Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant formed a company to lease builders skips for rubbish . |
| 2 | There was sufficient reference to the factual basis of the comment — namely the mass-circulation Kemsley newspapers — to enable readers to judge for themselves whether the comment was reasonable . |
| 3 | Nobody thought trade could be carried on in India without a network of factories and fortifications , which meant that there would have to be a company with a charter to run them — the idea that the government might provide them would have struck the merchants as inappropriate and would have alarmed the politicians who would have had to impose taxes to pay for them . |
| 4 | One of the very special things Christine did for her was to write notes to leave for the tradesmen when Miss Miggs was going to be out when they called — like NO MILK TODAY , THANK YOU , or ONE SMALL LOAF , PLEASE . |
| 5 | In an attempt to encourage drivers to opt for cars with converters , or to have them fitted on older models , some European countries are offering tax incentives . |
| 6 | Most CABx can identify local groups which appear to have a particular need for assistance , and NACAB policy is to encourage bureaux to cater for such special groups . |
| 7 | Margaret Wilson , who chairs the residents ' organisation , has written to the licensing board to encourage members to vote for the proposals . |
| 8 | In addition , CRONER 'S EUROPE will address the key business and tax issues of the Single Market and offer advice on such matters as how to research new markets , how to establish the creditworthiness of potential business partners and where to find invitations to tender for contracts in Europe . |
| 9 | This is therefore likely to encourage clinicians to search for more cost-effective procedures . |
| 10 | It is important to encourage children to look for clues , and to realise that some small detail ( a crest on the side of a coach , for instance , or a sign above a shop ) may have an important bearing on the story or meaning of the picture . |
| 11 | The aim of the challenge was to encourage children to think for themselves . |
| 12 | The Poundswick dispute in Manchester , when the LEA wished to reinstate pupils excluded for scrawling graffiti on a school wall , and the teachers , backed by the governors , objected because the graffiti allegedly contained personal insults to teachers , prompted a reappraisal of the respective powers of schools and LEAs over reinstatement . |
| 13 | The questions given above under " Groupwork " are intended to encourage trainees to look for evidence as to the effectiveness of the technique and the teacher 's use of it . |
| 14 | Even where there is a trained video technician on the staff it 's a good idea to train others to check for basic faults . |
| 15 | CIMA , an original signatory , reports that in the first year it has ‘ set up an informal network to encourage women to stand for office on the Council ’ . |
| 16 | In a school in Birmingham , for example , children who were recent arrivals in this country and whose English was poor were using word processors to learn how to cope with the demands of organising a holiday through a travel agent , particularly how to write letters asking for information . |
| 17 | A reasonable parent would be expected to accept services offered for the child 's benefit . |
| 18 | The right to provide services caters for the firm seeking to enter a new market , or dealing only occasionally across a national frontier . |
| 19 | But the fact remains that twenty seven months after legislation to allow clients to choose solicitors to appear for them in the higher courts came into effect , the Advisory Committee has been unable to advance the process . |
| 20 | This week local Nature Trusts are asking volunteers to visit woods to search for hazlenuts that have been nibbled by dormice . |
| 21 | Those lips seemed to phrase words intended for himself alone , kissing these words into the soft matter of his brain : ’ Though you are cast into the ultimate heat sink , you hover indestructibly . |
| 22 | In the later Republic and early Empire Greek artists were brought to Rome to design buildings appropriate for the display of booty , to repair old sculptures and make new ones for these and other structures , and to restore decaying old temples , once venerated for their wooden and terracotta statues , but now seen to be in need of renovation . |
| 23 | An opportunity to view provisions made for toothless conscripts — a hard rubber solution ( vulcanite ) was moulded to the gums and porcelain teeth attached . |
| 24 | Have we any right to urge others to vote for a political party that will compel others to give ? |
| 25 | Mr Castro said it would be ’ arbitrary , capricious and absurd ’ to apply policies designed for a big country to little Cuba . |
| 26 | However , as has been noted by several writers ( e.g. , Ballentine and Eris , 1975 ) , it is not legitimate to apply formulae derived for infinitesimal changes from a no-tax , no-distortion position . |
| 27 | It is recommended that users insert an entry of [ PRODUCT ] |
| 28 | True enough , the stock species Rosa rugosa is often used for hedging , but if that is the hedge you want , you will do much better to buy plants raised for the purpose . |
| 29 | They also may try to help farmers to opt for no-till methods . |
| 30 | The money will be used to help patients waiting for operations in orthopaedic , urology , general and oral surgery areas . |