Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative MEP , Dr Alexander Sherlock , denied that his party lacked enthusiasm for reducing lead levels . |
| 2 | If Company A receives payment for supplying defence equipment to the government then the payment results in an increase in Company A's bank account , without a decrease in any other M4 private sector bank account . |
| 3 | Ss 19–27 make provision for keeping accounting records and the submission of annual reports accompanied by statements of account by charity trustees , together with provisions requiring independent examination or auditing of accounts . |
| 4 | The guarantees , usually secured against the member 's house or some other asset , can be drawn down by Lloyd 's if demands to provide money for paying insurance claims have not been met . |
| 5 | They do not abase themselves in penitence but see themselves in a partnership which accepts responsibility for establishing peace and justice on this planet . |
| 6 | Now for some uncomfortable questions : What legal or , dare one say it , moral basis enables the rugby union authorities to discriminate against individuals who once had the temerity to accept payment for playing rugby league but who so dearly want to resume playing rugby union ? |
| 7 | Modigliani disliked writing letters , but during the winter of 1919 he wrote several times to Zborowski in Paris on practical matters , asking urgently for money and canvases , thanking Zbo for sending money and , rather touchingly , explaining his progress or the lack of it to his dealer . |
| 8 | The several carnivores , such as the badger and the skunk , which are noticeably sluggish for their size , are species which either do not need speed for capturing prey or have alternative means of self-defence . |
| 9 | In sharp contrast to Britain 's refusal to publicly apportion blame for waning faith in the colony 's future , China 's representative to the Joint Liason Group on Hong Kong , Ke Zaishuo , suggested that Britain , not China 's trigger-happy army , was alone responsible . |
| 10 | The lawyer said that the reason for this was to provide justification for opening fire on a car which was not endangering anyone 's life . |
| 11 | While they chastised multiculturalism for identifying racism as the ideas in people 's heads when it should be located in institutional structures , they themselves underestimated the resilience , malleability and power of ‘ race ’ as a discursive category . |
| 12 | He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections . |
| 13 | Just ahead of each tank , there was a wheel operated valve for releasing water . |
| 14 | The commentary could include traffic conditions , weather conditions , positions of the other competitors , road surface problems and any on-going events ; if I can borrow equipment for monitoring heart-rate etc , this could emphasise the health side of cycling . |
| 15 | This is not at all to say that there is among the professions an animus against the industrial co-operative as incorporated body for doing business . |
| 16 | Prorogate time for finding caution 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary , on petitioner 's motion and on cause shown , prorogates the time for lodging the Bond of Caution ( *until ) ( *by days from the date hereof . ) |
| 17 | A service system comprises a network of professionals and/or volunteers who accept responsibility for providing assistance to vulnerable people to meet their individual needs and develop their potential without their being unnecessarily isolated or excluded from the community . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Implicit acceptance of responsibility for providing a wide range of services to our patients — In taking a fund we accept responsibility for purchasing hospital services , drugs , and now community care on behalf of our patients . |
| 19 | NVQs give recognition for putting learning into practice . |
| 20 | She claimed compensation for peeling wallpaper and damage to furniture . |
| 21 | We adapted the Versatran to handle equipment for spraying paint so it could replace people in paint shops , often extremely nasty places in which to work . |
| 22 | transfer sub-system for supplying text on magnetic tape to composition suppliers |
| 23 | Unisys Corp claims that the launch of its Communications Access Processor for linking Unix computers onto an SNA network last July ( UX No 396 ) — and which last week made it into the UK — has attracted ‘ rave reviews ’ . |
| 24 | Based on reports from 200 environmental health departments in England , Wales and Northern Ireland , it blamed management for giving water quality at pools low priority . |
| 25 | NP had applied to Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) for permission to burn orimulsion without installing equipment for removing sulphur dioxide . |
| 26 | Environment Ministers from eight Arctic countries meeting in Nuuk , Greenland , in September , failed to reach agreement on providing finance for monitoring pollution in the region . |
| 27 | He welcomed the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and William III appointed him a commissioner of the Admiralty , a responsibility he took very seriously , effectively using Whitehaven for gathering intelligence during the Irish war of 1689–90 . |
| 28 | Reinforcing practice for reading writing and listening skills , using authentic materials . |
| 29 | In addition to the forged notes , found in a garage in east London , officers also seized equipment for inserting foil strips into notes . |
| 30 | But erm along with that I 'm a naturalist and erm the place is big enough , we can we have scope for leaving area to revert to nature , which we 're tying to do . |