Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the coalition , Law was prepared to support its continuation , but he was rarely prepared to argue for concession that would weaken his own party . |
| 2 | In LBOs , creditors are often also shareholders , making them less likely to jostle for advantage when times get tough . |
| 3 | Such criteria have , therefore , to be general and highly flexible allowing for sensitivity to people 's aspirations . |
| 4 | Older children were less inclined to wait for attention than younger children . |
| 5 | His retirement made Rawlings constitutionally eligible to stand for election , and on Sept. 19 , while addressing a large rally in Cape Coast , he announced that he had accepted an invitation by the National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) to stand as the party 's candidate in the presidential elections scheduled for November 1992 . |
| 6 | In those days , marriage was mainly a matter of economy and family ; it was not normally possible to marry for love , and indeed the Courts ruled that love and marriage were incompatible . |
| 7 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 8 | ‘ Countries such as Hungary , Poland , Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria are already able to apply for observer status before becoming , in due course , parties to the Pharmacopoeia Corporation ’ . |
| 9 | By the 1960s the London ring 's increase had fallen and was no longer able to compensate for core losses , leading to a massive net loss in the SMLA as a whole . |
| 10 | Sir Charles also operates a miniature health service , employing a salaried apothecary who ‘ dispenses physic to all his tenants , who are not able to pay for advice ; nor are the poor who are not his tenants , refused ’ , provided they are recommended by the clergyman . |
| 11 | Grants are not available to pay for fuel bills . |
| 12 | Of course it is essential that the alternative assessment instrument is valid , reliable and practicable and that its use is documented , but it is no longer necessary to ask for permission . |
| 13 | The group most likely to opt for non-registration will be the very poorest , and particularly those in the underclass . |
| 14 | The decision depends partly on the previous state of knowledge of the topic under investigation — one is most likely to opt for flow visualization in a preliminary exploration — and partly on the efficacy of available transducers in the particular situation . |
| 15 | On average , the people who are most likely to opt for health insurance are those who know themselves to be relatively unhealthy . |
| 16 | We may reject advertisements on grounds of taste , and we are always willing to consider for publication letters critical of advertising . |
| 17 | the exercise encouraged greater communication with governors ( a number of whom read the whole study ) , and between the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) and more junior staff ( who seemed to be more willing to ask for help ) ; |
| 18 | The former will generally be more straightforward to use for word processing but may not have any database management system programs Some word processors do have other programs available but the choice is unlikely to be as great as that relating to one of the popular micros Second . |
| 19 | Someone concerned at the suffering might well think it more appropriate to work for reformation rather than abolition . |
| 20 | All this may sound negative but it is more important to prepare for death than for any other event of life however much current thinking may sweep the subject under the carpet . |
| 21 | And we knew how frightened she was , how disturbed , because Luke told us that — told us fresh from her bed and hardly able to speak for laughter . ’ |
| 22 | The ‘ kinship defenders ’ are more concerned to press for policy changes , such as more day-care provision to help one-parent families , as urgently necessary ; the other group perhaps sees such changes as more long term , as not immediately related to the needs of the children who are currently the subject of placement decisions . |
| 23 | It seems to be more practical to opt for control on some form of ‘ toggling ’ basis , which is the method of control used in this program . |
| 24 | ‘ But they are understandably reluctant to pay for research students , because they will probably go off and join the competition . |
| 25 | Knot , leaving the thread slightly slack to allow for movement ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 26 | If however doubts exist as to the application of the compulsory provisions , it is clearly wise to apply for registration ex abundante cautela. ( e ) HM Land Registry fees The registration or modification of a restriction ( see p121 ) will incur a fee of £40 ( Land Registration Fees Order 1992 ( SI No 2089 ) ) although no fee is payable if the application is accompanied by an application upon which a scale fee is payable . |
| 27 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 28 | All the toys , gadgets and home comforts come as standard save for leather upholstery . |
| 29 | General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay for death or injury to other persons or damage to their property , as a result of any accident involving any motor cycle which your certificate of motor insurance permits you to drive or use . |
| 30 | The General Accident will insure you for all sums which you become legally liable to pay for loss of metered water resulting directly from accidental damage to water pipes and apparatus providing service to the buildings described in the schedule . |