Example sentences of "[vb base] for [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exuberance of their music and sincerity of their worship readily compensate for flaws in performance or thin theological content . |
| 2 | Each of us jostle for space in our dream cities of the late 20th century . |
| 3 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
| 4 | Service industries predominate for employment in the island offices , shops , banks , garages etc , as well as the whole infrastructure which is associated with tourism . |
| 5 | In the second phase , small studies will be undertaken in a number of local authorities to assess the extent to which socio-economic factors account for variations in the rates of children in care in ‘ similar ’ authorities or for patterns of care that are at marked variance with national trends . |
| 6 | What it has not been able to do is provide a coherent explanation of the variations it often describes , nor account for changes in mores and consciousness . |
| 7 | She had to scramble daily through dense thorny undergrowth , up and down ravines slippery with mud , sit for hours in pouring rain , cope with illness and poisonous insects and marauding baboons . |
| 8 | Three issues remain for consideration in this chapter . |
| 9 | Consequently ‘ an examination of its working involves an examination of the social and political forces which make for changes in the ideas and habits of the population ’ . |
| 10 | One of his first undertakings was to transfer the Tropical African Services Course from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington , ‘ which is not frequented by other students of a kind to make good Administrative officers ’ , to Oxford and Cambridge , where ‘ it would , I am sure , spread interest in our services among other undergraduates of the type we want ’ ; and the great triumph of his career as a bureaucrat was to persuade the Warren Fisher committee , set up in 1927 to examine methods of recruitment into the Colonial Service , that it was unnecessary to look further afield for men ‘ who possess the qualities of mind , character and personality which make for success in the leadership of native … races ’ . |
| 11 | Then your detective should have much more of the qualities that make for success in a real police officer , and much less vulnerability to comic events . |
| 12 | Long passages or stairs between the two make for difficulties in keeping food hot and clearing tables . |
| 13 | Only five events qualify for inclusion in this study — four individual eruptions , and a series of three closely spaced events in 1902 which together add up to produce a large dust veil . |
| 14 | To make matters worse , foreign students no longer qualify for grants in the UK . |
| 15 | Besides the destruction of their habitat caused by dam building , silt and pollutant discharges into rivers , and the effects of boat traffic , the dolphins have also had to contend with accidental capture in fisheries , directed hunts for food and other uses , and even capture for display in overseas aquaria . |
| 16 | Hunt for couple in toilet mugging |
| 17 | That was why he promoted the idea of the Grand Slam Trust Fund , an opportunity for the four Grand Slam tournaments , as the pinnacles of the game , to make a major contribution to the grass roots on a global basis , over and above the enormous funding they provide for tennis in their own countries . |
| 18 | provide for changes in technology or the needs of industry ; |
| 19 | But these Acts do not proscribe activities , they simply provide for investigation in appropriate cases . |
| 20 | Drugs seized as buses head for rave in Eire |
| 21 | For this we used the EGRET software , in which the formula for the χ 2 test for trend in stratified and unstratified analysis was taken from Breslow and Day . |
| 22 | The context which it presumes is the Catholic teaching ( found for example in Catholic is that of Christopher Kiesling . |
| 23 | Fists fly for fun in town pageant |
| 24 | The arguments before us ranged far and wide , as they did before the judge , but in the end they resolved into the following issues which I propose to consider seriatim. ( 1 ) Can a non-trading corporation sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual financial loss is pleaded or established ? ( 2 ) Does the right to freedom of expression affect the position where the non-trading corporation is also a public authority ? ( 3 ) Does the operation of section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 , or any other matter contained in or omitted from the council 's statement of claim , preclude the council from continuing with this action ? |
| 25 | He presented the first edition of What the Papers Say for Granada in 1956 , going on to present 160 programmes . |
| 26 | They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm 's delivery van . |
| 27 | Telephone Mr Bennett — Apologise for delay in getting back — I had to confirm holiday arrangements ! . |
| 28 | Neo-fascists apologise for disruption in Strasbourg |
| 29 | When you cry for help in vain . |
| 30 | There is also the difficulty of obtaining good modern translations of hymns appropriate for use in monastic worship , which avoid the use of exclusive language which is particularly difficult for women 's communities . |