Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 2 | Edwina , the worldly mother-in-law who goes in for interior decoration . |
| 3 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 4 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 5 | He also goes in for creative self-plundering by way of rhetorical and dialectical self-parody . |
| 6 | ‘ TORSO TOMMY GEMMELL SKINS UP FOR CELTIC |
| 7 | Indeed , Bailey holds up for critical scrutiny the idea that schools can prepare young people for a world of rapid technological change by concentrating on the very technology which is subject to change ; rather , he suggests , the best basis for adaptability is a liberal education aimed at generating a wide understanding and the development of reason and autonomy . |
| 8 | A great many doctors feel that chemical sensitivity is improbable — a dubious diagnosis that probably covers up for psychosomatic illness , hyperventilation , or purely psychological symptoms . |
| 9 | He numbers among his close friends Patrick Hourcade of French Vogue , who looks out for fine furniture for him . |
| 10 | Aldergrove stands by for big take-off |
| 11 | Midfielder Ferguson , indeed , has outshone most of his more experienced rivals as he fills in for injured Bryan Robson , as the expense of England 's Neil Webb . |
| 12 | Another new face in the pack is lock Jeremy Cruiks who has come up through the ranks , while back in action are back-row duo Mark Hampton and David Croft , who fills in for injured number 8 Roger Wilson . |
| 13 | Town tunes up for top brass THE sound of music will take over at Rhyl 's seafront New Pavilion Theatre when 36 top brass bands compete in the second annual Rhyl Festival of Brass , on the weekend of June 19–20 . |
| 14 | Piper tunes up for big Benn |
| 15 | It is correct for most of the chapter with unc taken as a constant but breaks down for ferromagnetic materials , which will be discussed in Section 3.11 . |
| 16 | It is a situation which cries out for centralised resolution of the type the large commercial organisation can impose . |
| 17 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 18 | The scale of injustice , cruelty , and tyranny in the world in 1988 cries out for continuing protest of various forms including the democratic and peaceful marches and assemblies which in the 1960s helped to achieve greater civil rights in the USA and in many other nations , whilst the same phenomenon , sometimes more disorderly , hastened the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War . |
| 19 | ‘ One paper , by Paige ( 1967 ) , for example , quotes Lenin 's ‘ who does what to whom ’ , and Mao 's ‘ war without bloodshed ’ , reminds us of the more familiar formulations of Lasswell ( 1936 ) — ‘ who gets what , when , how ’ — , Easton ( 1953 ) — ‘ the authoritative allocation of values ’ — , Levy ( 1952 ) — ‘ the allocation of power and responsibility ’ , and Snyder ( 1958 ) — ‘ the making of authoritative social decisions ’ , and throws in for good measure a definition by a Japanese political scientist , Masao Maruyama — ‘ the organization of control by man over man ’ . |
| 20 | In The Written Language Bias in Linguistics ( 1982 ) he lays out for fellow linguists the detailed ways in which that bias has , he believes , affected their theory . |
| 21 | More impressive still was the menu in the college dining-room , something which the salivating Mutahhar singles out for special praise : ‘ Pheasants , partridges , herons , fish , roasted fowl , grilled kids , fried loaves , brightly-coloured sweets of different kinds and other good things were heaped everywhere in large quantities . ’ |
| 22 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 23 | Dr Mikehe qualified at Liverpool University steps in for regular hooker Paul Hackett who was dismissed in somewhat debatable circumstances against Richmond last Saturday and is still awaiting the date of his hearing . |
| 24 | 3 Upon impact , the whole of the body weight follows through for maximum effect . |
| 25 | Mary Bailey sets up for existing fish , while Ian Lucas spots some new opportunities with mid-price catfish . |
| 26 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 27 | Fulk , however , comes in for stern criticism . |
| 28 | Though this comes in for constant robust internal criticism and revision , it is more thorough than that of many professional advice and counselling organizations and is increasingly used as a model by other organizations . |
| 29 | The disloyal mutterings about his leadership will grow , as will the possibility of a token candidate standing against him when his party position comes up for formal renewal in November . |
| 30 | And when the third and surviving princess emerges from her orange , Lesley Garrett immediately makes up for lost time , singing ravishingly . |