Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] they [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 2 | All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal . |
| 3 | Official recognition of the importance of the cliff , in danger of eroding away , will give campaigners added weight as they press for greater coastal protection measures . |
| 4 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 5 | Among large predatory mammals , polar bears are mainly maritime , spending much of their time along the coast or on sea ice where they hunt for fish and seals . |
| 6 | The answer is simple ; there need be no judge and no moral dilemma if parents and doctors accept that they have no more right to end the life of a handicapped child than they do for any child which enters this world . |
| 7 | Foreign competitors can enter our market on more advantageous terms and can gain a hold as they have for instance , in the motor and electronics industries . |
| 8 | German Sisters Carmula , Christa and Maria Carmen and Sister Margaret from the Wynberg convent travelled to Darlington last year and live in the Nunnery Lane convent until they leave for their new life in Africa . |
| 9 | Dozens of people with rucksacks glare back at them from the platform as they wait for their substandard ‘ Sprinter ’ to turn up ; wet , cold and miserable perhaps , but at least secure in the knowledge that they will eventually travel through the same scenery without parting with their life savings . |
| 10 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 11 | ‘ They should not cut applications of basal phosphorus as they prepare for planting , ’ is the warning from college researcher Jim Lewis . |
| 12 | I would really like to celebrate the Communion service with the people in my parish when they ask for it . |
| 13 | WEST HAM may get their man if they bid for Sunder-land 's John Byrne … |
| 14 | By contrast it costs about $600,000 to keep someone in prison for life if they live for another 40 years . |
| 15 | Former Tory Cabinet Minister , leading constitutional expert and friend of the Royal family Lord St John of Fawsley said last night the announcement ‘ must mean a change in the role of the Monarchy because they have for this century , and indeed the whole of the last one , been held up as an example of model family rectitude . |
| 16 | We have to be their voice as they ask for someone , anyone , to help Victor . |
| 17 | Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security . |
| 18 | They have a cult status which remains something of an enigma — particularly in the North-west where they stand for all that is dreary and depressing . |
| 19 | Provide food if they ask for it . |
| 20 | Those at lower organizational levels who will be responsible for implementing various aspects of the change can not be expected to commit to the effort until they see for themselves that the organizational leadership is similarly committed . |
| 21 | Handle the peels only by their edges to avoid grease marks , and lay them on clean , lint-free paper or cloth while they wait for mounting , to avoid dust and scratch collection . |
| 22 | If they work between eight and sixteen hours a week they need five years ' continuous employment before they qualify for payment , while those who work less than eight hours a week have no entitlement to redundancy payments . |
| 23 | DAVID BISHOP almost handed Wales an early disaster as they prepare for Sunday 's rugby league Test against France in Perpignan , writes Ray French . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Farmers whose turnover is below the registration limit , currently £36,600 a year , may use the scheme if they qualify for voluntary VAT registration . |
| 26 | The government 's annual report on the production costs of electricity in France has confirmed that nuclear-powered stations are the most cost-effective means of producing electricity provided they operate for at least 6,000 hours per year . |
| 27 | ‘ You can get out of the country before they come for you . |
| 28 | Summer Saturdays have continued to be a nightmare as they have for the nineteen summers your author has lived at Aberystwyth ! |
| 29 | Both of these are of course present in Schleiermacher too ; but they do not supply the framework of his system as they do for Ritschl . |
| 30 | And he got the call last week to take his place in John Clarke 's panel as they bid for a record-breaking six-in-a-row triumph . |