Example sentences of "[noun] we [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the figure we gave for the annual input of carbon into the soil ( 1.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year ) include the carbon contributed by algae and photosynthetic bacteria . |
| 2 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
| 3 | But seriously the work we do for the union is only one part of the equation . |
| 4 | erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China . |
| 6 | If you wish to effect a placement in a residential or nursing home we hope for the time being it will help resolve your problem . |
| 7 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 8 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 9 | The facts are there there has been a staggering rise in attacks and murders this union must take the lead we call for the British government to bring in legislation to ban the evil nationalist and fascist political parties , and insist that government strengthens legal protection for third country nationals . |
| 10 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 11 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's one of the most important projects we have for the 1990s , ’ says Philip Goldsmith , head of Earth observation at the European Space Agency . |
| 13 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 14 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 15 | Since the values for E and G vary , of course , for each solid the values we get for the theoretical strengths will vary too . |
| 16 | But we very much hope that the map will stay in Hereford and that we shall have the money we require for the Cathedral . |
| 17 | As with all dreams we reach for the ideal … ’ |
| 18 | Then we are to pray for the things we need for the doing of that holy will — food for the body and soul , forgiveness for the failures and sins of the past , and help to forgive others who sin against us , protection in temptation and deliverance from evil . |
| 19 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 20 | At night we listen for the sea freezing over . |
| 21 | Identifying trainees is all about finding out who needs to be trained and what they need to know and if you remember one of ject objectives we had for the course is , was to , so that by the end of the course you will actually develop a system by identifying the trainees because this is sort of hit or miss . |
| 22 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 23 | In this paper we report for the first time the isolation of cDNA for a zebrafish POU family gene which is ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis . |
| 24 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 25 | The word we use for the overall behaviour of the pitch in these examples is tone ; a one-syllable word can be said with either a level tone or a moving tone . |
| 26 | The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea . |
| 27 | ‘ The main reason we go for the leasing option is because it frees up working capital , ’ says John Preen , treasury manager . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've got the tickets we ordered for the Welsh match at Twickenham next month . |
| 29 | Quantum theory then predicts that when a measurement of some property of one of the particles ( call it A ) is made the results we obtain for certain measurements on particle B depend , not only on the results we get for the measurement on A , but also on what property of A we decide to measure . |
| 30 | Intuitively , it would seem desirable that whatever account we give for the role of an expression like in other words in a phrasal apposition like [ 10 ] we give the same account for its role in a reformulation involving complete sentences , for example [ 9 ] . |