Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Baxter and his friend , Dr. William Bates narrowly escaped arrest when they were due to meet to pray for the recovery of a woman who was ill and on the point of death . |
| 2 | The northbound carriageway between junctions nine and ten is still blocked and we 're told it 's likely to remain blocked for the next two hours . |
| 3 | Electricity consumers are paying a levy which goes to Nuclear Electric to help pay for the cost of removal and disposal of radioactive plant when existing nuclear power stations reach the end of their operating lives . |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard and IBM are both very interested in the microkernel planned by the Software Foundation , but that is two years away , which suggests that if applications developers do not start converting their applications to run under OSF/1 soon , for commercial reasons , all the sponsors currently at the V.3.2 level look likely to decide to wait for the microkernel and then implement their existing environments over it . |
| 5 | If it can not be proved wrong , then the scientist will conclude that there is a causal law in operation , and will advise farmers , who are likely to have paid for the research , of this . |
| 6 | Churches which escaped are likely to have paid for the privilege : the raiders had threatened to destroy Christ Church in 994 unless they were given a sum promised them by Archbishop Sigeric . |
| 7 | Qannaas ' trainer , BBC commentator and former royal jockey Bill Smith , said the horse is likely to attempt to win for the third time this season tomorrow ( Sat ) at Parham . |
| 8 | They were ‘ among the first to exploit writing for the purpose of formulating original theoretical knowledge … |
| 9 | On Aug. 13 the government published a list of television companies which had been awarded official concessions and were thus entitled to continue broadcasting for the next six years beyond an Aug. 23 deadline . |
| 10 | The first elected council contained such active and progressive members as Sidney Webb , eager to encourage housebuilding for the working classes . |
| 11 | Rosemary , who has learnt to cope with severe tinnitus , is all ready to set sail for the THIRD time aboard Lord Nelson , the specially adapted tall ship for disabled adventurers run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust . |