Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His remedy was to sue for breach of contract . |
| 2 | ‘ Coleman 's duties with the Ordnance were to examine for soundness all ‘ recruit ’ horses , advise on the treatment of disease , inspect at outstations , bringing in such cases as he thought necessary for treatment at Woolwich , to lecture occasionally to the officers , artillery cadets and farriers , and to direct the shoeing . ’ |
| 3 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 4 | The warring groups in the Bosnian crisis are to meet for peace talks in Sarajevo next week . |
| 5 | principal female character in Shakespeare 's Hamlet ; her distraction comparable with Mrs Veneering 's on hearing that her husband is to stand for Parliament . |
| 6 | Henry 's only plan at this moment was to play for time . |
| 7 | As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , . |
| 8 | An alternative procedure which appears to be acceptable to HM Land Registry is to apply for office copies of the registered title ( Form 109 ) ; this incurs the same fee ( £8 ) as an index map search , and following the Land Registration ( Open Register ) Rules 1991 it is not necessary to specify the name of the proprietor ; if the land is not registered the application will be rejected , but if it is registered the receipt of office copies gives the opportunity to check the charges register for mortgages . |
| 9 | To argue always for unfudgeability is to argue for form over substance with all the waste of capital that entails . |
| 10 | EAST Lothian District is to charge for waste collection from commercial premises from August , it was announced yesterday . |
| 11 | The natural instinct was to scuttle for shelter . |
| 12 | Mobil Badger is to offer for license a novel technology for reducing the benzene content of light reformate , the Mobil benzene reduction process . |
| 13 | The 1992 budget was approved in the Knesset by 60 votes to 53 with one abstention on Jan. 2 , two days after a Dec. 31 deadline and a matter of hours before the government was to press for approval of a one-month provisional budget . |
| 14 | The Education Secretary has been in the region lending his weight to the Conservative campaign , and denying that the Government was to blame for school underfunding . |
| 15 | Nothing is written down , unless by the parent , the stated reason being to allow for flexibility . |
| 16 | That is no longer the case and the position , the author would suggest , is governed by the statement of Lord Reed in Vesty v IRC 31 TC 1 at 120 where he states : I think that Chamberlain 's case shows that the most profitable course to follow is to determine what was the property comprised in the settlement , and that the way to find the property is to look for property charged with rights in favour of beneficiaries . |
| 17 | The only time you normally see so many people entering a wheat field is to look for corn circles . |
| 18 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 19 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 20 | If the scheme is to qualify for grant aid , the benefit-cost assessment must show that the present value of all the benefits derived from the scheme exceed the present value of all the costs . |
| 21 | ‘ One of the priorities in redeveloping Fairfield Manor Hotel is to cater for business users , ’ said Croft managing director Keith Pope . |
| 22 | The overall national purpose is to work for achievement of the attainment targets of the curriculum . |
| 23 | One of the reasons for the survival of the category is the survival of educational institutions defined by it : special schools and units whose purpose is to cater for MLD/ESN pupils . |
| 24 | The idea is to kick for position . |
| 25 | Now is , is the fact that they do n't do that , they still go for this rent and interest rate reduction is it because of the experience of the north , they found that the best way in the north was to go for rent reduction , interest rate reduction and then go on , and they were simply taking that experience into the south , but taking it into a different area where it was no longer necessary or appropriate ? |
| 26 | In fact , he said , one of the reasons IBM France decided to set up the new division was to cater for software partners and other customers . |
| 27 | The probable reason for a wild cat entering a house is to look for food ; but this was the lambing season with plentiful big-cat food in all directions . |
| 28 | Your second option is to go for replacement windows that combine the latest design and constructional techniques with materials that promise minimal maintenance , and which include the bonus of having sealed-unit double glazing and built-in weatherstripping . |
| 29 | erm well would , w w would anybody want to advocate that , yes , the option was to go for collectivization fairly quickly ? |