Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] for their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some owners of compound eyes have another bonus to compensate for their poor resolution , and that is the rate at which they can perceive images . |
| 2 | Even if Europeans could agree on which institution to rely for their future defence , would Europe 's armies be ready for a fray ? |
| 3 | In adjusting the Polytechnic 's staffing establishment to account for their central contribution a formula is used which balances the contribution of numbers of staff from each department ( 0.3 ) — i.e. the ‘ payment ’ — against the central service each department receives ( in terms of students admitted and counselled in Stage I ) — the ‘ bill ’ . |
| 4 | The leaders , who were paid a small amount to compensate for their organizational work , recruited seven other team members ; there were eight such teams . |
| 5 | Yet Montupet is recruiting people from a heavy engineering background to train for their new plant . |
| 6 | This might occur if general practices encouraged a partner with a special interest in diabetes to care for their diabetic patients ; if practices are well equipped as part of a commitment to quality of care ; if the practice has access to dietitian services — most appropriately , perhaps , through the training of practice nurses in dietetics ; and , in such well organised practices , if only those patients with special problems are referred to hospital diabetic clinics . |
| 7 | In the middle of November the Eliots travelled to America , where he made five public appearances in order to pay for their forthcoming holiday in Barbados after Christmas — as long as he could " hobble up a stage " , he could still pay for such trips . |
| 8 | With less reliable means of reaching the station , with perhaps less requirement for haste , and less opportunity to understand the timetables or gauge time by any other means than the sun , these passengers used all the patience of the peasant to wait for their appropriate train . |