Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 2 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 3 | Given that conditions had changed greatly in forty years , and that ‘ the right to know ’ had in every walk of life assumed paramount importance , it seemed nevertheless unrealistic — even allowing for the vastly different scale of the conflict — for relatives of servicemen to protest at lack of information over but a few days or even hours . |
| 4 | All these findings on the relationship between housing and unemployment are not substantially altered by allowing for the generally lower social status — and therefore higher risk of unemployment — among local authority tenants as both this study and the work of a number of other researchers has shown ( McCormick , 1983 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1987 ; Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 ; an extended bibliography of the general topic of housing and labour market interactions is given in Munro , 1986 ; Labour Force Survey 1983 and 1984 , 1986 , Table 6.6 ; Sullivan and Falkingham , forthcoming , Tables 1 , 2 ) . |
| 5 | Even allowing for the traditionally light-hearted Italian attitude toward obtaining government money , Italy 's wolves number at best only about 150 , including puppies . |
| 6 | Could we climb that fast , even allowing for the more modest grading of most of it ? |
| 7 | Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that |
| 8 | After allowing for the much higher non-attendance rate in controls , the annual rate of eye examination per patient and the number of patients referred to a hospital ophthalmic clinic were comparable in the two groups . |
| 9 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 10 | In this research , the investigators shall be examining the process of change under several different headings : the economy ; social relations ; and political institutions , drawing for the most part upon Soviet newspapers and journals , which have become a much better guide to the process of change under current policies of glasnost or openness . |
| 11 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 12 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 13 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 14 | Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed , confused elderly . |
| 15 | Companies such as Home Care and Nursing Services , Care Concern and Care Services provide home helps , nursing auxiliaries and care attendants , meals cooked in the home and home nursing for the terminally ill . |
| 16 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 17 | Competition meanwhile pushed bidding for a very fine pair of still lifes by Anne Valayer-Coster , ‘ Vase de fleurs et fruits , fleurs dans un vase ’ of 1776 to FFr4 million ( £425,531 ; $846,808 ) on 7 July at Drouot . |
| 18 | Certainly , the phenomenon of a Black man bidding for the most powerful office in the world has raised , irreversibly , the expectations of Americans who , prior to Jackson 's candidacy , never even dreamed about accurate , or responsive , political representation . |
| 19 | The dilemma facing Ray Gasson , is that after decades of being encouraged to expand and produce more , the message from Brussels now is to cut down production , while environmentalists are pressing for a completely different approach to farming . |
| 20 | It is a conversation between equals , even if you are applying for a relatively humble post . |
| 21 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 22 | In May 1990 Cape Verde joined the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) in a move designed to encourage investment from the estimated 600,000 expatriate Cape Verdeans living for the most part in the USA and Europe . |
| 23 | I want you to take that in , I 'm pausing for a little I want you to take it in . |
| 24 | British trade unionists have therefore been pushing for a slightly different wording that European Works Council Representatives should be elected by current workers ' representatives wherever they exist . |
| 25 | In fact their own interests — in terms of improving both their domestic position and their leverage with Moscow — coincided with Castro 's in pushing for a fully socialist revolution . |
| 26 | The meeting was reported to have seen differences between Syria , Iraq , Sudan and Libya on the one hand , which were pushing for a more intransigent Arab League position , and the Gulf states on the other , which spoke out for " international legitimacy " ( according to Radio Monte Carlo on April 30 ) . |
| 27 | Then , seeking for an even more telling shot , ‘ And it 's not my fault that you 're so … so weak-willed that you 're incapable of keeping your word . ’ |
| 28 | Some comfortable suites are also available on request for those looking for a little extra comfort . |
| 29 | Since so many of the walks in this area are dominated by the old lead-mine workings it 's probably worthwhile looking for a little here at the history and techniques of lead-mining . |
| 30 | The Financial Times Technical Page , for example , will not appreciate a very chatty approach , whereas teenage magazine editors may well looking for a little modern slang with which their readers might identify . |