Example sentences of "[noun sg] to make [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widespread deforestation to make way for ski slopes has eroded topsoil , increasing the incidence of avalanches . |
| 2 | Although China wanted the naval base retained , Chief Secretary Sir David Ford announced that by 1992 it would be moved from its central site to make way for land reclamation . |
| 3 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 4 | So is the need to make provision for progression . |
| 5 | So Kant sought by ‘ limiting knowledge to make room for faith ’ , and to connect faith with moral awareness and action . |
| 6 | It was consecrated in 1873 in the presence of Queen Victoria , and , sadly , demolished in 1922 in order to make room for redevelopment . |
| 7 | In early 1977 , for the first time in 30 years , campesinos in the central region of the country occupied land from which they had been evicted over a long period of time to make way for export crops . |
| 8 | Bain had discovered Spital Square on the brink of demolition and in spite of bursting into tears in the Mayor 's parlour , he could do nothing to stop its destruction to make way for market expansion . |