Example sentences of "[vb base] for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 2 | But Mr Pialat 's feeling for la vie quotidienne and languid afternoons on river banks , contrasted with the bustle and frenzy of the Paris scenes , amply compensate for a lack of historical detail . |
| 3 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 4 | The conventional notion of literary ‘ tradition ’ does , it is true , compensate for the lack of an historical overview , but because it implies a common pool of resources repeatedly drawn on by a succession of different writers , it is profoundly antithetical to Formalism and its key principle of defamiliarization . |
| 5 | A successful team blends these different roles together so that the strengths of one compensate for the weaknesses of another . |
| 6 | It is thought that this might give relief to the husband for capital gains tax for the period from when the settlement is established ( ie the court order or when the agreement between the parties was finalised ) until its termination , but the application of this section to such a situation is not wholly clear . |
| 7 | It was only halted after a massive nationwide media campaign orchestrated by conservationists , but nearly every year Arizona congressional representatives push for a dam to be built at mile 238 , which would inundate most of the lower Grand Canyon . |
| 8 | They were probably saved from an early Walesa push for the presidency by the recent row with West Germany 's Mr Helmut Kohl over the permanence of Poland 's western border . |
| 9 | University or polytechnic students should apply to their Careers Service for a list of possible employers while school leavers may be advised by the school or college careers adviser or the local authority careers adviser . |
| 10 | Regret for the loss of the use of force against those who reneged on their promise to pay later may still be harboured by some in secret , but no longer publicly . |
| 11 | Eyes front for a feast of steam ! |
| 12 | I always fear for the fingers of the Portuguese works who feed these strips through the punching machines that make the corks , deftly guiding faults in the strip away from the cutter . |
| 13 | To use another metaphor , if the world of education becomes a jungle of market forces , I fear for the survival of children with special needs . |
| 14 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 15 | Conservationists and locals fear for the future of the island and a trust has been set up to raise money to buy it for the nation . |
| 16 | I ca n't afford to fight this in the American courts and I genuinely fear for the safety of my children . ’ |
| 17 | We can calculate retail value by assuming CD-X players sell for an average of ( in today 's terms ) £350 in 1995 and £200 in the year 2000 . |
| 18 | They cost about 50 pence each to make , but sell for an average of £12.99 . |
| 19 | ‘ You mean for a consultation about Edwin 's health ? ’ |
| 20 | In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant . |
| 21 | I mean for the price of that bed , I mean you could n't go far wrong though . |
| 22 | Cannon , after a miss , hit and lay for a single at the fourth and then they stole two at the fifth where Muirhead just failed by a fraction with a raised take out . |
| 23 | ALL change for the up-line to a rosier future . |
| 24 | ‘ Too-much change for the sake of change . |
| 25 | It 's just change for the sake of it . ’ |
| 26 | And both these books pale before novels that contend for the mantle of Disraeli : those of Jeffrey Archer himself . |
| 27 | And England 's private schools , whose pupils account for a quarter of sixth-formers and of A-level passes , know that parents will pay for the prospect of a smooth path to university . |
| 28 | With other foreigners they account for a quarter of trading . |
| 29 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 30 | Since local authorities account for a quarter of all public expenditure , central government must control their spending . |