Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 However , the figure we gave for the annual input of carbon into the soil ( 1.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year ) include the carbon contributed by algae and photosynthetic bacteria .
2 But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large .
3 But seriously the work we do for the union is only one part of the equation .
4 If you wish to effect a placement in a residential or nursing home we hope for the time being it will help resolve your problem .
5 There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years .
6 The facts are there there has been a staggering rise in attacks and murders this union must take the lead we call for the British government to bring in legislation to ban the evil nationalist and fascist political parties , and insist that government strengthens legal protection for third country nationals .
7 On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it .
8 It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning .
9 But we very much hope that the map will stay in Hereford and that we shall have the money we require for the Cathedral .
10 ‘ The night we kissed for the first time .
11 At night we listen for the sea freezing over .
12 So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home .
13 In this paper we report for the first time the isolation of cDNA for a zebrafish POU family gene which is ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis .
14 The word we use for the overall behaviour of the pitch in these examples is tone ; a one-syllable word can be said with either a level tone or a moving tone .
15 The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea .
16 ‘ The main reason we go for the leasing option is because it frees up working capital , ’ says John Preen , treasury manager .
17 Intuitively , it would seem desirable that whatever account we give for the role of an expression like in other words in a phrasal apposition like [ 10 ] we give the same account for its role in a reformulation involving complete sentences , for example [ 9 ] .
18 This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan .
19 That 's a nice tyre we got for the erm caravan for ten quid .
20 These ideas were confirmed by a special Gallup Opinion Poll we commissioned for the review .
21 ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC , ’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again .
22 It will be dry by the time we leave for the dance . ’
23 Seasonal style Great ideas for Christmas decorations READERS ' HOMES MICROWAVE MAGIC We test for the best CHRISTMAS COOKERY Festive dishes with a difference WINTER GARDENS How to breathe life into yours
24 Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate .
25 In order to create the Party atmosphere we want for the show , the event will be recorded in front of studio audiences at Central TV 's studios in Nottingham on 13 and 15 December .
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