Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're by no means sold out for every performance , in spite of Gesner . |
| 2 | This Act introduced the Rate Support Grant , made LEAs ( rather than central government ) responsible for paying for school meals and milk , and allocated funds ( under Section 11 ) to local authorities for payment of staff employed specifically for the education and welfare of immigrants . |
| 3 | If all councillors became full-time politicians then this would restrict the range of people coming forward for election and could alter the balance of the relationship between them and the officers of the council . |
| 4 | Despite this , there was no shortage of people coming forward for teacher training . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of the PC Patrick Dunne , who was shot dead on duty in South London . |
| 6 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 7 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 8 | Next year they see profits advancing to £113.9m with £143m pencilled in for 1991 . |
| 9 | The day often began with people dropping in for breakfast , as they had done at Hamilton Terrace . |
| 10 | Kevin Feeny at Warburg Securities is looking for £242m against £183m with £650m pencilled in for the year . |
| 11 | The tour provided the first opportunity for many years for people to call openly for the restoration of human rights , legalization of political parties and the scrapping of the Tinkhundla ( chieftancy ) system [ see p. 38048 ] . |
| 12 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 13 | They follow the Cheque Act hurried through Parliament just before MPs broke up for the election . |
| 14 | I mean there are certain things like , the general conditioners to benefit , which erm , are alright , but there are other things that I know about and that I will pass on to people to look out for that I would n't want eh , that you would n't want eh , erm , outsiders to know . |
| 15 | In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality . |