Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly intended to curb the activities of nationalist guerrilla groups operating in the Transcaucasian and Central Asian republics ( particularly Armenia ) , the decree appeared designed for use equally to prevent militia units being formed in the Baltic republics as an alternative to the Soviet police and armed forces . |
| 2 | Send for tickets now to ensure you do n't miss Michael Barry cooking a 3-course meal in 30 minutes , wine tastings with Jill Goolden and Oz Clarke , and a chance to meet other cookery celebrities . |
| 3 | Whereupon Hargreaves threw his arms around Venetia and kissed her violently , pausing for breath only to make some comment about Public Ownership , as Giles sprawled upon the floor . |
| 4 | What we have in mind is instead a much smaller team which could give a national focus to the work of local or regional money management education associations , help to harmonise educational material with the needs of school curricula , spot gaps in research knowledge and seek ways of filling these , and follow its concern through into the adult world — tackling the credit information gap from both sides , by looking for ways both to spread knowledge ( for instance through the media , not forgetting — see chapter 3 — those catching the attention of women ) and to make credit use itself easier to understand . |
| 5 | We are therefore constantly looking for ways both to reduce the amount of waste we produce and to upgrade that which remains . |
| 6 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
| 7 | He hesitated , perhaps waiting for Peter politely to disagree . |
| 8 | But for the moment that remained to be seen , for the jet-setter was about to leave for Australia again to make a three-part film assessing his country on its bicentennial . |
| 9 | Yes , that , that 's , that 's very much part of it , but we want , you know history 's only , only made by people , it 's made by every , you know , all of us really , so you know , we 're asking for groups now to come to us and say , you know , ‘ we want to do a project on X to do with the motorway ’ , and we 'll be prepared to , you know , back it up as much as we can . |
| 10 | Austrian parents do not have to suffer the embarrassment of going and asking for charity just to send their children to school looking like everyone else . |
| 11 | Instead , they are preparing for opportunities specifically to win concessions for those hardest hit by the VAT rises . |
| 12 | Actually the bulk of it was being done in her father 's absence by his accountant , but still there was enough left for Rory occasionally to feel swamped . |
| 13 | New Zealand , Australia and Scotland for that matter would never settle for second just to please a fickle press . |
| 14 | Wade , whose sixth place in the 1500 metres was the best showing by a North-East athlete at the World Championships in Tokyo last year , has decided to head for Aberdeen instead to face Dorovskikh in this summer 's first major televised event , the Grampian Festival of Road Racing . |