Example sentences of "[verb] for [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the first question the verb is thematicized ; in the second it is rhematic and is substituted for by a categorical verb , i.e. to do . |
| 2 | All in all , some pretty advanced hardware , but it does n't come cheap : Pentium readiness counts for about a grand of the price . |
| 3 | All this is followed meticulously if at a respectful distance by Doolittle 's seven-piece band , written for with a sure ear for tonal balance and a strong sense of the orchestra 's role as a virtual extension of the voice , but with little willingness to let the musical idea take over the action . |
| 4 | And that 's a traditional one that 's been made for in a modern , modern colour . |
| 5 | I can recommend any family will find what they are looking for at an HCI Club . |
| 6 | Even blindingly obvious and crucial insights do n't usually come instantly — it took us 24 hours to realise that the part-concealed agenda behind IBM 's December closures was that the company was signalling the death of the mainframe , a couple of months to realise that the executive search committee of IBM non-executive directors had n't a clue what it should be looking for in a new chief executive for IBM — because they themselves did n't have the computer industry background they needed to recognise how vital such a background would be to the person assuming the post . |
| 7 | And what else was Kerrang looking for in an ideal editor ? |
| 8 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 9 | A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects . |
| 10 | For example , the declining firm needs an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent to compensate for the capital loss of 5 per cent per annum , whereas the supernormal growth firm has a dividend yield of only 2.66 per cent , but this is compensated for by an average annual growth in the share price of 12.34 per cent . |
| 11 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 12 | While the quality of English wines can now compare with estate-grown and bottled wines from Germany or Alsace — in that they are fairly uniform — they bear the crisply full-flowered taste we often look for in a good table wine or aperitif . |
| 13 | One factor which investors look for in a safe haven is liquidity . |
| 14 | What should you look for in a primary school , before agreeing to send your child at four ? |
| 15 | But apart from basic maintenance like turning mattresses regularly — every three months , experts recommend — what should a hotelier look for in a good quality hotel bed and what is its average life expectancy ? |
| 16 | The client had been acted for on a previous aborted purchase . |
| 17 | David Batty , of champions Leeds , and all our positional and divisional winners , will join the other winners YOU vote for at a splendid awards ceremony next month at the Dorchester Hotel , London . |
| 18 | David Batty , of champions Leeds , and all our positional and divisional winners , will join the other winners YOU vote for at a splendid awards ceremony next month at the Dorchester Hotel , London . |
| 19 | The summit called for rapid completion or progress as regards investment services and insurance , intellectual property , takeovers , the liberalization of road transport as called for in a Dutch memorandum , the harmonization of animal and plant health standards , and the adoption by the end of 1990 of new value added tax and excise duty arrangements and of guidelines on trans-European transport networks . |
| 20 | A second group of statements has the distinction that their truth-values do not depend on whether there does exist a thing called for by a contained referring expression . |
| 21 | The guidelines include recommendations on how to ensure the tropical birds are well cared for in a temperate climate , that they have a proper diet , and are protected from illness and injury . |
| 22 | For the mentally handicapped especially , many hostels were welcomed by relatives who , often at great cost to their freedom and independence , had struggled to keep a close relative out of a stigmatized hospital , but were prepared to see them safely cared for in a local purpose-built home . |
| 23 | Older people are not confined , when cared for in an acute hospital , to the geriatrics department ; they are the single largest patient group for most major medical specialisms . |
| 24 | ‘ Every pupil at Kidminster Green is cared for by a personal tutor who remains with the tutor group throughout the pupil 's school career . |
| 25 | One in five families with children are now being cared for by a single parent — nearly all of them women — compared with one in 12 in 1972 . |
| 26 | The nursing home to which her husband has her committed after her eccentricity has become dangerous , and from which she and the other residents are eventually ejected to be cared for by an amorphous ‘ community ’ , might have been lying in wait for her from the day she was born . |
| 27 | For example , an older person with a fractured femur or requiring a hip replacement will be cared for by an orthopaedic surgeon ; someone requiring a cateract operation will be under the care of an ophthalmologist . |
| 28 | These dissonant days the best a player can hope for as an inspirational backdrop to his talent is an off-pitch dirge . |
| 29 | Next , he began to wonder why the best he could hope for in a Welsh shirt was the occasional entrance as substitute . |
| 30 | And I mean I 'm talking in matter of a few thousand pounds , to do for for a whole year . |