Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 2 | with money to spare for small luxuries ; |
| 3 | ( b ) have the patience to search for helpful clues . |
| 4 | Odyssey also comes with host mode which means you can set your computer to wait for incoming calls . |
| 5 | Conditions of work were not pleasant ; landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured labourers who had come out under a contract to work for some years for the man who paid for the journey or anyone to whom he sold the right to command their services . |
| 6 | She did not tell me that the poor hungry children had to wash with ice in the morning , and walk through wet snow to sit for two hours with icy feet in a cold church on Sundays . |
| 7 | He told magistrates he is using his car to search for new shops to relaunch his business career . |
| 8 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 9 | Likewise , people from industry come to the department to work for short periods . |
| 10 | The less organised often resented the superior efficiency and greater discipline ( or docility ) , and the readiness to work for lower wages , of these peasants . |
| 11 | ‘ Although we have no mandate to talk for Scottish fishermen we are quite convinced that they too would want to continue exporting large amounts of herring to your country . ’ |
| 12 | For example , in an industry with a few large and many small firms , the large firms may support a trade association to lobby for industry-wide benefits because they get large benefits from it , even though the small firms also benefit from its success without joining . |
| 13 | And I 've got a chapter to read for American Studies . |
| 14 | His anthropological attempt to account for spatial variations in the nature of politics is countered by others who associate the origins of political variations across the earth 's surface with variations within the sphere of production ( notably with the core-periphery structure of the capitalist world-economy : Johnston , 1984d , 1989d ; Taylor , 1989 ) . |
| 15 | Even where there is some attempt to account for female/male differences in deviant behaviour , the explanation may simply resort to the simplistic notion that sex roles are generally differentiated . |
| 16 | ( iii ) Explain how van der Waals changed the ideal gas equation to allow for such deviations . |
| 17 | Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor . |
| 18 | A float or imprest ( say £20 ) is kept in the tin to pay for everyday items . |
| 19 | campaigning for better use of the existing housing stock to cater for smaller households ; |
| 20 | On that subject , obviously next year , er bearing in mind that we 've agreed as a committee to go for twelve matches on Sundays |
| 21 | Most wheats in his area look ‘ superb ’ and a plant 's capacity to compensate for blind sites should not be forgotten , he adds . |
| 22 | Guests who were not already close enough to the bar to reach for fresh glasses of wine edged nearer . |
| 23 | Although most trees produce few seeds in any year , the energy stored in each seed is sufficient for a seedling to grow for several weeks with little or no photosynthesis . |
| 24 | It is the way in which the public is presented with the facts , rather than the facts themselves , which almost guarantees panic and resistance to the proposal to look for extra resources . |
| 25 | In other words , limited liability is an incentive for management to play for high stakes and allow the general public to pick up the bill . |
| 26 | There must also be enough samples put on test to allow for duplicate examinations and for the proper investigations of special problems . |
| 27 | The purpose of this note is to explain the changes brought about by the Courts and Legal Services Act to allow for multi-national partnerships i.e. partnerships in England and Wales between English ( or Welsh ) solicitors and foreign lawyers . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me , ’ Athelstan spoke up , ‘ did anything happen in the household to account for these riddles ? |
| 29 | But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par . |
| 30 | ‘ Miss Joanna G is one of hundreds of single women in the borough who have sacrificed career and marriage to care for elderly parents at home . |