Example sentences of "[verb] for [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 2 | Many unpredictable issues may emerge which are difficult to plan for at this stage . |
| 3 | What he sues for in each case is loss caused to him by the use of an unlawful weapon against him — intimidation of another person by unlawful means . ’ |
| 4 | If the interpretation of democracy argued for in this book is correct , or at least is found persuasive by its readers , then it should be clear that its principal practical implication is that democracy is still " unfinished business " on the agenda of modern politics . |
| 5 | The alternative to Regan 's typically liberationist view of animals , which I have argued for in this book and summed up in the concluding section of Chapter 6 , is that animals are primitive creatures . |
| 6 | Becoming educated in the way being argued for in this book requires a willingness and an ability to participate in a discussion oriented towards truth . |
| 7 | If the idea of higher education being argued for in this book can be summed up in one word , that is it . |
| 8 | I have given only a very rough and general indication of how the model of teacher mediation I have presented and argued for in this chapter might itself be made operational . |
| 9 | The Labour Party has much to answer for from this perspective . |
| 10 | The trade unions have been largely silent and it was felt that the media had a lot to answer for in this department . |
| 11 | Valuable coins would naturally be searched for with more energy and so tend to be recovered at a higher rate in ancient times . |
| 12 | Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ . |
| 13 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 14 | so what you 're looking for in any formula shush daddy 's talking Matthew ! |
| 15 | Erm wh what they 're looking for in this answer is erm Because it 's the angle in the semicircle angle B is ninety degrees . |
| 16 | Shots of the product in use or in an unusual setting are the type to aim for in this area . |
| 17 | And that 's the sort of target we 're going to look for from that assignment . |
| 18 | Lots selling for above that figure will be charged at 15% on the first $50,000 and 10% for the remaining amount . |
| 19 | The official line was that ‘ true character of French concessions to Indo-Chinese nationalism and ultimate intentions are clear to Department ’ and it was for this reason that no further substantive concessions involving parliamentary action in France were called for at that time . |
| 20 | Three fundamental changes are called for in this regard . |
| 21 | The extra meeting was called for by several committee members . |
| 22 | The relation between an obligation concretized in the form of presence on a list and the realization of the action called for by this presence is obviously one of subsequence , whence the use of the to infinitive . |
| 23 | ( To appreciate the reorientation that was called for after this period , see Latourelle , 1968 , pp. 207–309 ; on Tradition , see Congar , 1966 , especially pp. 196–221 ; on the trials of biblical scholars , see Levie , 1961 . ) |
| 24 | And that was all d'Alembord prayed for at this moment , that Ford would learn success fast and thus calm his worried fears . |
| 25 | Baby One has been handed back to the local health authority and is being cared for at another hospital . |
| 26 | There could be a switch to another Conservative Prime Minister , who , uninvolved in the protection debacle , might hope for at any rate some Liberal support . |
| 27 | ‘ Harry , what does my father hope for from this marriage of his ? ’ |
| 28 | The best you can hope for in that game is a draw — you ai n't gon na win . |
| 29 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 30 | The budget figure is what 's been agreed with and it 's a straightforward month by month , seasonally adjusted erm budget which comes to the end result figure that we 're aiming for for this year . |