Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] in for " in BNC.

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1 The f the thing is if he needs to go in for treatment , he 's only going to get worse if he does n't get it .
2 Like a car needs to go in for the M O T , you 've got ta
3 On annual leave the rest right this wants to go in for quarter of an hour does n't it ?
4 Oh well that th that 's a pity if he 's got a a a thing for drawing , he wants to go in for
5 But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures .
6 A spate of airline buyouts , which has touched every major US carrier during the last six months , has come in for growing criticism because of the heavy debt it loads on the companies .
7 Defence policy , too , has come in for complaint .
8 Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism .
9 However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term .
10 It is on the detail of the recommendations that Cadbury has come in for strong criticism — in particular , over some of the recommendations in the code ( see also this issue , p 24 ) .
11 JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks .
12 I ca n't believe nobody has come in for him .
13 Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists .
14 The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China .
15 Nevertheless , Sun has come in for no small amount of criticism in pursuing what is often strictly an ‘ invented here ’ approach to technology solutions , at the expense of making some pragmatic marketing decisions .
16 Bernstein 's work has come in for some strong criticism recently .
17 The various caveats expressed in 6.8.4 on the use of statistical techniques by sociolinguists are not as negative as they might seem , since recently the overuse of significance testing in social science research generally has come in for some criticism .
18 It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago .
19 While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry .
20 The term New Historicism has come in for considerable hostile criticism both from those who claim that there is nothing particularly new about it and among those who admire new historical methods but feel the term incorrectly suggests a unified theoretical field and subsequent critical practice within a body of critical writing in which much contending diversity exists .
21 Inspection has come in for much discussion today as a major part of the Bill .
22 Since the disease is heterosexually transmitted in Africa , the group which has come in for the most blame for its rapid spread have been the many poor women who have been supporting themselves in Nairobi through commercial sex .
23 The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism .
24 Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization .
25 She 's established herself as a writer with award winning novels including ’ I 'm the King of the Castle ’ and ’ Woman in Black ’ but Mrs de Winter has come in for criticism .
26 The oldest Classic has come in for its usual share of criticism in the past few weeks , largely due to the disappointing number of entries .
27 The force has come in for criticism in the past two months after figures released on the constabulary 's ‘ crime-free day ’ in April showed Cheshire had suffered the highest rise in crime in the country .
28 However , the NRA has come in for some criticism for not taking action .
29 Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending .
30 Now there 's a letter in there that wants filling in for Alex for Alison .
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