Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought that architects should design for the new life style which was to arise , and design " for service " , making economical and logical use of space and using mechanical devices in order to provide comfort and to make housework pleasant by lightening the time and effort spent doing it ( 1934 p 32 ) . |
| 2 | I think that the record will remain for a long , long time . |
| 3 | They are well understood , cheap to collect and very difficult to evade … rates should remain for the foreseeable future the main source of local revenue for local government ’ ( DOE/Welsh Office 1983a : 14 ) . |
| 4 | Although a good deal of success has been achieved with regard to mapping vegetation ( Hathout , 1980 ) , there are still problems with resolution and cloud cover ( Allan , 1980 ) and although these are gradually being resolved by radar , the problem of more detailed and fine-grained interpretation will remain for the foreseeable future ( Deane , 1980 ) . |
| 5 | Two years later , however , in a further White Paper , Rates : Proposals for Rate Limitation and Reform of the Rating System ( 1983 ) , the government recognized that wide consultation had failed to find any consensus for an alternative local tax , and conceded that rates should remain for the foreseeable future as the main source of local government revenue . |
| 6 | But , that niggle aside , London is where he will remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | Although microfilm will remain for the foreseeable future by far the more acceptable medium of preservation , as a versatile aid to the scholar the computer image is far in advance . |
| 8 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 9 | So a new calliper how much do you think for a new calliper ? |
| 10 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 11 | ‘ Alex , ’ said the producer , ‘ could you just stay for a quick word ? ’ |
| 12 | Well , people come on a day to day basis , like a working environment , right ? er Each individual will stay for a different length of time , it could be weeks , months , even years . |
| 13 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 14 | Pam , 63 , said : ‘ They used to come every summer for a couple of weeks and the rest of the year they would stay for the odd week . |
| 15 | So erm how did it , did you stay for the full six months or did it er extend further than that ? |
| 16 | The row could make for a strained atmosphere as Mr Major spends the Premier 's traditional weekend with the Queen . |
| 17 | Without doubt the two best Cup teams in the country have reached Twickenham this season and it should make for a superb final . |
| 18 | It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition . |
| 19 | It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition . |
| 20 | The combination of malted wheat and the type of yeasts used by this region 's brewers can sometimes make for a spicy , clove-like character . |
| 21 | None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life . |
| 22 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 23 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 24 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 25 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 26 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 27 | Religious networks could make for a unified effort or become the vertebrae of different segments of reformers whose conflicts were expressed in organisational diversity and competition . |
| 28 | Of course the addition of a stereo processor would require a slightly bigger case but would still make for a manageable little rig . |
| 29 | An identification consequent on a prior dislocation can make for a creative , empathetic partiality which is then the basis of a further identification and understanding of other kinds of discrimination . |
| 30 | 50 races … solos and sidecars … should make for a thrilling showdown . |