Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 2 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 3 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 4 | ‘ We would not mind paying for proper wash and water facilities . |
| 5 | ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out . |
| 6 | Yes , it was true he need not have wanted for female companionship over the past months . |
| 7 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 8 | We do not have to look for conventional biological survival values of traits like religion , music , and ritual dancing , though these may also be present . |
| 9 | Fife also revealed that tax-payers would not have to pay for uncollected poll tax arrears , believed to stand at up to £35 million . |
| 10 | Against this background many advisers would not recommend applying for advance clearance , as it may heighten the transaction 's profile in the Revenue 's eyes . |
| 11 | If tax-relief-induced donations did not go to pay for mainline social service functions and elected representatives still felt it necessary to continue to provide them , they would have a lower tax base on which to raise the revenue . |
| 12 | The University does not undertake to pay for special materials , equipment , etc. required by a student in the course of research . |
| 13 | You can easily get done for lesbian activities . |
| 14 | STATE schools are being forced to turn away children whose parents can no longer afford to pay for private education . |
| 15 | You can place orders on the spot with publishers you know , and it does not harm to ask for extra trade fair discount ! |
| 16 | The truth , more probably , is that he laid them aside to take on commissions for which he would be paid : at this stage in his life he could not afford to compose for sheer pleasure . ) |
| 17 | The Government have never accepted that there are some people who can not afford to pay for local government services . |
| 18 | A biomaterial may also have to function for long periods of time in the body . |
| 19 | Most patients will also require counselling for social and personal difficulties . |
| 20 | Tom wants someone on hand but I do n't want to ask for extra men on Boxing Day in case of trouble which might well not happen . |
| 21 | ‘ No , but Nick ( Logan ) would send you on jobs you did n't want to do for various misdemeanours . |
| 22 | His wife Doreen said : ‘ I do n't want to comment for obvious reasons but I 'm happy with what my husband says . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 24 | People do n't mind paying for good software because they can see the benefits of using it . ’ |
| 25 | The clinic has taken the unusual step of hiring a dentist to look after those patients who simply ca n't afford to pay for private treatment . |
| 26 | English student , Nara Kronfli ca n't afford to pay for word-processiong lessons . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't start asking for green chartreuse . ’ |
| 28 | It also enabled moderate Republicans to avoid an open break with Bush on the issue , and saved the Democrats from a potentially damaging veto battle which they seemed one vote short of winning and which would again have highlighted for white voters the identification of Democrats with minority issues . |
| 29 | It is unnecessary to say anything about the reason why leave to apply for judicial review was granted except to say that the whole or part of the reasons in each case went to a complaint that the particular composition of the disciplinary tribunal gave rise to an appearance of bias . |
| 30 | The " self-scrubbing " coal will sell at a premium , but the overall cost will be a fraction of the sum which power generators can currently expect to pay for scrubbing technology . |