Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other agreements with Japan in 1989 included projects to search for the burial place of Chingis Khan and for development in the Gobi desert . |
| 2 | This has resulted in a general failure on the part of local education authorities to plan for the promotion of community languages across all phases of the education system . |
| 3 | Not only has the arid nature of the land inspired successive rulers to create the most exquisite and luxuriant ornamental gardens in their palaces and towns ; it has also spurred generations of textile artists to compensate for the harshness of their environment by weaving emblems of foliate abundance into their rugs . |
| 4 | But I have no plans to write for the theatre . |
| 5 | The touchdown came with only one second left when Michael Haynes jumped among a crowd of defenders to catch for the victory . |
| 6 | Or , as Niall Fitzduff put it , the community ‘ is not to be destroyed at the whim of mining company ’ while nothing could ‘ compensate us or the generations to come for the loss of our community ’ . |
| 7 | The children need to be taught to move head and eyes to compensate for the field loss . |
| 8 | Ask local car dealer to write to car manufacturers to press for the introduction of more fuel efficient cars ? |
| 9 | Immediate plans were for four parties to leave for the area directly behind the German lines in jeeps , to attack supply dumps and soft-skinned transport . |
| 10 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 11 | Hopes that the rebels might put their party 's interests first and hold their peace until after polling day faded when they urged supporters to campaign for the leadership 's overthrow . |
| 12 | A DUBLIN building society has invested confidence in the national soccer team reaching next year 's World Cup finals in the United States by launching a special account for fans to save for the air fare . |
| 13 | County had lost six of their last eight League games at the Baseball Ground , which had prompted disgruntled supporters to call for the resignation of manager Arthur Cox . |
| 14 | And the model incorporates an adjustable time lag in the volcanic and solar influences to allow for the time it takes the temperature of the atmosphere and oceans to respond to outside influences . |
| 15 | It is not just an effort to raise funds to pay for the continuance of the maypole-raising , but a way of instilling the custom into the children . |
| 16 | He invited his clients to pay for the privilege of cutting his locks and raised £1,000 for the Chest Heart and Stroke Association . |
| 17 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |
| 18 | He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track . |
| 19 | There is nothing more baffling in cricket than the continuing reluctance of umpires to move for the adoption of TV assistance for narrow run-out and stumping decisions . |
| 20 | No familiar McGowran use of the eyes to show for the passing of years . |
| 21 | The Inland Revenue is valuing thousands of homes to prepare for the council tax … due to replace the controversial poll tax in 1993 . |
| 22 | A gradual decline is evident until the records cease in November 1872 although the last entry was " to take immediate steps to prepare for the Soiree . " |
| 23 | Already Catalan employers were organized in powerful associations to fight for the maintenance of import prohibitions . |
| 24 | THE mother and father of a boy born without eyes are joining other parents to fight for the truth behind their son 's rare condition possibly linked to pesticides . |
| 25 | ICAS has also welcomed the Budget proposal to extend capital gains retirement relief by relaxing the existing 25 per cent shareholding condition to a single individual 5 per cent test and by allowing full-time working employees as well as directors to qualify for the relief . |
| 26 | Everyone took-off at one minute intervals to allow for the prop wash to subside from the plane in front of you . |
| 27 | Number twenty two , capital effects to allow for the acquisition of various properties . |
| 28 | The aristocratic landowners invited companies to tender for the development rights . |
| 29 | A comment of interest , when subscriptions to pay for the bell were not forthcoming appears in the Church magazine : " This is a matter which the Non-conformist might reasonably be expected to support , a fine peal of bells is something for all inhabitants of Halling to be proud of , they are rung on many occasions , which have nothing to do with church services " . |
| 30 | Trafalgar eventually gave in when the Panel threatened to take up its option to apply to the courts for an order under the 1985 Companies Act , which might have forced the company directors to pay for the production of revised accounts themselves . |