Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we do make up our minds to lose the excess , however , we tend to sacrifice long-term benefits for short-term success : our aim is to get to our target weight as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | These ties bear hardest on those who tend to accept moral responsibility for caring roles . |
| 3 | However , in practice the courts tend to impose higher sentences for assaults on the police , and it is therefore worth noting that this offence is committed even though D was unaware that he was striking a police-officer . |
| 4 | The peace movement can not ignore international law , not merely because many existing provisions tend to provide legal support for the claim that the use of nuclear weapons would be illegal , but also because , in theory at least , it provides the means by which states can bind themselves to restrict the manufacture , storage and use of such weapons ( non-proliferation treaties and regional nuclear-free zones are examples of this ) . |
| 5 | We want to see more opportunities for training , more encouragement to enterprise , better education and more measures to tackle drugs and crime . |
| 6 | What you want to wear white shirt for you 're not going out in your suit ? |
| 7 | Mr Milosevic said : ‘ We want to support all efforts for peace . |
| 8 | These policies remind many Americans of deadbeats , fraud and entangled bureaucracies ; and they appear to provide serious disincentives for employment . |
| 9 | In some respects , socio-demographic trends appear to indicate further problems for the cities . |
| 10 | Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy . |
| 11 | Fathers who want to exercise shared responsibility for their children may still need the security of the married state ; named putative fathers , although legally required to support their offspring , still have limited rights in respect of them . |
| 12 | However , I want to leave sufficient time for the Minister to answer . |
| 13 | try it again and I want to do two things for the rest of the morning . |
| 14 | In Switzerland and in the regions adjoining the Caucasus mountains , ancient humans even appear to have dry-stored apple-halves for winter . |
| 15 | Local governments have eagerly become involved , both because such agencies appear to offer new opportunities for development and because they may have legal powers ( for example on financial assistance ) which exceed their own . |
| 16 | Though its international activities and long term contracts business appear to offer some cause for cheer , it seems that Egham , Surrey-based consultancy P-E International Plc is not out of the woods yet . |
| 17 | I want to develop this theme for a while because it is central within this place of Walsingham . |
| 18 | I must copy them myself , unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet . |
| 19 | ‘ They have strict limits on their spending money and they want to pay fair prices for high quality products . |
| 20 | Like most people , older people want to have enough income for their needs and to live in homes which they can manage and keep warm . |
| 21 | ‘ You want to take that brute for a walk ? ’ |
| 22 | Many bilingual students lack appropriate study skills and appear to take little responsibility for their own learning . |
| 23 | Both within sociolinguistics and outside of it there have been discussions that appear to attack quantitative method for making claims about causation and correlation . |
| 24 | Other criticisms of the Ridley ruling appear to show scant regard for the integrity of the retailer or its competitiveness . |
| 25 | This bargain-priced package is designed for people who want to produce basic schedules for a small project team . |
| 26 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 27 | Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us . |
| 28 | Thereby I hope to provide moral justification for the non-egalitarian presuppositions of the methodology that is presented elsewhere in the book . |
| 29 | Governments nowadays rarely seek to secure parliamentary endorsement for Acts containing very wide or uncontrollable powers and this fact , together with the surveillance exercised by the scrutiny committee render this one of the most efficiently discharged of Parliament 's functions . |
| 30 | The Developing in the Dale project hope to organise photographic workshops for under 14s and adult groups . |