Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give us more freedom in the afternoon if we need to go into Wokingham instead , do you want to go that way for a change or this , or through the woods ? |
| 2 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 3 | A normal child of 3 is far from being a completely effective language user , and yet it would be inappropriate to target that child for therapy . |
| 4 | In particular , one may need help to see that caretaking for other people , protecting them from damaging consequences and also doing everything one can to " help " , may be having the exact opposite of the desired effect . |
| 5 | When we take somebody , assess their needs and offer them a care package , in terms of the elderly , erm , and more importantly in terms of those with physical disability or learning disability , we have basically got to support that person for the rest of their life , and therefore , the commitment is not just for the current year , the commitment in , in the case of the elderly depending on what is being offered , whether it be nursing home care , or residential care is for several months or years . |
| 6 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 7 | In one case , in which three different cuckoos parasitised the nest of a great reed warbler , one chick was thrown out soon after hatching : the other two then tried to eject each other for four days . |
| 8 | A director was precluded from diverting to himself a maturing business opportunity which his company was actively pursuing even after his resignation where the resignation was prompted or influenced by a desire to acquire that opportunity for himself . |
| 9 | The failure to include some provision for the welfare of students is also deeply regrettable . |
| 10 | The two groups returned safely to Jalo , where they had to wait some time for news of Jock Lewes and Bill Fraser . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , if this young scoundrel has the moral fibre to wear this apparatus for one month , I can guarantee he 'll be dancing the polka with the best of them . ’ |
| 12 | Blackadder and Wolf crossed in the second-half , when Scotland were at least able to ensnare some ball for Nicol , Dods and Townsend to release Stanger for a try , his second distinguishing act of the tie , having earlier pulled off a try-saving tackle . |
| 13 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
| 14 | Still , it would be churlish not to greet this release for the light it casts on an age long gone . |
| 15 | No young man offers to carry this burden for her . |
| 16 | A year ago when he resigned as chairman , it was widely held that he had been pushed and that Peter Moores was about to mount another bid for the post himself . |
| 17 | If green shoots are now appearing , the media is entitled to claim some credit for watering them . |
| 18 | And he should be able to claim some success for British ideas , too . |
| 19 | I urge you to support this motion for temporary workers , and let's have equal rights for all . |
| 20 | I would have this country , con congress , to support this motion for the health and welfare of women members of the G B M B trade union , I move . |
| 21 | We shall be coming back in this chapter and the next to the problems that occur when choice is based on too much of ‘ I love me ’ and ‘ I love the me in you ’ , but first we need to look at the basic capacity to realize some love for another , with its mix of self-regard and altruism . |
| 22 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 23 | Tottenham had to thank another youngster for keeping them in a position to fight back . |
| 24 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
| 25 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 26 | I want you to estimate this figure for each individual junction . |
| 27 | If you if you need to do something about it , then er in order to secure that order for a hundred , then sell them at the old price . |
| 28 | It was a hard job to secure that gig for them because in those days — and probably still even now — we are not the trendy band everybody wants to use . ’ |
| 29 | After we moved up permanently , they continued to come each Christmas for four or five years until one year there was silence . |
| 30 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |