Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People always look for short-term enjoyment rather than gaining long-term spirituality . ’ |
| 2 | Not much more than that , I think most good ne neighbours look for each other anyway , in fact probably that 's what happens in your street . |
| 3 | Do n't just look for a job in jobcentres ’ — after all , the Government have closed down most of them — ’ but get out and actively look for temporary work elsewhere . ’ |
| 4 | So , those who do not support hunting will do nothing practical to protect foxes , if they vote for this motion today in that respect it is and I suggest the people who move it know that it is , nothing but sanctimonious twaddle . |
| 5 | A county member in 1625 , he proposed to break with precedent by granting the new king tunnage and poundage for one year only . |
| 6 | But if replication needs complex machinery , since the only way we know for complex machinery ultimately to come into existence is cumulative selection , we have a problem . |
| 7 | I would go for every time better the devil you know for that reason alone really |
| 8 | The prices of certain goods too — notably manufactured goods — appear to be ‘ administered ’ , or set for some time so that they do not respond immediately to changes in supply and demand . |
| 9 | I thought he should stop trying to buy pardons for his son and pay for mental treatment instead . |
| 10 | As a result , the unions say , many elderly people have had to turn to the private sector and pay for domestic care out of their own pockets . |
| 11 | Roll for each shot separately . |
| 12 | These allow for easy removal later . |
| 13 | Once you are in the loft , it is better to use compression or push-fit fittings since they allow for some adjustment later and the fire risk of using a blowlamp is avoided . |
| 14 | I think I 've known how you feel for some time now . |
| 15 | This growth of alternative markets for short-term money and the instruments that go with them has made the supply and demand for short-term money extremely competitive . |
| 16 | The words which different societies use for any object also indicate the way that they see it . |
| 17 | In your May 1 editorial , you rightly call for great care not to erect ‘ an elaborate bureaucracy ’ in investing persons or courts with powers to give consent for medical treatment in individual cases . |
| 18 | He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 per cent rise in the dividend . |
| 19 | Normally they forecast for open water so when they say it 's going to blow Force 3/4 , the wind on the beach tends to be nearer Force 2/3 . |
| 20 | Then they 'd give you order for next morning when , when meat got more freer , you know , when there was more of it , after the war had got over . |
| 21 | The complete programme has yet to be finalised but if you wish for more information please contact the Medau Office Epsom 29056 or send S.A.E. |