Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quinlivan and McAuley , arrested at Stonehenge a month before the Willesden cache was found , were due to stand trial for conspiracy to murder before escaping from Brixton prison . |
| 2 | Tap Esc for Escape to finish saving . |
| 3 | Tap Y for Yes , to replace ; tap N for No to skip and continue , or tap Esc for Escape to finish |
| 4 | Tap Esc for Escape to return the cursor to the window . |
| 5 | We advise groups or individuals that are producing work for publication to consult with others engaged in the same activity . |
| 6 | I have to pick tea for money to buy food . |
| 7 | Small farmers too have limited room for manoeuvre to adopt new technologies . |
| 8 | The report stated that eight people — including three legislators from the ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) , two from the opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , and a presidential aide — had accepted 990,000,000 won [ nearly US$1,400,000 ] in bribes from a building conglomerate — Hanbo Housing Development Co — in return for pressurizing the Seoul municipal authorities into granting permission for Hanbo to build 4,000 apartments in the Suso district , part of the capital 's green belt . |
| 9 | He said yesterday : ‘ We 'll be going hell for leather to get that date at Old Trafford . |
| 10 | The UCTA is concerned to regulate the use of clauses which exclude liability for failure to perform , for certain other types of tortious acts , and for failure to comply with certain warranties implied into contracts for the supply of goods and services under the SGA and SGSA ( for instance as to good title under the SGA ) . |
| 11 | It takes time for industry to accumulate expertise , to build teams , and to establish a strong market position . |
| 12 | W. Hewer and myself towards Westminster ; and there he carried me to Nott 's , the famous bookbinder , that bound for my Lord Chancellor 's library : and there I did take occasion for curiosity to bespeak a book to be bound , only that I might have one of his binding . |
| 13 | You needed government for defence to protect you against external enemies and to engage in foreign relations and diplomacy , and you needed government internally to regulate conflicts between states er and to ensure a , a sound economic platform so that you needed er a single authoritative source of currency for example er and a single source of er er tariffs and trade controls . |
| 14 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 15 | Even without statutory warrant , it would make sense for privilege to attach to whatever a Member does as an incident of discharging his functions as a Member in relation to the proceedings of the House itself ( as opposed to in his external role as a political figure , or in relation to constituents , members of the public and non-parliamentary bodies ) . |
| 16 | On the other hand it would make sense for nature to endow us with greater sexuality at a time when we are most likely to become pregnant . |
| 17 | Now the Jordan is to be diverted to reflood the swamplands , creating potential for tourism to generate income for local farming communities . |
| 18 | Their effect was to compound the difficulty the liberal leadership had in bringing pressure for reform to bear upon the regime . |
| 19 | Claire paddles away at buttons on telephone , scours desk for material to take to meeting ( 3.00 p.m. , the worst ) gets hung up fielding call from incandescent client wanting to know why contract has been mis-drafted for third time in succession … |
| 20 | Norway sets date for whaling to resume |
| 21 | This gives time for water to drain away or to be picked up by wet vacuum . |
| 22 | Bob Wilson was so confident that the deal would go through that some weeks before it was even completed he had given authorisation for work to begin at the Boeing factory in Seattle to modify the aircraft to British CAA regulations and finish it in the red and grey Virgin livery . |
| 23 | But it makes sense for society to have a single regulatory body that does the checking and a law whose enforcement entitles individuals to assume that drugs being sold have been checked out as safe . |
| 24 | After eight weeks , a further four patients eventually underwent surgery for failure to heal , two were lost to follow up , and four were deemed to have resistant ulcers ( Fig 1 ) . |