Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However there is one powerful objection that must be considered , namely the so-called ‘ floodgates ’ argument , which is based on the fear that if such a concession were granted to war-tax protesters , the door would then be opened for other tax-refusal campaigns in opposition to various other governmental activities , including , perhaps , opposition to paying tax for welfare . |
| 2 | Someone had earlier likened the whole sorting process to sifting sand for gold , so we hoped we had struck gold in the Afghan desert , but sadly , a scholar at the National Library eventually pronounced the signature to be that of another Churchill ! |
| 3 | Fig. 6.7(b) shows the function l/ [ fl ) — 7LV ) ] and the shaded area , , corresponds to the integral of this function with respect to stepping rate for rates between 0 and f1 . |
| 4 | Labour candidate Alan Milburn said figures from the Northern Regional Health Authority 's guide to waiting times for GPs throughout the North show an increase in almost every department within Darlington health authority . |
| 5 | Finally , in 1603 a plan was devised , though never executed , for every county , inland and coastal , to contribute money to standing fleets for the protection of merchant shipping . |
| 6 | for more than 6 weeks now entails loss of pension and loss of Housing Benefit ; formerly local authorities had discretion to continue entitlement to Housing Benefit for quite prolonged admissions . |
| 7 | In addition to providing help for the hiring and buying of cars , Motability also has a wheelchair hire scheme covering both manual and powered models . |
| 8 | In addition to providing equity for new or growing companies , venture capitalists are taking a far greater interest in the management of the companies they back , sometimes joining the board . |
| 9 | In addition to providing presuppositions for science , religious doctrines have also offered sanction or justification . |
| 10 | Mr Mellor will oversee the launch of the National Lottery in addition to taking reponsibility for government policy on the film industry , arts and national heritage . |
| 11 | Borrowing an idea from the editors of the Annals of Internal Medicine , we have , in addition to setting targets for decision making and publication , developed what we call the ‘ vital signs ’ of the BMJ . |
| 12 | In addition to giving guidelines for individual viewing , in some circumstances it might be worth producing worksheets for some of the programmes in the library stock . |
| 13 | As a kind of amalgam of a Ministry of Justice ( dealing with the rights of the individual ) and a Department of the Interior ( responsible for internal order and the integrity of the state ) , it would hardly be surprising for the Home Office to show symptoms of schizophrenia ; it controls immigration , prisons , and drug abuse , for example , in addition to carrying responsibility for the Metropolitan Police and the Special Branch , and all these activities depend heavily on collecting and using personal information . |
| 14 | Over time the original emphasis of the programme has broadened from increasing liberalization and competition to raising money for current spending . |
| 15 | This flexible approach to arranging help for childcare has been adopted by several companies . |
| 16 | W. has breached the rules , the sanction has not been applied , W. is manifestly in control and the unit is reduced to proposing that they should move away from psychological coercion to offering reward for good behaviour . |
| 17 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 18 | The computerised exchange — known as Direct Dialling In ( DDI ) — has already gone a long way to reducing delays for the thousands of callers daily using the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust switchboards . |
| 19 | an aversion to maintaining newspapers for political reasons only . |
| 20 | This goes beyond monitoring attendance to exploring reasons for absence . |
| 21 | At their next meeting on 2nd May , the Governors decided to approach the Provincial Headquarters of the Sisters of the Holy Family , the owners of the Convent , with a view to buying land for squash courts . |
| 22 | I am accordingly asking all planning authorities concerned to give this matter further consideration , with a view to submitting proposals for the creation of clearly defined green belts , wherever this is appropriate . |
| 23 | In addition to this , candidates are required to submit a dissertation on a topic The course has been developed with a view to preparing students for proceeding to research work in their field , or seeking employment in cultural institutions or the media . |
| 24 | That since we have realised the position of women in the printing trade is seriously threatened , we women have been trying to organise ourselves with a view to securing justice for ourselves and for the women who may in future desire to practise the business of compositors or monotypists . |
| 25 | A supplementary guideline to setting limits for children might be : ‘ Set limits or boundaries for yourself ’ . |