Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overwhelming majority of Russians — some 83 per cent in the 1989 census — lived in the Russian Republic , where they accounted for the same proportion of the local population . |
| 2 | Male black grouse or blackcocks congregate at traditional lekking sites where they compete for the attentions of the females . |
| 3 | And young actors have a greater instinct these days for film than they do for the stage , though this is not to say that stage training is not equally important ; nevertheless as working actors we are getting more and more camera conscious in our acting and will continue to do so . |
| 4 | The TV detection team did n't fall for it , any more than they did for the man who claimed his set was never used . |
| 5 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 6 | The only possible savings would be from reductions in the number of teachers in the maintained schools , which would come about if parents were to stick to the survey preferences that they indicated for the independent sector . |
| 7 | With regard to indirect discrimination , the EOC conducted a postal survey of all the applicants to the Society in one year to establish whether or not each candidate could have complied with the mobility requirement at the time that they applied for the job . |
| 8 | What they have in common with sociological research , however , is that they depend for the accuracy of their results on choosing the right people to ask , and on having the right questions to ask them . |
| 9 | Frequent whitewashing or repapering , like John Barton 's ‘ clean stencilled pattern ’ , is often alluded to , no doubt because it made damp and derelict rooms look fresh and dry but that is the way that they remain for the reader . |
| 10 | My view of the exhibition and these complementary texts is that they seem for the most part to lack the critical motivation and the dialectical irony of the Situationists . |
| 11 | ‘ Using Moorsbus is one way of the public saying that they care for the future of the moors . |
| 12 | They walk onto court with untuned muscles and joints in cold weather and then wonder why they pull a muscle the first time that they stretch for the ball . |
| 13 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 14 | This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 . |
| 15 | It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them . |
| 16 | if they would only produce the same styles that they produce for the up to size twelve . |
| 17 | I hope we will borrow very modestly , it 'll be affordable , we 're not reckless , we 'll be doing what the majority of people in this country do , borrow within their limits for the things that they need for the future such as a home , or a car , something like that . |
| 18 | But before doing so , he contacted the solicitors who represented him in 1981 and they arranged for the crown court appearance . |
| 19 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 20 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 21 | He jumped out of the cart , lifted Arkhina down , and they ran for the stairway . |
| 22 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 23 | you know they went and they tried for the erm flying business . |
| 24 | They regard it as significant that the eighth and ninth century saw an increasing volume of exchanges not initiated by the state , but " privately-generated " ; and they look for the new wealth-creators among lords and peasants , finding in rural markets crucial mechanisms of exchange . |
| 25 | 4 Parties aim to win office and they compete for the support of the electorate at the polls on the basis of programmes of policies , or manifestos , that are set before the electorate for their judgement . |
| 26 | The people loved the play , they loved Burbage as Hamlet , they cried for poor Ophelia 's death , and they shouted for the murderer Claudius to die . |
| 27 | So they are in touch with their community and they do for the most part , know what 's going on , on their beat . |
| 28 | Newspapers were quietly folded and they headed for the hills . |
| 29 | It starts raining and they rush for the car , where they have an afternoon sleep . |
| 30 | Others lose their love through the separation of death or divorce and they grieve for the loss of the one who , to all intents and purposes , did share their everyday life and existence . |