Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb base] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tomorrow morning , ’ he said , ‘ I have to make my closing speech in defence of a man who is on a murder charge , and whom I know for certain to be innocent . |
| 2 | I personally use a .013-.056 gauge on all the acoustics and all the electrics with the exception of the Firebird , which I use for regular flatpicking in standard Spanish tuning , and that one has much lighter strings on it — an .009 set but with an .011 on the top E. ’ |
| 3 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 4 | But the credit-worthiness requirements which they set for new customers are relatively stringent . |
| 5 | Both teachers keep on their desks , beside the National Curriculum ring binders , the registers and all the other tedious impedimenta of a teacher 's working life , a pile of books of poems , which they use for short sections of time throughout the day . |
| 6 | The explanations which they offer for continuing peasant unrest , however , run counter to important aspects of the Soviet explanation . |
| 7 | Not all places are equal , and their siting must be considered in relation to other places to which they look for social , economic , religious or administrative relationships . |
| 8 | A spiritual director is not a problem-solver to whom we run for infallible answers . |
| 9 | Whether preparing solo meals , feeding a family , or cooking for your own enjoyment — here 's everything you need for superb results ! |
| 10 | Managing director of ICL Personal Systems David Mills also claims that the Spring collection is well placed to exploit the growing trend towards client-server technology — in fact , the company said it can now offer ‘ everything you need for client-server computing ’ . |
| 11 | To put it in simple terms , hard disk performance has failed to keep up with the massive increases in processor speeds — you need a disk cache of some description , so we might as well start with the one you get for free . |
| 12 | ‘ It is extremely serious when someone in a position of trust over women , to whom they go for intimate advice , education and examination , behaves in this way . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's what you get for flying antiques , ’ he said unsympathetically . |
| 14 | Whatever direction the hair moves , the shape remains strong and striking — just what you need for blustery weather ! |
| 15 | And that 's what we use for electronic circuits . |
| 16 | What we know for sure is is really outlined here . |
| 17 | Even an uncertainty is tangible : " What we know for certain is that this point is uncertain . " |
| 18 | Right let's see what we have for Good Friday . |
| 19 | We were thrilled by her generous gesture in this the Guild 's Centenary Year , not least because the story she tells so well shows that much of what we do for Christian Aid is in the best Guild tradition . |
| 20 | The shareholders could also be passive because the manager is doing precisely what they require for high returns on that money . |
| 21 | Far from it , what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately . |
| 22 | Students are taught , for instance , to ‘ read ’ in a different way from that of everyday practice : rather than reading a text from beginning to end in the sequence in which the publisher has ordered it , they are urged to select what they want for particular purposes from different parts of the text , using the contents page , index , chapter headings etc. and moving backwards and forwards within that text and to other texts . |
| 23 | Er golf clubs well golf clubs will take anything they get for free . |