Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When designing your garden , plan to include shrubs like pyracantha and Berberis darwinii that give flowers all year round and thereby provide food for wildlife . |
| 2 | The best that could be achieved in western Europe was a dispersed defensive strategy which would bog down an offensive , in case of war , and so give time for negotiation . |
| 3 | While there is no way of knowing whether these rates of erosion are typical or atypical of Andean regions in general , the data nevertheless give cause for concern and emphasise the role of soil erosion as a major agent of environmental change . |
| 4 | Same 's true of the individual , of course : just read psyche for midden . ’ |
| 5 | For if nature is offering a sturdy resistance to man 's efforts to wring from her a larger supply of raw material , while at that particular stage there is no great room for introducing important new economies into the manufacture , the supply price will rise ; but if the volume of production were greater , it would perhaps be profitable to substitute largely machine work for hand work and steam power for muscular force ; and the increase in the volume of production would have diminished the expenses of production of the commodity of our representative firm . [ … ] |
| 6 | One such package is supplied by Cordingly Barnes : Pastel Accounting , the successor to TurboCASH , recently achieved the 1992 Best Buy award for budget software from Which Computer ? — beating both Pegasus and Sage . |
| 7 | Omagh sisters Olivia ( 15 ) and nine-year-old Laura McGuckin also still make time for story books outside the classroom . |
| 8 | Economic projects tend to support companies and infrastructural provision ; social and community projects usually involve funding for community and leisure centres or educational and advice projects ; housing schemes are directed towards improvement and the needs of special groups ; and environmental expenditure is allocated to improving older buildings and vacant sites . |
| 9 | At the second meeting on 9th June , Hunt was called as a witness ; he presented a paper which demonstrated that if all the Government Offices ‘ scattered about in various parts of the metropolis ’ , with the exception of the Admiralty and the Inland Revenue at Somerset House , were housed in four storeys , although architecturally ‘ hardly desirable ’ , allowing for courts and roads , they could fit into the area between Richmond Terrace , the river , Parliament Square and the park , and still leave space for expansion . |
| 10 | Should your powder technique still leave room for improvement , offpiste thrills can be provided by waking up to clear , blue skies and spring snow . |
| 11 | The English still play golf for exercise , while Scottish amateurs , whose inner conceit about inventing the game holds them back , mostly suffer from little inclination to practise . |
| 12 | With so much inspiration in the pages of this month 's magazine let's hope that after reading all the features you still have time for knitting . |
| 13 | These also raise money for charity and pay out 50p for every £1 worth of tickets bought . |
| 14 | Falling world fish catches , rainforest depletion , reduced energy efficiency , disappearing bird species and increasing global temperatures also give cause for concern . |
| 15 | Good lecterns today also have space for microphone wiring built into them so that you do n't have wire trailing around the place and looking unsightly , or a big boom mike stand in front . |
| 16 | They typically provide cover for consumer disputes , personal injuries and employment matters . |
| 17 | Now suppose Tit for Tat plays against a strategy called Naive Prober . |
| 18 | ‘ Now take mileage for instance , ’ he went on . |
| 19 | If you simply regurgitate word for word what 's in the fact scenario , that 's not going to be persuasive . |
| 20 | If these checks fail to resolve the problem and if LIFESPAN appears to be running satisfactorily , please contact YSS for assistance . |
| 21 | If LIFESPAN appears to be running satisfactorily , please contact YSS for assistance . |
| 22 | Possibly 9.30pm , but please check press for transmission time . |
| 23 | In the week before the premiere , John , out on tour with the company , sent several telegrams there , asking Hanns about tickets for the performance ( ‘ two plus one if possible ’ ) , about where he would stay , where they would meet and , on the day before the performance , ‘ Please buy gift for dressmaker ’ . |
| 24 | Some schools of linguistics have sought to understand language by isolating it from its context : something which is clearly impossible when we actually use language for communication . |
| 25 | Never use detergent for cleaning , as it is difficult to be certain when all traces have been removed . |
| 26 | Other Hong Kong businessmen may never have had quite the high-level political contacts of Mr Wu , but they too have cause for concern . |