Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was cheered by 3,000 people , almost none of whom would qualify for abode or refuge under the current package . |
| 2 | He 's the hardest working of St Andrews ' 98 registered caddies , 67 of whom would report for duty that day . |
| 3 | Most of them would go for four or five months before any change of clothing reached them , not perhaps such a hardship as , without a change of clothes , Bernard Callinan found his irritating prickly-heat rash disappeared . |
| 4 | But none of them would do for today . |
| 5 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 6 | I keep trying to do that — but none of them will stand for it . " |
| 7 | All of which would make for a rave review , were it not for the fact that , for all their charm , the Jays ' every move oozes lamentable irrelevance . |
| 8 | Two hypotheses are worth mentioning , either of which would account for a significant number of cases . |
| 9 | In Europe police organisation is hierarchical , centralised and supervised by the government , all of which may account for the tendency to rely on police investigations while , at the same time , declining to constrain them by the kind of normative rules we find in Anglo-American law . |
| 10 | For a massive planet consisting largely of hydrogen and helium there are two main sources of heat for the interior , each of which could account for the excess radiation . |
| 11 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |
| 12 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |
| 13 | However , if your elderly parent has no telephone and neither of you can pay for one , you should contact the local authority social services department , who are empowered to provide assistance towards the cost or , in some cases , free telephones for disabled housebound elderly people and others , under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 , although the extent of need is determined by the local authority in the light of resources . |
| 14 | I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his speech — I am sure that he would not have predicted that — because he attempted to deal with the question of who would pay for increased benefits by quoting a statement apparently made by the permanent secretary to the Department of Social Security , Sir Michael Partridge . |
| 15 | The dilemma of who will care for the elderly is greater today than in previous generations . |
| 16 | ‘ It has failed to debate the key question of who should pay for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water . ’ |
| 17 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |
| 18 | With her grace , and a few prayers the rest of us may find for you , you can hardly go unblessed . ’ |
| 19 | ( Most of us would kill for hair like that , Belinda ! ) |
| 20 | Each of us should ask for the wisdom necessary to appreciate the opportunities which developments in modern communications technology offer for serving God and his people , while at the same time recognizing the challenges such progress inevitably poses . |
| 21 | Which of us can hope for anything better than that to be said about us ? |
| 22 | Meanwhile , there 's nothing much either of us can do for them . |
| 23 | ‘ None of us can account for our movements precisely . |
| 24 | He does not ask us to emulate him : we are not divine , and none of us could die for the world . |
| 25 | For many years there has been much debate in the UK about who should care for diabetic patients — general practitioners or hospital-based doctors . |
| 26 | If you are making your own pasta , use a strong flour , such as you would have for breadmaking . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only after that that someone like myself would look for technical skill , but it has to have that initial force to grab your attention , 99% of the time . ’ |
| 28 | There are two distinct objections to the hereditary principle — one is that hereditary peers are not elected ; the other is that blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit , competence or expertise such as one would wish for in a Parliamentarian . |
| 29 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 30 | Or , more ingeniously , the underside can be mirrored so that when it is flipped up it will look for all the world like a large looking glass . |