime levels , numbers of convictions , and age structure of the population , which might affect the rate of incarceration . |
| 4 | With no football to relieve his loss , Billy took it hard and , on Tuesday 26 July 1932 , the day after the team had reported for trailing for the new season , he was found dead in one of the dressing rooms . |
| 5 | He was rescued after waving for help . |
| 6 | CHEERING crowds greeted Jack Lammiman and his crew when they sailed home to Whitby , North Yorks , after following Columbus 's route to America — where they were rescued after drifting for a month with engine failure . |
| 7 | So the institutions are being dragooned into subscribing for a package of shares in all 10 companies . |
| 8 | THE CITY is in grave danger of being bullied into subscribing for shares in the water industry that it neither wants nor needs . |
| 9 | But Richard , who had always delighted in dressing for court functions , seemed unperturbed . |
| 10 | Two men , however , both of whom came from Cardiff , succeeded in enlisting for different regiments . |
| 11 | In 1954 Mitterrand held the information portfolio in the Mendes-France Government : he appointed a Gaullist with left-wing connections , Jean Marin , as ‘ DG ’ — a post Marin succeeded in holding for 2 I years . ’ |
| 12 | The reader will not , however , begrudge the author 's serendipity which , especially at election time , succeeded in extracting for him the following from Smollett 's Humphrey Clinker ( 1771 ) : I know nothing so abject as the behaviour of a man canvassing for a seat in Parliament . |
| 13 | Composers of new hymn tunes should be discouraged from writing for a traditional text which is either wedded to a well-loved tune or has more than one good tune to which it may be sung . |
| 14 | Some women did not register because they were discouraged from looking for paid work because of the poor state of the economy . |
| 15 | Griffiths , for example , wanted decisive central government action to ensure that clear objectives and priorities were set , but no such central direction was contained in Caring for People and no mechanisms were devised by which the government could ensure that local planning and implementation were consistent with national priorities ; indeed , no such priorities were set . |
| 16 | What follows is a check list of issues to be considered in preparing for and making the decision . |
| 17 | John Major is the only leader committed to striving for zero inflation . |
| 18 | Joyce was committed to providing for the two daughters of his first marriage , to whom he was a conscientious father , as well as supporting his second wife . |
| 19 | Sunk costs can be easily identified in that they will have been paid or are subject to legally binding contracts and the firm is committed to paying for these contracts in the future . |
| 20 | Thus , those who are committed to caring for and working with old people have first to face two facts . |
| 21 | My experience of practitioners trained overseas and with small lists is that most are good doctors committed to caring for their patients to the best of their ability . |
| 22 | Ideologically you may be committed to working for the NHS . |
| 23 | ANARAP is also committed to campaigning for a better legal environment for community radios . |
| 24 | Without one , how could he bring in models ? 1 hey objected to posing for him out of doors . |
| 25 | For example , one.phase.on torque/position characteristics for a three-phase , 15-degree step motor are illustrated in Fig. 7.5 , which shows that torque developed by the motor can be maximised by arranging for position pulses to be generated at the crossover points of the phase torque characteristics . |
| 26 | refers to as some contrived means such as a disagreement , ’ and if that duty can only be discharged by adjourning for rehearing by a bench of three then that is the just and proper course to take . |
| 27 | Trade union leader Bakary Karambo and lawyer and leading human rights activist Demba Diallo , responded by calling for an immediate , indefinite general strike until the UDPN gave up power . |
| 28 | The Hungarian government responded by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , and announcing its intention to submit a complaint to the International Court of Justice . |
| 29 | On Oct. 9 , demonstrators responded by calling for the resignation of Crimea 's authorities and cancellation of the new resolution . |
| 30 | The Ethiopian government responded by pressing for airlifting of relief supplies to the Eritrean provincial capital , Asmara , effectively surrounded by rebel forces . |