Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom 's work mostly involves checking for sharp teeth and rasping them smooth . |
| 2 | It is such a cohesive , well-oiled unit that the band rarely has to call for outside assistance . |
| 3 | If you can not find a language helper who only wants to work for one hour a day , try hiring someone to do gardening or housework for you on a more fulltime basis and then use that person also as a language helper until you reach the stage where you can cope with a fulltime language helper . |
| 4 | If the driver suddenly needs to call for extra revs , he can overrule the settings at any time by pushing the foot pedal . |
| 5 | Right , what 's , perhaps I should have started with , with the contrasting picture in which , at the level of intellect , erm , there would be no individual forms , but only forms say for human beings . |
| 6 | He believes that the deterrent effect , which no longer seems to exist for young people , should be reinstated . |
| 7 | Female choice probably has selected for many of the properties of courtship , such as the ‘ zigzag ’ display and red belly of male sticklebacks . |
| 8 | He also starts to look for blemished fruit . |
| 9 | Erm I know the Conversatives have also has gone for one three and not for two . |
| 10 | There are some studies which support the claim that early acquisition also seems to make for better syntactic ability " ( Romaine 1989 : 214 – 15 ) . |
| 11 | The group also tries to cater for local artists who work fulltime and are unable to go to all classes . |
| 12 | The group also tries to cater for local artists who work fulltime and are unable to go to all classes . |
| 13 | A student nowadays has to graft for three years on a pittance of a grant , begging the government for a loan and at the same time being excluded from any welfare benefits . |
| 14 | What about Manchester — virtually everyone there has applied for selective financial assistance ? |
| 15 | Part of the considerable achievement of Michael Mann 's imaginative but faithful treatment is that it manages to make acceptable for the 1990s some of the outmoded attitudes of its characters , and yet refuses to go for that eco-trendiness that will make Dances With Wolves look dated by the turn of the century . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose the great Dane Jacobsen never has to search for willing company . |
| 17 | Central NACAB office and the 22 area offices are responsible for this mammoth task , which until recently has accounted for one fifth of the NACAB budget . |
| 18 | The regulatory system therefore seeks to cater for these divergent situations by tailoring the degree of regulation to the degree of investor protection required , having regard to such factors as the sophistication of the particular investor , whether transactions are executed on exchanges ( which have their own investor protection mechanisms ) , whether the particular transaction can lead to contingent liabilities and whether margin is taken in support of a transaction . |