Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] for their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | some people they only live for their partner do n't they and a thing like that get a |
| 2 | Most managers thus depend for their development on a mixture of exhortation from above , the interest of their immediate seniors and self-help . |
| 3 | The feathery leaves and bright yellow flowers are worth growing for their decorativeness alone and , being an annual , they soon pay for their place . |
| 4 | Many still fear for their lives , but have been told they can stay here until it 's safe to return . |
| 5 | Members still suffer for their faith , for instance , by being denied university education or worthwhile jobs . |
| 6 | Leopards still die for their skins and it takes five to seven leopards to provide the material for one fur coat ! |
| 7 | A static model , such as that of Homans in sociology , emphasizing structural maintenance through a form of ‘ social approval ’ , neglects the inherent dynamism of reproductive strategies that necessitate risk in competition and possibly conflict for their fulfilment . |
| 8 | The Tigers have denied responsibility ; but they usually do for their atrocities . |
| 9 | Parishes ought to pay the costs of these , as they often do for their clergy or other personnel to receive in-service training . |
| 10 | As one who was in the vanguard of the battle to halt and then reverse the ratchet of socialism , I appeal to all who really care for their country and their children 's future : do not give history an opportunity to repeat itself . |
| 11 | British motorists would be forced to pay the far higher prices that car makers invariably charge for their body parts , in some cases up to 60 per cent more , the Consumers ' Association has said . |
| 12 | Seventy years later the Pentecostals of Chile , now numbering over a million , regularly meet for their vigilias — their nights of prayer . |
| 13 | Anyway , they would fall in love with these Counts who were ten a penny and even pay for their drinks . |
| 14 | Four out of five regularly reach for their wife 's or girlfriend 's face cream and 13 per cent use their partner 's shampoo , a survey in Good Housekeeping magazine reveals . |
| 15 | The drivers , he says , have become overpaid prima donnas who have little regard for their responsibilities to the public or sponsors . |
| 16 | As a result , an increasing proportion of the rural population no longer work in their home parish or village but instead commute for their living . |
| 17 | Much of it has come from work with animals , for here it is possible to arrange particular experiences at particular ages and subsequently test for their effect on the behaviour of mature animals . |