Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditional complaint of consumers — who in Belfast supermarkets this week demonstrated their enthusiasm for cheaper beef — is that they pay twice for the beef mountain . |
| 2 | A lengthy list of injury absentees at the weekend underlined his call for further new faces at the club ; youngsters Gary Paterson , Andy Dow , Neil McCann and Paul Ritchie receiving first team calls after Morten Wieghorst , Graham Rix , Jamie McGowan and Gary McKeown were forced to call off . |
| 3 | The rally , scheduled to take place on Aug. 30 , had been organized by church leaders from several denominations to support their demands for greater political freedom and a national referendum on political reform . |
| 4 | For example , this theory is incapable of accounting for the phenomenon of redundancies : workers surely do not want to be made redundant in order to indulge their desire for longer holidays . |
| 5 | These , they argued , tended to make other people 's work less interesting and responsible ( which also weakened their case for higher pay ) . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot of the credit for that goes not only to the photographers themselves who have argued their case for greater prominence , but a great debt is owed to people like the editor Harold Evans who pioneered the creative use of photography in papers . |
| 7 | Farmers in one of the most important regions are threatening a strike unless Mr Gorbachov meets their demands for higher prices . |
| 8 | Better still , if you can , please arrange to give regularly to UNICEF 's work so we can carry our campaign for better child health care into the future . |
| 9 | DARLINGTON last night named West Hartlepool 's record try scorer Peter Robinson as the coach who will spearhead their drive for higher standards . |
| 10 | You need to have detailed information to help you plan your goals for healthier eating and weight control . |
| 11 | The accident provided councillors on Orkney with fresh ammunition as they prepare to put their case for stricter controls on shipping in the area to Lord Donaldson , who is expected to visit Orkney next week as part of his inquiry following the Braer disaster . |
| 12 | On March 21-22 Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel visited Brussels to press his case for closer Czechoslovak relations with the EC and NATO , the first such visit by a central or east European head of state . |
| 13 | The British studied the Plan and appreciated its importance for better Franco-German relations . |
| 14 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 15 | THE England B team , looking bright , brisk and keenly balanced , sharpened their appetite for bigger things last night at The Den after dominating large parts of the match . |
| 16 | In Wales the scheme is different so contact your council for further information . |
| 17 | If you are already working as a nurse tutor at a college , please approach your principal for further details on how to apply . |
| 18 | VICTORIOUS in America , the California Public Employees ' Retirement System ( Calpers ) is taking its campaign for better corporate governance abroad . |
| 19 | Civilian reactors , designed to produce power , use their fuel for longer and so produce heavier isotopes , Pu and Pu . |
| 20 | A TEESSIDE pensioner is taking her fight for better British pensions to Brussels this weekend . |
| 21 | Ask your branch for further details . |
| 22 | Widen your stance for greater stability , and move the ball position central to the feet ( photo left ) . |
| 23 | Cost reductions there are many , many actions we 've taken and so lots of the cost reduction is the accumulation of er of rather smaller ones , but the main ones are redundancy , sadly , more redundancy and we 'll give you the numbers in a second er we 've asked our suppliers for greater discounts or better discounts and been successful here . |
| 24 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |
| 25 | ‘ Maman , I have an idea , ’ the prince said , having racked his brains for further persuasions and clutching this time at straws . |
| 26 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |
| 27 | Not only did their desire for greater freedom at university lead them into conflict with the authorities , but at the same time they responded to issues of much wider social significance raised by the ‘ revolutionary situation ’ of 1859–61 , the massacre of peasants protesting against the terms of Emancipation , the repression of radical journalists such as Chernyshevsky . |
| 28 | It can be taken for granted precisely because of the kind of literature with which lay people were already familiar and the liturgical practices which stimulated their desire for further instruction and participation in the practice of the faith . |
| 29 | If a husband and wife continue to maintain their investments for further 10 year periods , their £18 per month could be worth : |
| 30 | Nevertheless they are constrained from deploying the usual wind-up techniques by their overriding concern to justify their actions and attitudes to someone who disapproved of them but whom they perceived to be in a position to influence their situation for better or worse . |