Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in the past few weeks , Carlton is also believed to have invited Bainsfair Sharkey Trott and Ogilvy & Mather to pitch for the account . |
| 2 | Just as a rector would put in a vicar or curate to care for the souls in his parish , or a landlord would employ a bailiff or steward to manage his estates , so an officer would appoint a deputy to conduct the business of the office , usually for a small pittance , while he himself enjoyed the bulk of the proceeds . |
| 3 | ‘ I see no captain on the bridge , no leader , no will to win or passion to play for the club . |
| 4 | ‘ Not everyone has the drive , ability , energy or inclination to aim for the top — and of course that goes for both men and women . |
| 5 | RENTOKIL was quick off the mark yesterday when it decided to increase its dividend by more than earnings to compensate for the Chancellor 's decision to cut the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 6 | Disenchantment with exchange rate flexibility and the recognition that inflation can not be controlled through uncoordinated monetary policies generated the political will in France and Germany to press for the formation of a regional monetary system . |
| 7 | The children need to be taught to move head and eyes to compensate for the field loss . |
| 8 | For US television , on the other hand , competition for the same audience within the same time-slot drives producers and planners to look for the new exploitation angle which will differentiate their product within the market , propelling genres and conventions along the track of transformation and mutation . |
| 9 | Residential institutions lost favour and became associated with , if not blamed for , the lack of professional vision and determination to plan for the long term future of children . |
| 10 | The Turkish government , which had announced the intended diversion on Nov. 20 , 1989 , rejected the complaint , pointing to the fact that it had increased the supply of water to Iraq and Syria by 50 per cent between November and January to compensate for the loss of water in January-February . |
| 11 | Alliance councillor Larry Thompson warned that if such a motion was passed and implemented it would act as a catalyst encouraging other groups and organisations to apply for the same free waste collection . |
| 12 | A collision between Mansell and Senna and retirement for Patrese left Berger and Schumacher to fight for the spoils . |
| 13 | Well , can I suggest that we look at Simon 's document and go through it and respond that we take the three proposals that Jenny has tabled , review and agree or decide to adjust and ask Stella and Rita to prepare for the next meeting documents then as assignments ? |
| 14 | When the day of the wedding dawned in October , Elizabeth came up to the farm to help Lydia and Martha to prepare for the ceremony . |
| 15 | Each file has been designed by the librarian and teachers to cater for the specific needs and aims of the curriculum and pupils . |
| 16 | At two thirty-five , the front door was opened by Penman , and Alexandra , in a green wool crèpe dress with a lace jabot and a good deal of complicated silk braid around the hem , under a coat of similar fabric , slit to the waist at the back and sides to allow for the movement of her skirts , and a hat swathed in green gauze and decorated on the left hand side with brown velvet pansies , came down the steps and climbed in . |
| 17 | There should be enough spaces in the exhibition schedules and venues to allow for the mounting of lower priority short-term exhibitions outwith the major thematic exhibitions . |
| 18 | The functions , including in particular those to be carried out for the direct benefit of individual members of the public , such as social services , may require the borrowing of money and do require the recruiting and employment of many men and women to work for the council . |
| 19 | His model of what computer learning should be like is taken from the ‘ Samba schools ’ in Rio de Janeiro , where experts and stars gather a coterie of followers and students to prepare for the carnival . |
| 20 | All eyes were on the clock as the hands dragged themselves , with agonising slowness towards noon and time to leave for the airfield . |
| 21 | ICAS has also welcomed the Budget proposal to extend capital gains retirement relief by relaxing the existing 25 per cent shareholding condition to a single individual 5 per cent test and by allowing full-time working employees as well as directors to qualify for the relief . |
| 22 | A comment of interest , when subscriptions to pay for the bell were not forthcoming appears in the Church magazine : " This is a matter which the Non-conformist might reasonably be expected to support , a fine peal of bells is something for all inhabitants of Halling to be proud of , they are rung on many occasions , which have nothing to do with church services " . |