Example sentences of "[vb base] for [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employees change for the better when they work in the community . |
| 2 | Widowed lone mothers account for a small and declining number of lone parent families . |
| 3 | On-shore activities make for a lively and exhilarating festival . |
| 4 | Wide margins , the suggestions given above and colour coding during study periods make for an attractive and useful set of notes . |
| 5 | The table suggests some seeds that you might want to buy and sow mow for a bold but inexpensive display next year . |
| 6 | Both Encina and Tuxedo could interoperate with CICS/600-based systems , though neither provide for a direct and easy migration route to it , according to Data Logic . |
| 7 | This recipe gives the option of choosing the traditional sauce , or one using green peppercorns , red wine and yogurt for a lighter but very hot variation . |
| 8 | Accountants and lawyers are employed in the service of capital , architects build for the wealthy and doctors and psychiatrists in private practice care for the physical and mental needs of the rich . |
| 9 | Among the women themselves there 's the feeling that you hope for the best and expect the worst , a deep pessimism that patriarchy rules and scarpers without paying the bills . |
| 10 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 11 | Show for the smart and crafty |
| 12 | Her parents exchanged glances , looks that seemed to remember a long wait for a first and , as it turned out , an only child . |
| 13 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 14 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 15 | Of course , as Hon. Members have suggested , travel for the elderly and disabled is extremely important . |
| 16 | The arguments given in favour is that we vote for the wise and then the wise go on to make a proper final decision about who 's best . |
| 17 | Moving onshore , at McDermott 's oil industry construction yard in Ardersier , we cater for no fewer than 3,000 people on site . |
| 18 | Benson was bowled by James — reward for an accurate and economic spell — and Hooper , the one man who surely could have swung things Kent 's way , was bowled by Udal off his pads . |
| 19 | If you entertain a lot you may well prefer to have your kitchen separate from the dining area , unless you opt for a large and deliberately-for-dining kitchen . |
| 20 | So we opt for the tried and tested T-shirt or , even worse , baggy shorts and a button-through overshirt . |
| 21 | Opt for the two and your share is £16 . |
| 22 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 23 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 24 | Should he get back into Oxford and try for a First and a Rugby Blue ? |
| 25 | APME president David Beynon said that ‘ these circumstances call for a disciplined and enlightened response from the industry ’ . |
| 26 | But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued , and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue , or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences . |
| 27 | But most of us would probably eschew the ostentatious and eccentric , and settle for an honest and straightforward run of bindings that have a plain tale to tell of their place and time . |
| 28 | Staleness can set in , so that one partner or both cease to be inventive , settle for the familiar and thus fail to move the partnership along . |
| 29 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 30 | The reason why so many of us are here is the immense regard which we all have for the hon. and learned Member , our friend , for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |