Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to describe in detail without spoiling the effect for future viewers , something that goes for the whole film . |
| 2 | It was concluded that low cost tools have limitations but can provide useful experience to system builders that allows for the critical selection of more advanced software . |
| 3 | Bowers , for example , reviews research indicating that speed falls from 55 to 45 km/h in such zones , with the associated implication that speeds for the fastest 15 per cent of drivers would be above 50 to 55 km/h . |
| 4 | Concern was also expressed about smoke from the barbecue interfering with other sporting fixtures , and it was agreed that plans for the proposed verandah should be viewed by the parish council before going to the district . |
| 5 | If , as is postulated here , usage is determined by the meaning to be expressed , the answer must be that there are two different ways of conceiving causation in English , make representing it in a way that calls for the bare infinitive , cause in a way requiring the representation of abstract movement in time signified by to . |
| 6 | As the implications of another disastrous election defeat begin to be analysed , it is clear that calls for the Labour Party to embrace PR as a way of breaking the Tory stranglehold are gaining in strength . |
| 7 | It may be modern unwillingness to accept that there were activities in ancient societies which we do not understand that accounts for the embarrassing silence of archaeology on the Andean lines and its stubborn resistance to a proper treatment of the ley theory in Britain . |
| 8 | It is in a rather different sense that it is said of the wicked that they will soon fade like the grass ( Ps 37.2 ) , for there it is not an inbuilt weakness of the human constitution that accounts for the imminent death of the wicked but a fate peculiar to wrongdoers . |
| 9 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 10 | There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent . |
| 11 | Money-Go-Round : One European parliament that speaks for the elderly |
| 12 | it to be rewritten we usually have one event after Christmas that pays for the extra gas and heating that we use . |
| 13 | Mick Cleary argues that claims for the 1995 RWC are not as persuasive as at first they may seem |
| 14 | I would maintain that claims for the cognitive consequences of literacy must take account of this challenge . |
| 15 | Meaning is not an issue that arises for the Russian Formalists , and it is here that they differ most fundamentally from the American New Critics with whom they otherwise have so many similarities . |
| 16 | For the school library , through books , films , recordings , and other materials , goes beyond the requirements of the instructional program , and unfolds for the many private quests of children and young people the imagination of mankind . |
| 17 | She 's quick , determined , and looks for the good things in life . |
| 18 | ( This ensures a wide field of application and allows for the gradual introduction of new languages such as Ada . ) |
| 19 | This ‘ deadband ’ prevents the servo from ‘ hunting ’ and allows for the inevitable backlash , friction and inertia of the gearbox and motor . |
| 20 | The bowler returns the ball to his own end and prepares for the next delivery . |
| 21 | I detest the economist Ramón Tamames , who condemns the broken engagement between the two multinationals MOMA and MNCARS ; who criticises the Reina Sofía 's ‘ weird ultra-avantgarde artistic creations ’ and yearns for the musty progressive reproductions of ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 22 | An elderly woman does not want to take the risk , hastily glances at the sharp blades of the door , retreats back to behind the faded white line and waits for the next train . |
| 23 | It is also the linkage which is attacked by simple chemicals , such as bleaching powder , which are used by laundries , and accounts for the gradual weakening of shirts in the wash . |
| 24 | The principle upon which it operates is that the pool is split into two components : the first is referred to as ‘ common funding ’ and accounts for the greater bulk of the pool ; and the second is known as ‘ further funding ’ and comprises an element of additional financing for those institutions which have a high historic unit cost . |
| 25 | To receive and consider the Directors ' Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 27th March 1993 . |
| 26 | This appears in the annual report and accounts for the 53 weeks ended 2 May 1992 . |
| 27 | Over 60 per cent of public expenditure flows through these accounts , as well as grants to local government and finds for the National Health Service , nationalized industries and public corporations . |
| 28 | Suppose the central bank takes this line of argument seriously and opts for the following policy rule : where n is a constant . |
| 29 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 30 | The winner is the one who jumps and crawls for the longest time , and he receives a blue ribbon to wear round his waist . |