Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds . |
| 2 | Her position is that the person who calls on Osiris or Krishna or Buddha with a pure heart receives the Holy Spirit within his own tradition and not by abandoning it for another . |
| 3 | ‘ We thank the Government for relaxing these but this is rather like thanking somebody for refraining from hitting you on the head with a heavy stick , ’ said Brendan Burns , the federation 's Scottish-based UK vice-chairman . |
| 4 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 5 | As musicians , jazz poets and exponents of hardhitting lyrics there are n't many outfits that come even close to matching them for dynamism or style . |
| 6 | Occam gives extra scope for this because it is a parallel language : one can improve a program not only by reducing the overall amount of calculation , but also by configuring it for the ( possibly parallel ) machine on which it is to be run . |
| 7 | He ended up by selling it for £500 to Mr Staples , from whom he originally bought the site for the same sum . |
| 8 | He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer . |
| 9 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 10 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 11 | If you used floats on your model during the initial learning period and have since removed them , it would be well worth replacing them for your first circuits . |
| 12 | Greeting Coleman like an old friend , although they had met only once before , Hurley said Sasser had told him about Condor Television and its plans for covering events in Lebanon , and how about joining him for lunch ? |
| 13 | ‘ Are you regretting making love to me , ’ he grated , ‘ or are you only regretting that you made love to me instead of saving yourself for André ? ’ |
| 14 | Of course he complained when he entered political writing instead of preparing himself for his poem . |
| 15 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 16 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 17 | The union acted wrongfully in dismissing him for insisting on his legal rights . |
| 18 | When Norwich and Arsenal appeared at Lancaster Gate the FA was concerned not only that neither club had condemned the incident immediately but that Norwich had not given any indication that they were going to punish some of their players , apart from fining them for making comments to newspapers . |
| 19 | Apart from joining us for the evening meal and when she ran short of pesetas , we saw little of her for the rest of the holiday . |
| 20 | I 'm … er … afraid I did n't get round to doing anything for the understudies . ’ |