Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a level where either the commander concerned or the typist could not render ‘ Marxist ’ correctly in Russian , it seems doubtful whether rejoicing for the Paris Commune would be very well informed or sincere . |
| 2 | Rutskoi was reported by ITAR-TASS on Oct. 22 as calling for the resignation of six members of the government " to stabilize the political and economic situation in the republic " . |
| 3 | IN MID-SUMMER , contemplating a day on the beach , Truronians will cast an eye skywards and decide on the instant whether to head for the north coast or the south . |
| 4 | It is about personal experience of particular brands as much as looking for the numbers . |
| 5 | Also , because of his terrible sense of direction , he would get lost when hunting for the wrong things and Endill had to spend much of his time searching for him , almost getting lost himself . |
| 6 | Providing for exceptional and individual needs may be more costly than providing for the average needs of fairly homogeneous groups of pupils . |
| 7 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 8 | If the pool is to be made with a liner there is no difficulty , for all that need be done , is order the liner larger than needed for the pool and incorporate it at the edge as if it were a spreading shallow pool about 30 cm ( 1 ft ) deep ( Fig 14 ) . |
| 9 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 10 | You 'll need to spread your talents if you hope to make a living from writing and I 'd recommend reading Thirty Ways to Make Money From Writing by Jennie Hawthorne ( Rosters , £4.95 ) which covers markets as diverse as working for the trade press , humour and writing for children . |
| 11 | In any case , there will be no alternative before long … and the gradual process is much better than waiting for the axe to fall . ’ |
| 12 | First he had to sort out the embarrassed financial affairs of his brother John , which had been neglected by the latter whilst working for the Company . |
| 13 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |
| 14 | By means of technical methods known as single , double , and triple tonguing extremely rapid but clear staccato production is obtainable , which is most sure and effective when used for the rapid reiteration of a single note , e.g. : |
| 15 | So instead , I refined my masturbation in combination with my hawk-eyed recollection to produce a variety of sexual experience which — ( I now realise ) — more than compensated for the absence of the real thing . |
| 16 | Lower interest rates in 1992 more than compensated for the effect of higher average debt levels . |
| 17 | As a consequence , greater virulence should be favoured if enough offspring of other wasps can be infected to more than compensate for the subsequent loss of extra offspring from the current host . |
| 18 | By seeming to do little more than wait for the economy to get better by itself , President Bush condemned himself . |
| 19 | ‘ Roll your own ’ more than compensates for the lifelessness of other parts of the book . |
| 20 | There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent . |
| 21 | It is a programme that holds out more than hope for the underclass . |
| 22 | In 1977 , the Labour Health Secretary David Ennals said : ‘ In the present economic climate the Government can do little more than provide for the increasing number of old people , leaving a small margin for improvements in method of treatment . ’ |
| 23 | These are normally a lot less than paying for the whole aircraft over the same short period , but after the term of the lease the aircraft must be sold , or re-financed . |
| 24 | This will be particularly important when recruiting for the new and necessary organisational structures which will be required to address the changed requirements now established by the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 25 | Hateley , it was felt , had been overly physical when challenging for the ball . |
| 26 | Survival curves were identical for patients who were and were not operated on and were only slightly worse than expected for the general population matched for age . |
| 27 | Levels of breakage of rodent incisors are generally low in the predator assemblages , but the incidence of digestion is higher than seen for the molars . |
| 28 | The Italian government approved on April 27 the lifting from May 14 of all remaining controls on capital movements , several weeks before the deadline of July 1 as required for the first stage of EMU to be implemented [ see also pp. 37132 ; 36598 ] . |
| 29 | It is saying too little in that to ask for the reason for the validity of a consent to certain normative consequences is the same as to ask for the reason for recognizing a person as holding a certain right to bring about these consequences . |
| 30 | They are not illustrated here , because the nature and extent of digestion are the same as illustrated for the first category . |