Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Major is the only leader committed to striving for zero inflation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Thus , those who are committed to caring for and working with old people have first to face two facts . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ideologically you may be committed to working for the NHS . |
| 7 | ANARAP is also committed to campaigning for a better legal environment for community radios . |
| 8 | Without one , how could he bring in models ? 1 hey objected to posing for him out of doors . |
| 9 | It was claimed that he had confessed to spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency , but the US authorities had always denied that he had any official connections . |
| 10 | Egyptian reports about the Misratis were rather confused , claiming first that they were Moslem Arabs , later that they were Jews of Libyan origin ; first that they had confessed to spying for Mossad ( the Israeli secret service ) , later that they had admitted only counterfeiting documents . |
| 11 | There are two approaches which can be adopted to charging for the service : |
| 12 | The potential saving compared to paying for a childminder can be considerable ; more so for a nanny . |
| 13 | Says Souness : ‘ I think you realise quite quickly if someone is not suited to playing for you or your club then you do what you have to do . ’ |
| 14 | ( a ) They are all restricted to acting for clients living ( or sometimes working ) within a limited geographical area round the centre . |
| 15 | Proud veterans who have contributed to National Insurance for decades are reduced to applying for means-tested benefits along with layabouts , New Age travellers and the like who have contributed nothing . |
| 16 | Sexual responsiveness to a familiar member of the opposite sex may not be zero — particularly when the time allotted to searching for an alternative has run out . |
| 17 | Since everyone can foresee that this will occur , few resources will be devoted to searching for inventions , even though they are socially valuable . |
| 18 | But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 19 | On my return to Burma in November 1945 I was Archdeacon of Rangoon , but it soon became clear that my main attention would have to be devoted to working for understanding and peace . |
| 20 | Only Japan , of the major exporters , remained virtually impervious to import penetration — all the phenomenal growth of manufactured exports being devoted to paying for the soaring import bill for materials ( chapter 12 ) |
| 21 | Some of her time has also been devoted to caring for Michael , who was badly scalded in infancy . |
| 22 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 23 | As we have already seen , a boy might not have got beyond typesetting at an equivalent stage either , nor did he automatically get much further anyway ; but the girls were almost all set to handsetting for the firm once they were competent at it . |
| 24 | Resources which could be spent on health have been diverted to waiting for ill health and then trying to do something about it , usually with only limited effect . |
| 25 | Inspectors now will be assigned to testing for only six months at a time to prevent further loss . |
| 26 | The agricultural export economy was not regarded as needing a skilled workforce and little priority was given to schooling for the majority of the population . |
| 27 | Consideration should be given to arranging for a banker 's guarantee in the firm 's favour . |
| 28 | Below 1,500 feet , the maps should be ignored and priority should be given to checking for suitable fields below while also searching for lift , re-checking on the local wind direction and moving towards a better area of fields if necessary . |
| 29 | Though I can see why you must find that disappointing … ’ she let her gaze drift over his white trousers and faded T-shirt , the same white trousers and faded T-shirt he 'd been wearing earlier ‘ … after all the trouble you 've gone to changing for me . ’ |
| 30 | Wool , beef , dairy products , and cereals became more and more commercial sources of wealth , as opposed to providing for local self-sufficiency , and were concentrated in the areas most suited to their cheap production . |