Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bouverie was a solicitor , Peter said , but he had wanted to be a priest , had intended to try for ordination if cancer had not prevented it . |
| 2 | Her faithful shadow , a Yorkshire terrier called Heathcliffe , was just as confused ; and the time that we had arranged to meet for lunch was fast approaching . |
| 3 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 4 | The student grant has always been intended to provide for accommodation and therefore to some extent reflects variations in costs . |
| 5 | These are , the chapter says , creating new pressures for the extension of joint regulation which ‘ inevitably raise the question whether existing institutions can be developed to provide for employee involvement at this level , or whether new institutions are needed . ’ |
| 6 | In cases in which pain and suffering is not expected to continue for life the court has to form a view as to how long it is likely to continue . |
| 7 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 8 | Established fashion names have also looked to workwear for inspiration : Stussy 's heavy army-type hooded tops . |
| 9 | Mr Bergg said the number of people expected to apply for emergency housing aid in Darlington this year was 629 . |
| 10 | Some are expected to apply for permission to reintroduce selection , joining the 150 grammar schools reprieved by Labour 's defeat . |
| 11 | South Africa ( a founder FAO member which had withdrawn in 1964 ) was expected to apply for readmission , but withdrew after the Organization for African Unity ( OAU ) had indicated that such a move was " premature " . |
| 12 | If Oswestry 's bid fails Town are expected to apply for membership of Wrexham area 's Read Construction Welsh National League or Richards Builders Mid Wales League . |
| 13 | Large numbers of recruits to English would offset the small numbers who were expected to apply for French . |
| 14 | The UN Security Council is expected to vote for enforcement this week . |
| 15 | Marriage was expected to last for life and adultery and fornication were punished in the ecclesiastical courts . |
| 16 | By one of those somersaults that can make Parliament so perplexing , whereas Ministers in the Commons had been forbidden to vote for abolition , in the Lords they were instructed to support the suspension of the death penalty for five years . |
| 17 | Sam said , ‘ Morning , ’ but Camille glanced at him haughtily and looked away : she considered that she had no time for the working classes , although her mother 's best friend had been brought up here in the olden days before the supermarkets and the middle class had come to compete for space . |
| 18 | The earlier Lectures have shown how the conclusions need to be modified to allow for market distortions , imperfect competition , unemployment , the accumulation of capital over time , etc . |
| 19 | Integrated into the Optivity network management system , it 's claimed to allow for management of an entire network including Ethernet , Token Ring , FDDI and Asynchronous Transfer Mode technologies . |
| 20 | The general SVQ in arts and social sciences at level III has been specially designed to allow for progression to higher education . |
| 21 | Furthermore , even with this sample we have noted that many were either pressured to present for help or ambivalent about the helping regimes . |
| 22 | It was proved by feeding his statement into a unique computer programme designed to check for bank mistakes . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've come to ask for help , ’ he said . |
| 24 | But for the most part I have become a rather precious wayside nibbler , indulging in what the 1930s writer and fruit gourmet Edward Bunyard christened ‘ ambulant consumption ’ — single wild gooseberries ( squeezed to test for ripeness first ) ; sweet cicely seeds on walks before dinner , a kind of herbal aperitif ; squidgy dewberries eaten on the stalk , like cocktail cherries . |
| 25 | BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research . |
| 26 | The first question in each of the opening interviews was why the practice had decided to apply for fundholding status . |
| 27 | Others , such as Eric Bremner , a 28-year-old physics teacher , had only decided to apply for water shares on the spur of the moment . |
| 28 | This conjecture was reinforced when , on May 28 , the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a terse statement which announced that the government had decided to apply for membership of the UN . |
| 29 | There were , however , divisions within the Labour movement between those prepared to press for unemployment benefits and public works and those who argued that these were mere palliatives , and that shorter hours , higher pay and ultimately social ownership of industry should be the fundamental aims . |
| 30 | He had decided to opt for medicine rather than the stage , and had felt virtuous , mildly sacrificial , a little self-important while making this choice . |