Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their accuracy still depends upon the correctness of our assumptions about causal order and the operation of other variables ; if we had either specified the causal order incorrectly , or failed to control for other important variables , the coefficients would be meaningless . |
| 2 | Suttons ' ‘ Redmate ’ can either be eaten as a salad onion or left to mature for mild , red bulbs ( below right ) |
| 3 | The plane might have been forced down by fighters or other enemy action , or had to land for some other reason , and we do n't know whether the men were able to get away all right or not . |
| 4 | In collaboration with the Garden 's educational services , we should create an educational resource centre , for use by teachers undertaking courses or attached to RBGE for particular projects . |
| 5 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |
| 6 | Its sing-a-long chorus was tempered with a churning ending that seemed to stretch for half the song . |
| 7 | One event may thus produce a multitude of effects that continue to reverberate for many years . |
| 8 | The 15 or so parties that claim to speak for British Muslims are constantly at war with each other . |
| 9 | In interpreting ideas and behaviour in societies which others might characterize as ‘ peaceful ’ , we suggest abandoning the focus on the lack of something called ‘ aggression ’ ( or violence ) and the construction of theories that attempt to account for this ‘ anomalous ’ absence . |
| 10 | The text for the first term 's production will usually be selected for the purpose of getting a new group to work together rather than trying to go for detailed individual performances . |
| 11 | We will enable village schools that wish to apply for Grant-Maintained status to do so in small groups , thus enabling them to share management tasks while still enjoying the benefits of independence . |
| 12 | The last payment could not be said to have been more than required to pay for such services rendered then or in the future . |
| 13 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 14 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 15 | The art seems to have died out in Crete altogether , yet mysteriously reappeared in Mycenae in the thirteenth century BC ; Sinclair Hood ( 1978 ) has suggested that after the conquest of Minoan Crete by Myceneans , the finest craftsmen may have been taken by force to the mainland and made to work for new masters . |
| 16 | These images also interact with other texts , particularly newspaper accounts of similar conditions , and combine to confirm for many White spectators that the truth is that housing and employment problems and so on will not go away unless Blacks are sent away or at least have their entry to Britain severely restricted . |
| 17 | May I draw to the attention of the Secretary of State the case of a Wakefield man who was refused expensive injections for infertility by a fund-holding GP and told to apply for that treatment to a non fund-holding practice in Wakefield ? |
| 18 | In the centuries where children were treated like Oliver Twist and worse ; where children were beaten , half-starved , and put to work for sixteen hours a day and more ; it is not surprising that horses were treated no better . |
| 19 | Where a block grant has been paid in the past , the Department will continue to do so unless or until an alternative arrangement is reached with the provider , and undertakes to pay for new individual placements from 1st April 1993 at not less than the DSS rate . |
| 20 | Fresh material should be put into water and allowed to drink for several hours as soon after cutting as possible . |
| 21 | The flow pattern , and allowed to run for many years of simulated time , generating a sequence of day-to-day ‘ weather ’ , |
| 22 | In a case where a principal instructs as selling agent for his property or goods a person who to his knowledge acts and intends to act for other principals selling property or goods of the same description , the terms to be implied into such agency contract must differ from those to be implied where an agent is not carrying on such general agency business . |
| 23 | Remove the dish from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving . |
| 24 | MIX IN THE MEAT CUBES AND ALLOW TO MARINATE FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR OVERNIGHT . |
| 25 | Pour over 600 ml of boiling water and allow to steep for 10–15 minutes . |
| 26 | Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 2–3 minutes before serving . |
| 27 | Then cover and turn off the heat and allow to stand for 1 hour . |
| 28 | Kendall axed Johnston after accusing his players of possessing a big-time mentality and failing to scrap for vital Premier League points in the less-glamourous matches . |
| 29 | An animal must similarly collect ‘ free ’ energy and continue to search for new energy sources which must at least repay the costs of the search . |
| 30 | Turn down the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for another 8–10 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated . |