Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSPB also recommend that grants for on-farm forestry ( as proposed by the draft Structures Regulation ) should be included , but with emphasis on indigenous species . |
| 2 | While it is true that the warmth of hospitality , generosity and friendliness to be found in the West of Scotland has no equal , it is also true that the depths of rudeness and disgustingly mannered carelessness that passes for ethnic character are rarely surpassed . |
| 3 | To confront the anger of God in the way the ancient Israelites dared to do , to face it as directed against ourselves and the society of which we are so much a part , is to escape the romantic pretence , the unrelieved jollity , or the easy , unthinking speech of so much that passes for Christian belief and worship . |
| 4 | The figures came after a tough warning from Mr Major that plans for constitutional change backed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats threatened to sap Britain 's strength and would lead to weak , indecisive government . |
| 5 | CONSIDERING the vast worldwide market that exists for sexual material of all kinds , it is remarkable just how bad mainstream cinema has been when it comes to portraying sexual passion . |
| 6 | It 's an exciting game that calls for great skill . |
| 7 | Now comes the part that calls for real concentration and a steady hand — applying the glue or adhesive . |
| 8 | Making OPP film — coextruded oriented polypropylene — is a precise art that calls for careful handling . |
| 9 | This is changing fast , and clients are more and more wanting advice and action that calls for considerable finesse , knowledge , and intelligence . |
| 10 | Barthes 's S/Z brings the reader into particular prominence first in its concept of the scriptible that calls for active involvement on the part of the reader in the production of the text ( which is not to forget that in Critique et vérité Barthes had already described the critic as someone who has actively to produce a meaning for the polysemic text ) ; and second , in its thoroughly intertextual view of literature . |
| 11 | It said that fears for public order would make a hearing undesirable . |
| 12 | This is not a luxury Aussie skyscraper that caters for soft city folk — it 's for those who relish a taste of adventure in the New Zealand outback . |
| 13 | However , some tutors seem to feel that they are unable to accept these modifications despite the syllabus remaining virtually unchanged , though more comprehensive , as befits the education and examination standards of a ‘ professional ’ body that hopes for national recognition . |
| 14 | The first was Daniel Patrick Moynihan 's year-long effort to cut the payroll tax that pays for social security ( old-age pensions ) . |
| 15 | In addition to that , direct Murdoch promotions are boosting sales , but Granada warned that estimates for total demand should be taken ‘ with a certain pinch of salt . ’ |
| 16 | In order to make sense of them inferential skills may be needed , as well as an understanding of certain principles not unlike the minimal distance principle that operates for pronominal reference . |
| 17 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 18 | The student 's t-test is a recognised test for statistical significance of the difference between two means and allows for small sample sizes . |
| 19 | Based on a set of built-in general-purpose database objects integrated with a GUI , another industry first , Vision is intended for mixed environments of Windows-based personal computers , Macs running X-server software and Motif-grounded X-Window systems , and allows for rapid application development of all standard GUI window styles . |
| 20 | The costing of both staff is based on their salaries and allows for National Insurance contributions and superannuation . |
| 21 | The demo can be played for some time and allows for detailed assessment before opting to buy . |
| 22 | Pivots at centre and reverses for easy cleaning . |
| 23 | Almost half of the serviceable BR-owned wagon fleet in 1989 comprised ‘ merry-go-round ’ coal hoppers , with the remainder consisting largely of steel carriers , some vans and opens for general merchandise traffic , and — rather surprisingly and after much argument with the industry — the fleet of china clay carriers built to replace the venerable ‘ clay hoods ’ in 1988 . |
| 24 | At the height of the crisis his church sent a cablegram to Brooklyn : ‘ Queen Street Church , Wolverhampton , sends greetings and prays for perfect peace between England and America . |
| 25 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — something that is apparently much needed — the Foundation says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 26 | Initially focused on Distributed Computing Environment interoperability testing — apparently much needed ( UX No ) — OSF says the Interoperability Lab replicates end-user environments and provides for real-world testing and verification . |
| 27 | The peaty brown moor land rises up into the hills and makes for rough walking . |
| 28 | The softness is a characteristic of owl feathers and makes for silent flight . |
| 29 | By socialist accumulation we mean the addition to the functioning means of production of a surplus product which has been created within the constituted socialist economy and which does not find its way into supplementary distribution among the agents of socialist production and the socialist state , but serves for expanded reproduction . |
| 30 | 'i A wide personal choice may be offered in recommended reading of authors , themes , periods or genres , but works for detailed study must be of sufficient substance and quality to merit serious consideration and must be selected from at least two literary genres . |