Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New auction records for Malcolm Morley and Julian Schnabel compensate for generally low prices |
| 2 | In any branch of government , civil or military , promotion always came easier to a man who could add political interest to ability , and on occasion the active support of a great man could more than compensate for very limited abilities . |
| 3 | Do you know , I mean for so long now we 've done it very much on personal effort . |
| 4 | The confessions , recriminations and bubbling bile of this long night 's drinking into dawn make for increasingly compulsive viewing . |
| 5 | Drama is easier to convey than analysis , rather as the political decisions of kings and queens make for more comprehensible history in the schoolroom than do gradual shifts in economic and social patterns . |
| 6 | I understand that criticism and controversy make for more interesting articles . |
| 7 | Teachers often report that they completely switch off at the beginning of the holidays , or sleep for abnormally long periods of time for several days . |
| 8 | Babies cry for quite basic reasons — they 're hungry , cold or in need of a cuddle — but later , crying is either from frustration or insecurity . |
| 9 | Fewer dollars equals less support for internationally related communication projects . |
| 10 | ( Tel : 071–454 0454 ) Support for mentally handicapped people and their families , through local branches . |
| 11 | They are to be distinguished , therefore , from the green lanes that run for more considerable distances , which are portions of through-roads dating from prehistoric times . |
| 12 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |
| 13 | Rather than imitate the blanket policy operated by other publishing houses , a few publishers cater for more specialised needs , such as Taizé chants or responsorial psalmody . |
| 14 | Waxes and creams give shine and control for more structured styles . |
| 15 | Some ornamental crab apples flower for so long that they will pollinate your fruiting apples whatever their flowering season . |
| 16 | I have noticed that this frustrating experience usually occurs in promising conditions when you expect to catch fish , and when these bites begin they last for unusually long periods and happen very frequently . |
| 17 | ‘ You train for so long and so hard that you need a break afterwards . |
| 18 | With the introduction of Community Charge all charge payers will pay their annual bill by ten monthly instalments commencing 15th April unless they opt for either annual or half-yearly payments . |
| 19 | It is better to do one or two and then opt for more sensible distances . ’ |
| 20 | Join Axel and Blaze for more gob-smacking action as they again take on the hordes of Mr Big . |
| 21 | Mick Jagger and Gary Lineker are two other role models who hold little appeal for sexually inactive men . |
| 22 | Then Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus , we find for very unworthy reasons . |
| 23 | More advanced expert system tools have a greater range of construction and testing facilities and allow for very sophisticated representation of problems , but at much greater investment cost and technical requirement . |
| 24 | We test this hypothesis in the most conservative way , by testing the viability of an absorption model with the maximum chance of succeeding : we assume neutral rather than partially ionized hydrogen so that absorption is maximum , and allow for very soft X-ray spectra . |
| 25 | Given the requirement that medical evidence has to be served with the proceedings , and given the long waiting lists that now apply for very senior surgeons , it might be a good idea either to get an initial report from the treating surgeon or to use one of the independent physicians mentioned above . |
| 26 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
| 27 | Go for pretty floral fabrics , patchwork or fresh ginghams , and dot farmhouse chairs and rockers round the room to encourage-visitors . |
| 28 | ‘ Normally , I go for very sporty clothes , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Given that these questions ask for purely factual information about the schools in which they work , it seems that the more junior teachers in many cases simply do not know about what their school is doing about such matters . |
| 30 | In America , brokers acting as price stabilisers arrange what is known as a ‘ green shoe ’ — an agreement which allows them to go back , cap in hand , to the issuing company and simply ask for more new shares to cover their position . |