Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transport academics argue that road pricing would make drivers pay for the cost of congestion . |
| 2 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 3 | One of the very special things Christine did for her was to write notes to leave for the tradesmen when Miss Miggs was going to be out when they called — like NO MILK TODAY , THANK YOU , or ONE SMALL LOAF , PLEASE . |
| 4 | The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc . |
| 5 | The aristocratic landowners invited companies to tender for the development rights . |
| 6 | Climbing sports originate for the most part from bush types ‘ sporting ’ extra long canes which still bear the same flowers as the parent . |
| 7 | The idea of ‘ half-way ’ houses , where discharged patients lived for a year or eighteen months and then moved to ordinary independent living , became fashionable in the 1960s . |
| 8 | Margaret Wilson , who chairs the residents ' organisation , has written to the licensing board to encourage members to vote for the proposals . |
| 9 | Members of Killynure House Committee are presently making house to house calls soliciting residents support for the petition . |
| 10 | A reasonable parent would be expected to accept services offered for the child 's benefit . |
| 11 | The right to provide services caters for the firm seeking to enter a new market , or dealing only occasionally across a national frontier . |
| 12 | Police frogmen have been searching lakes looking for a weapon … believed to be a six inch blade . |
| 13 | To help support his family , he began writing articles calling for the defence of free trade in West Africa against the protectionism of the encroaching French and the special privileges of the Royal Niger Company . |
| 14 | The reason for all this is because carp are very hard fish to catch and carp fishermen fish for a long period of time often a few nights and days . |
| 15 | In the later Republic and early Empire Greek artists were brought to Rome to design buildings appropriate for the display of booty , to repair old sculptures and make new ones for these and other structures , and to restore decaying old temples , once venerated for their wooden and terracotta statues , but now seen to be in need of renovation . |
| 16 | You let things lapse for a few days more . |
| 17 | Having reached the centre of the town , I hobbled back to the north of it , where I had seen vehicles waiting for the filling station to open . |
| 18 | Have we any right to urge others to vote for a political party that will compel others to give ? |
| 19 | As in previous years the organisers welcome competitors running for a charity of their choice . |
| 20 | It 's to participate and support anything that encourages charities to strive for the highest standards . |
| 21 | Many bright ideas — and failed ideas looking for a second lease on life — are being put forward as ways of converting weapon-grade plutonium into a form too awkward for the weapon-minded to bother with . |
| 22 | This year Biggin 's organisers are opening the show site a day early , on Friday 19 June , to give the public an opportunity to see aircraft arriving for the Air Fair and watch performers practising for the airshow . |
| 23 | ‘ While Ian Wooldridge might spend hours searching for a good line , McIlvanney will spend the time searching for the truth ’ |
| 24 | A Guardian stalwart made a telling observation about him : ‘ While Ian Wolldridge might spend hours searching for the good line , Hugh will spend the time searching for the truth ’ — and suddenly I saw McIlvanney almost as if he were a bare-knuckle fighter in one of his brother 's novels . |
| 25 | Mr Castro said it would be ’ arbitrary , capricious and absurd ’ to apply policies designed for a big country to little Cuba . |
| 26 | He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track . |
| 27 | Given that this relationship is the determinant of whether the investor has made a profit or loss ( ignoring transactions costs for the moment ) , it is of primary importance in determining the option premium . |
| 28 | In the case of a ‘ long ’ share ( in which the security is purchased and held ) , each lp in the share price above the purchase price ( S ) yields 1p of profit ( ignoring transactions costs for the moment ) . |
| 29 | This scheme allowed individuals to arrange for an interest-free loan of up to DFl.12,500 ( £4,460 ; $7,140 ) to finance the purchase of a work of art . |
| 30 | True enough , the stock species Rosa rugosa is often used for hedging , but if that is the hedge you want , you will do much better to buy plants raised for the purpose . |