Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relationships with that partner may be judged successful or otherwise according to the ways in which they duplicate , replace or compensate for parental relationships . |
| 2 | Conversely , the assessment of insufficient performance points clearly to the sort of services necessary to redress or compensate for functional deficits . |
| 3 | Other ingredients can be added or substituted for different applications . |
| 4 | And we do not need to undergo years of psychoanalysis , or visit a hypnotist , or meditate for twelve hours a day , in order to seek self-knowledge . |
| 5 | See CORROSION-PROOFING & DESCALING for more details . |
| 6 | We believe that everyone will need to use the private car more selectively — possibly cycling or walking for short journeys or using public transport where this is possible . ’ |
| 7 | Technologies designed to replace or substitute for lost functions will also continue to improve , allowing if not complete recovery at least a greatly improved quality of life for patients . |
| 8 | I was famished , having had no food or sleep for thirty hours . |
| 9 | Never stoop or bend for prolonged periods |
| 10 | The Resource Options Programme is concerned to analyse the scope for and constraints upon ethnicity as a principle of economic organisation and group identity , paying special attention to localism as an alternative principle by which groups may organise or identify for particular purposes . |
| 11 | Since the end of last month it became illegal to burn off the stubble after harvest — that leaves farmers with the options of either ploughing it in or looking for alternative uses for it . |
| 12 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 13 | Write or telephone for further details . |
| 14 | From time to time , consultancies must organise not just a display by a client but must organise an entire exhibition or show for many exhibitors are on behalf of their client . |
| 15 | On April 23 the government tabled a bill providing for indemnity against prosecution , detention or arrest for political activists — including exiles who wished to return home — facing criminal or civil charges . |
| 16 | The regulations state that to work part time one must be looking after small children or caring for disabled relatives , but there are many more reasons why women would want to work part time . |
| 17 | If a once beautiful and honest young girl has become dishevelled and has dropped out of a promising educational course and is in perpetual trouble with the Police , then it is almost superfluous to ask questions on drug use or to look for physical signs of drug addiction , even though clinical accuracy demands this . |
| 18 | If you have had a licence refused or revoked for medical reasons your application may still be considered . |
| 19 | The vessels that sailed in and out of the Minoan harbours , whether bay-hopping round the Cretan coast or bound for far-distant ports , were generally rather small . |
| 20 | Louth was the next move , where stayed for 17 years before going to Wallingford where , with a stay of seven-and-a-half years , he holds the record as longest serving manager ! |
| 21 | They suggest that tropical forests be translated into zonal parks or exchanged for poor-world debts . |
| 22 | Culyer et al ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ . |
| 23 | ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ [ … ] |
| 24 | The main features of tabes are an inability to balance when the eyes are shut , numbness , and ‘ tingling ’ sensations , ‘ lightning pains ’ , which are sharp , shooting pains , usually in the lower limbs , which may come and go in a short time or last for several days without remission . |
| 25 | And adults do not need to be on the verge of shouting or crying for these mechanisms to be involved . |
| 26 | The book advises buying in bulk to secure a discount , or opting for ex-demonstration models , returned items and otherwise faulty goods . |
| 27 | The Syrian foreign minister , Abdul Halim Khaddam , visited Lebanon on three occasions to call for ceasefires or appeal for political reforms that might re-establish trust between the two sides . |
| 28 | Both Central News and ITN World News make full use of authentic material ; no story has been invented or truncated for these videos . |
| 29 | Opposition sources also claimed that a number of senior civil and military officers had recently been detained or executed for anti-government activities . |
| 30 | Take your pick from pure classic white or go for bolder shades |