Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other concurrent development was the growing and irrepressible conviction that the inhabitants of India would claim and must sooner or later obtain responsibility for their own government . |
| 2 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 3 | Substitution of new materials for existing ones , increased recycling or simply reduced demand for materials due to technical innovations could all make a nonsense of predictions that the world may run short of key metals . |
| 4 | An emergency resolution was passed which urged the government to target criminal justice resources into preventative programmes rather than just extending custody for young offenders . |
| 5 | Last year was no disaster she placed sixth over 200 metres at the World Student Games and was a member of Britain 's silver medal winning 4 x 100 metres relay team but she will have to run faster than ever to earn selection for Barcelona . |
| 6 | Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system . |
| 7 | In Egypt , the growing reliance on huge imports of cheap grain from the United States has made it uneconomical for local farmers to grow grain , and large tracts of land that once grew food for local consumption now grow strawberries , luxury vegetables and other cash crops for export ( see Steif , 1989 ) . |
| 8 | In this case , the financial reports are imposing norms rather than passively providing information for users ' benefit . |
| 9 | Stockbrokers never more than now lack enthusiasm for the small client . |
| 10 | But it is damage wrought on the international competitiveness of American firms that really gives pause for thought . |
| 11 | The fact that the donor is better off , because the recipient demands more of the good , makes a grant that changes prices better than one that simply changes income for the donee . |
| 12 | When designing your garden , plan to include shrubs like pyracantha and Berberis darwinii that give flowers all year round and thereby provide food for wildlife . |
| 13 | Should we look to it for a pool of inventive talent that actively embodied novelty in its products , and thereby provided pressure for technical change among its customers ; or rather , for provision of engineering skills that responded passively to the demands made upon it by the inventiveness of its clients consumer industries and civil engineers ? |
| 14 | The smaller portable artefact , by contrast , lends itself to being exported to areas outside of its site of discovery , and thereby provides evidence for more abstract legiti-mations ; for example , the claim by colonial governments to represent the historical legacy of a sequence of great accomplishments is subsumed and given meaning by the concept of civilization . |
| 15 | The 95 minute work , which is a collaboration between the 49-year-old rock star and the renowned American conductor and composer Carl Davis , is a richly melodic and lavishly orchestrated piece for symphony orchestra , choir and four soloists . |
| 16 | Appointed to the politburo and then made founding editor of the theoretical journal Hong Qi ( 'Red Flag' ) in 1958 , Chen wrote numerous articles attacking ‘ revisionism ’ and supporting Mao 's disastrous ‘ Great Leap Forward ’ , an ill-conceived and brutally executed drive for rapid industrialisation and rural collectivisation now blamed for the deaths of more than 15 million people . |
| 17 | ft , or the same floor space could be obtained on a smaller part of the site by building higher , and so releasing land for car parking and other uses . |
| 18 | The best that could be achieved in western Europe was a dispersed defensive strategy which would bog down an offensive , in case of war , and so give time for negotiation . |
| 19 | On a political level , these schemes help to maintain the status quo , because they satisfy some of the minimum housing needs of the poor and so reduce pressure for radical reforms . |
| 20 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 21 | Now we cross to the other side of the no go area but turning is called tacking , and so to make ground for wind width we have to go in a series of zig-zags , each time turning for about ninety degrees and see that the sail is kept full most of the time only flapping momentarily as the boat turns directly through the eye of the wind . |
| 22 | When committing himself enthusiastically to an undeniably outrageous tactic , this brave and noble warrior not only left his mark on the opposition but touched significantly upon a dilemma that threatens to develop into an insurmountable and perhaps crucifying problem for Bobby Robson , the temporarily reprieved England manager . |
| 23 | The specific reason for the arrival of 252 Squadron was to provide long-range protection for a fast merchant vessel — the S.S. ‘ Parracombe ’ — on its way from Gibraltar , unescorted , carrying 21 crated Hurricanes and much needed cargo for the island , and also for a convoy of five fast freighters for Alexandria ( ‘ Tiger ’ convoy ) due to pass the island several days hence . |
| 24 | The co-operation of Western creditor government and private banks was sought in providing a global solution to foreign debt burdens , and thus to allow scope for realistic economic and social development strategies which also protected the environment and controlled the production of drugs . |
| 25 | If these countries felt they were being exploited by having to run a surplus and thus provide finance for the US deficit , such behaviour would be quite incomprehensible . |
| 26 | The Wedding Present have shown a refreshing disrespect for convention and largely won admiration for it . |
| 27 | In the western counties , three of the sites with pavements depicting Orpheus — Newton St. Loe , Woodchester , and Withington-also provide evidence for comparable assortments of geometric mosaics . |
| 28 | It has since been retrospectively enlarged , going back to 1754 for North America , and progressively completing coverage for other countries , particularly European geology . |
| 29 | It has since been retrospectively enlarged , going back to 1754 for North America , and progressively completing coverage for other countries , particularly European geology . |
| 30 | In any event , and no matter what reforms were contemplated , the issue that was posed by Marius Moutet , pre-war Minister for the Colonies in the Popular Front and shortly to become Minister for Overseas France , was whether or not France really considered herself to be a nation of 100 m. and whether or not she was to be a great power . |