Example sentences of "[vb base] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berenice has high blood-pressure ; she has to remain in hospital because of stress , or she will miscarry , and if that happens I fear for her mental health . ’ |
| 2 | They fear for their own livelihoods if it is closed . |
| 3 | We think he is so distressed that we fear for his own safety and are now very concerned for him . |
| 4 | A pelagic habit and a delicate , gelatinous body account for their poor fossil record . |
| 5 | Since , women 's break in labour-market experience constitutes only a small part of their life-spans , other factors must help account for their disadvantaged position . |
| 6 | The changes in the ways in which these national economies are regulated account for their historical development . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the ambiguities remain and contribute to the uncertainty with which the CMHT members go about and account for their own work . |
| 8 | The engineers at SUNY are trying to convince the city 's department of transportation to take seismic loading into account for its new bridges . |
| 9 | Apart from conjunctions and disjuncts which we have decided not to take into account for our current purposes , this is the only instance in which the theme of the clause is not the element that occurs in initial position . |
| 10 | They account for our general sense of the appropriacy and inappropriacy of language as reflected in impromptu observations about style , varying from Queen Victoria 's remark on Mr Gladstone that " he speaks to Me as if I were a public meeting " , to more everyday comments like " No one would ever speak like that " , and to attributions like colloquial , journalistic , biblical , childlike , pedantic . |
| 11 | At midday we made our way to Plover Hide for our promised reward : an afternoon 's bird watching . |
| 12 | Multiple residential schemes work well only when they involve a total plan for the grounds and setting of a house , and provide for their continued upkeep . |
| 13 | Though he admits he could do with the cash from ticket receipts ( £2.4m at the Science Museum in 1989 , £1.9m at the Natural History ) , Sir David argues that the British Museum ‘ should be freely available to everyone — to stretch minds , stimulate their curiosity and provide for their academic needs . ’ |
| 14 | He also accuses Munroists of having a ‘ blinkered attitude ’ to their surroundings as they head for their chosen objective . |
| 15 | And I long for your gentle touch , |
| 16 | I long for his unwashed eyes . |
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| 21 | He says ; not once has he lost his liberty and we say for his own sake and others there must be consideration about whether he should be put in a secure place . |
| 22 | Here too is an attractive swimming pool , and as a bonus it is possible , on arrival , to make direct arrangements with the caretaker to have someone cook for you each day ( subject to availability ) . |
| 23 | This is my son and I apologise for his bad manners . |
| 24 | We have booked a date , time and place for our next meeting . |
| 25 | Use a strip of knitting as long as you want for your finished garland , sewn as you go so that you have a covered cone , about six inches of knitting unsewn , another cone — as long as long as you want your garland to be . |
| 26 | Let us promise you , you are not allowed to die any more , we are going to s , to improve our treatment , and you 're going to survive , but with daily , increasing threat to that financial dependence that you 've so keenly want , that you want for your loved ones . |
| 27 | Mother love , iron discipline , cooked breakfasts — nothing promises the protection we want for our six-foot babies . |
| 28 | Competing for the record are and , who have also chosen anti-fouling from International 's VC Systems range for their UK-based catamaran Enza . |
| 29 | Incidentally , I listen for my own information and education to the early recordings of the Busch quartet to get the measure of what can be achieved , and what pianissimo and dolce really mean . |
| 30 | Two planning departments not only scan for their own purposes but offer an information service to the business units . |