Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of this method is that it is a multivariate technique which allows an analysis of the relationship between unemployment and imprisonment to be examined after controlling for other factors such as crime levels , numbers of convictions , and age structure of the population , which might affect the rate of incarceration . |
| 2 | Others may make more conventional protests but the pain looks like continuing for some time . |
| 3 | she took it on six year , he says seven to eighty so she looks like working for next six year |
| 4 | Two men , however , both of whom came from Cardiff , succeeded in enlisting for different regiments . |
| 5 | In 1954 Mitterrand held the information portfolio in the Mendes-France Government : he appointed a Gaullist with left-wing connections , Jean Marin , as ‘ DG ’ — a post Marin succeeded in holding for 2 I years . ’ |
| 6 | Some women did not register because they were discouraged from looking for paid work because of the poor state of the economy . |
| 7 | Sunk costs can be easily identified in that they will have been paid or are subject to legally binding contracts and the firm is committed to paying for these contracts in the future . |
| 8 | I did n't feel like asking for more details , because they were obviously bad . |
| 9 | And therefore the schools should remember this when looking into going for other options , which may mean there 's very little difference between them and the D S O , and the fact that th that the profits made by the D S O will be lost if they have n't got that contract , and I think that 's a very important point that they should take on , and I think a lot of schools miss out on that particular idea . |
| 10 | Invited the Lord President to take soundings among Government supporters with a view to determining whether it would be possible to persuade those who were in favour of the abolition of capital punishment that in the interests of securing the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in the 1947–48 Session they should refrain from pressing for this change in the law ; |
| 11 | This will be done by giving for each subject a brief clinical case description , based on the application of a standard diagnostic schedule , to be described at the end of the chapter . |
| 12 | Attempts to make the arts accountable by submitting them to forms of assessment which properly belong elsewhere may actually make them appear wanting by looking for inappropriate forms of proof . |
| 13 | Following the addition of sequencing primer ( 100 ng ) , the DNA was denatured by boiling for 3 minutes and then snap frozen on dry ice . |
| 14 | Such cases could be met by adopting for civil cases a procedure similar to the Attorney-General 's reference in criminal proceedings . |
| 15 | The inconsistency of the results is partly accounted for by the different methods used for adjusting for other variables , such as disparities in size and monopoly power between control types , but clearly these studies do not bring a definitive answer much closer . |
| 16 | Vivienne found Peters extremely boring , but the next day , Sunday , Peters and Eliot , who was looking very ill , went off to Greenwich , a choice of venue which suggests that the two men talked about sailing for much of the time . |
| 17 | These claims , for accounting periods beginning on or after 2 October 1992 , may be made on a quarterly basis similar to that currently used in accounting for franked payments/ — investment income and interest paid/received under deduction of income tax . |
| 18 | The aids which can be used in preparing for joint management are those of information derived from comparisons , clarity of purpose and a readiness to undertake corporate self-assessment . |
| 19 | Willing donors ’ names are added to the agent 's list , together with details of blood group , which is used in prospecting for potential clients . |
| 20 | But I do n't know what you 've got without waiting for any I |
| 21 | After all , why should anyone balk at accounting for public money publicly ? |
| 22 | Clarke ( 1979 ) , having noted that the areas of experience are a good starting point but too generalised , suggests that they be elaborated by specifying for each , the basic skills , specific experiences and factual knowledge involved . |
| 23 | Most machines come minus a cartridge , but you do n't have to spend a fortune — Audio-Technica produce a perfectly acceptable one for £19 , although that is rock bottom : there are genuine improvements to be had by budgeting for four times that amount . |
| 24 | Or let it mature , still wrapped , in a cold larder overnight , and reheat by steaming for 1 hr or so next day . |
| 25 | Plants tend to grow big and lush on heavy soils , a feature worth enhancing by going for vigorous species . |
| 26 | Should more detail be required then it could be requested by asking for minimum separation or the display of the region local to that minimum . |
| 27 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
| 28 | Mr Siddle , of Brighton Road , Darlington , admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £300 with £25 costs and disqualified from driving for five years . |
| 29 | Mr Siddle , of Brighton Road , Darlington , admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £300 with £25 costs and disqualified from driving for five years . |
| 30 | He was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders ' institution disqualified from driving for two years . |