Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is changing fast , and clients are more and more wanting advice and action that calls for considerable finesse , knowledge , and intelligence . |
| 2 | Christmas time , when party-giving is on the whole overdone , may make the social aridity of the rest of the year seem almost attractive , but this exhausting seasonal overswill also points up the ordinary isolation that obtains for most of us nowadays . |
| 3 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 4 | Art & Tech has outlined an extremely ambitious programme that calls for three different mid-engined sports car to be produced . |
| 5 | The head porter or housekeeper usually distributes any mail that arrives for residential staff . |
| 6 | Well , I think a lot of what happens in the academic world is , and my guess is the fundamental reason they get away with it , is that young people wo n't buy much , spending their own money on it , and I think if they were , you could n't serve up a lot of the crap that passes for higher education today . |
| 7 | Perhaps this can be seen as a statement of a general condition that obtains for all workers . |
| 8 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 9 | This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere . |
| 10 | Currently small business represents more than 25pc of UK turnover and accounts for one third of the total workforce . |
| 11 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — something that is apparently much needed — the Foundation says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 12 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — apparently much needed ( UX No ) — OSF says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 13 | This is not an income that allows for any luxuries . |
| 14 | Now comes the part that calls for real concentration and a steady hand — applying the glue or adhesive . |
| 15 | ‘ Be your own lawyer and you 'll have a fool for a client ’ , is an adage that calls for another : ‘ Employ a lawyer and he 'll have a pauper for a client ’ — Sunday Times . |
| 16 | A plan that works for that particular family is achieved through a joint decision-making process . |
| 17 | Any form of exercise which increase the speed of the heartbeat and lasts for 15 minutes will qualify . |
| 18 | The programme ( taught by evening study ) begins in January and lasts for two and a half years . |
| 19 | This paper will address later the way this sort of e-mail is used and the implications that has for legal and records management departments . |
| 20 | The first was Daniel Patrick Moynihan 's year-long effort to cut the payroll tax that pays for social security ( old-age pensions ) . |
| 21 | However , some tutors seem to feel that they are unable to accept these modifications despite the syllabus remaining virtually unchanged , though more comprehensive , as befits the education and examination standards of a ‘ professional ’ body that hopes for national recognition . |
| 22 | The Campaign for Mentally Handicapped is another important body that works for better provision and understanding . |
| 23 | The Longeval Animal Sanctuary rescues and cares for many animals , and also regularly visit inner-city schools taking lambs , goats , piglets , calves , rabbits etc to give the children there the opportunity to see and touch these animals for themselves . |
| 24 | Each walk is on a different theme and lasts for 1½–2 hrs and covers approximately 1½–3 miles . |
| 25 | The centre actively campaigns to abolish blood sports and cares for sick foxes . |
| 26 | The Institution regrets any misunderstanding which may have arisen from the article and apologises for any offence or inconvenience caused to G.L. Watson and Company and Mr J Allen McLachlan . |
| 27 | Much inter-bank lending in Eurocurrency takes place and accounts for much of the business . |
| 28 | The disease front has been moving ahead by fits and starts for most of the last two decades and three years ago crossed the Italian frontier into the provinces of South Tyrol and Venice . |
| 29 | The International Guitar Festival Of Great Britain starts on Monday and continues for two weeks . |
| 30 | The belt tension tends to increase the boom damage but makes for easier repairs . |