Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they want to plan for organic change or reap the fruit of a retail giant that might , no matter what the quality of the architecture , be redundant in another 25 years ? |
| 2 | His wife Doreen said : ‘ I do n't want to comment for obvious reasons but I 'm happy with what my husband says . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If I were Newley , I 'd want to know for certain , even if I intended to go through with the deal . ’ |
| 4 | They will recognise it too in terms of higher charges than perhaps ideally we would want to impose for certain services which the city operates , whether it be sports pitches or whether to be brutal , it 's the cost of actually burying the dead . |
| 5 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 6 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 7 | While I appreciate that some married mothers do need to work for financial reasons , there are many who do n't . |
| 8 | Nothing near as tasty and tender as our … ’ and , her mouth overflowing with steak , beans and croquette potato , Mitzi named an Austrian breed Elisabeth had never heard of ( and did not imagine she would need to remember for future use ) . |
| 9 | If the patient has problems with his employer , he may need to apply for professional help through his social worker . |
| 10 | If current cultivars do not adapt , breeders may need to look for new varieties which cope better with milder winters . |
| 11 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 12 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 13 | The consequences for the vendor are that it will need to account for unpaid advanced corporation tax on the entire amount of the distribution unless there is a group income election in place . |
| 14 | If you keep soft water fish you would need to test for general hardness . |
| 15 | The " self-scrubbing " coal will sell at a premium , but the overall cost will be a fraction of the sum which power generators can currently expect to pay for scrubbing technology . |
| 16 | I should like to know for certain how … |
| 17 | Furthermore the British people might begin to clamour for drastic changes in foreign policy if they were asked to undergo yet more austerity . |
| 18 | It is also now an independent body , and can begin to look for new ways to finance itself and improve its amenities . |
| 19 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 20 | The public profile of the CBI 's director general mainly derives from his willingness to pronounce in public on issues of political interest , his fluency and persuasiveness in doing so and the fact that he can claim to speak for British industry . |
| 21 | ‘ No , but Nick ( Logan ) would send you on jobs you did n't want to do for various misdemeanours . |
| 22 | The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches . |
| 23 | Of course , some of those whose jobs are reallocated in the dispersal policy will decide to look for other employment in the locality in which they currently work . |
| 24 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 25 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 26 | Her publicists would have to search for other stars to publicise . |
| 27 | ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out . |
| 28 | We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around . |
| 29 | Schools will therefore have to plan for possible alterations in price and salary changes throughout the year . |
| 30 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |