Example sentences of "[vb base] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conventional notion of literary ‘ tradition ’ does , it is true , compensate for the lack of an historical overview , but because it implies a common pool of resources repeatedly drawn on by a succession of different writers , it is profoundly antithetical to Formalism and its key principle of defamiliarization . |
| 2 | The popularity of arbitrage portfolios suggests that the advantages more than compensate for the risk that the value of the arbitrage portfolio will deviate from the index at delivery . |
| 3 | As the award is conventional in its nature and can not in fact compensate for the injury suffered there is no logical reason to take one figure rather than another . |
| 4 | It is thought that this might give relief to the husband for capital gains tax for the period from when the settlement is established ( ie the court order or when the agreement between the parties was finalised ) until its termination , but the application of this section to such a situation is not wholly clear . |
| 5 | This predicament forced him to examine his goals and to make one last push for the success which had eluded him for so long . |
| 6 | They were probably saved from an early Walesa push for the presidency by the recent row with West Germany 's Mr Helmut Kohl over the permanence of Poland 's western border . |
| 7 | The main purpose of this elaborate system was almost certainly profit for the king . |
| 8 | Repeat for the lining , but cut each width 2.5cm ( 1in ) shorter . |
| 9 | No he has n't really no , I yeah , trumpet for the horn , yeah . |
| 10 | Regret for the loss of the use of force against those who reneged on their promise to pay later may still be harboured by some in secret , but no longer publicly . |
| 11 | Horrorstruck for the instant , his cronies stood and squawled with outrage . |
| 12 | To use another metaphor , if the world of education becomes a jungle of market forces , I fear for the survival of children with special needs . |
| 13 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 14 | Other experts fear for the future — MDMA damages nerve terminals in rats and monkeys , and there is a strong possibility that it causes similar damage in humans . |
| 15 | Conservationists and locals fear for the future of the island and a trust has been set up to raise money to buy it for the nation . |
| 16 | Fear for the future . |
| 17 | I ca n't afford to fight this in the American courts and I genuinely fear for the safety of my children . ’ |
| 18 | In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant . |
| 19 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 20 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 21 | Change for the Angel was one of the increasing number of plays in the late Fifties and early Sixties to confront audiences with working-class culture . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , Change for the Angel was not one of his most acclaimed plays , suffering from too much purpose and not enough plot . |
| 23 | ALL change for the up-line to a rosier future . |
| 24 | ‘ Too-much change for the sake of change . |
| 25 | It 's just change for the sake of it . ’ |
| 26 | Cash floats should be rechecked to ensure that cashiers have enough change for the evening business . |
| 27 | And both these books pale before novels that contend for the mantle of Disraeli : those of Jeffrey Archer himself . |
| 28 | Contend for the crown |
| 29 | Drill a hole just oversize for the bolt head diameter , about ¼ to ⅜in deep . |
| 30 | Bones 1986b ) would help account for the existence of " London Jamaican " when there is no " London Bajan " , " London Trinidadian " or " London Guyanese " . |