Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There 's a regulation about using it for private matters . " |
| 2 | This method is the first of its kind , and the ministry is considering developing it for commercial application . |
| 3 | It can be extended for the specific purpose of retraining you for new work provided that any agreement to do so : |
| 4 | The interpretative work of field staff , particularly the procedures by which they graft meaning onto the behaviour of polluters for the purpose of categorizing them for future decisions about enforcement , is , then , a central theme . |
| 5 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 6 | Most of the friends were too old or too physically enfeebled to be capable of offering themselves for military glory . |
| 7 | He felt like starting one for like-minded gentlemen . |
| 8 | Institutionally , there are no mechanisms for punishing someone for deviant behaviour of any kind . |
| 9 | I have no hesitation in recommending them for steady moving water and out of the two I feel the series X is more versatile . |
| 10 | Security was tight at yesterday 's ceremony , with press photographs banned and a single TV cameraman shepherded around by two naval security officers , who had to view his film before releasing it for public consumption . |
| 11 | This frequent contact with families is given strong emphasis by the prison authorities , who see it as one of the key elements both of encouraging prisoners to participate and in preparing them for successful reintegration . |
| 12 | Indeed , the range of skills which actuaries develop nowadays are ideally suited to fitting them for corporate management in general . |
| 13 | Their two-year project initially involves the implementation of software on a massively parallel Single Instruction , Multiple Data system , with a view to converting it for Multiple Instruction , Multiple Data systems at a later date . |
| 14 | They do n't wan na waste you for spare parts . |
| 15 | He also spoke about beating him for alleged sins . |
| 16 | The boys are furious when the police break their own rules by arresting them for public order offences while they are fighting on their home ground . |
| 17 | Ford began changing the way it treated its suppliers in 1980 by rating them for qual ity . |