Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may find yourself writing detailed advertisements for an insurance company specific enough to find favour with their actuaries , or inventing a reason for people to buy a particular chocolate bar . |
| 2 | If he needed to gain a lot of altitude , or make a run for it , that figure could be more than halved . |
| 3 | But Wilson was afraid to and advanced instead towards the bed , thinking to offer a drink or make a compress for her forehead . |
| 4 | Nobody visited them in the evenings or dropped in for a chat during the day , except in the way of business — to sell wood to Uncle Philip or to arrange a booking for Francie and his fiddle . |
| 5 | The bank in the importer 's country will only release the documents when the importer has paid the bill or agreed a date for future payment . |
| 6 | All members are entitled to make or to support a nomination for any vacancy amongst the officers and the elected members of Council and boards subject , where appropriate , to members hip of a particular Division , association with a particular district , or professional membership . |
| 7 | On retirement or death in office ( botanists tend to be long-lived but not quite immortal ) , their book collections were frequently sold off to defray debts or to provide a settlement for their widows . |
| 8 | … it is not the object of the Bill to make prostitution illegal , or to provide a cure for prostitution . |
| 9 | No one makes petitions or starts a search for their whereabouts . |
| 10 | The hostel even had its own fleet of camels on its regular Hillaby-style treks , used them to carry supplies or provide a mount for weary walkers . |
| 11 | The drafter should bear in mind that many of the terms included in the standard terms will not be enforced in most transactions ; their purpose may be to deter claims from trading partners , to deter litigation , or provide a basis for a negotiated settlement . |
| 12 | Buzan claims that this pattern of note-taking conforms more closely to the pattern of our thinking and is , therefore , more useful for later recall , for preparing tutorial questions or revising a topic for an exam . |
| 13 | However , the overlap between designs and copyright has been eroded by section 51 of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 which states that it is not an infringement of any copyright in a design document or model recording or embodying a design for anything other than an artistic work ( or a typeface ) , to make an article to the design or to copy an article made to the design . |
| 14 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 15 | This might mean that the staff do some research on your behalf , put you in touch with a colleague in another European country or obtain a document for you . ’ |
| 16 | Or select a women for the cabinet . |
| 17 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 18 | Such examples ( and they are legion in Scotland and throughout the rest of the world ) serve to reaffirm the points made by Kirkpatrick : that existing local institutions and personnel matter crucially , and that the outcomes of projects and their relationship with planning in the broader sense may either establish their continuation or sound a death-knell for their future existence . |
| 19 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 20 | An indexation allowance can also be used to inflate or create a loss for CGT purposes . |
| 21 | Can you find or suggest a quotation for those without one ? |
| 22 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 23 | The drill is basically designed for drilling holes into extremely hard masonry , usually for some type of fixing , or to clear a way for cables or pipes . |
| 24 | The cases to which I have so far referred have all , bar one , been cases in which a wife has given security or become a surety for her husband 's obligations . |
| 25 | Day at leisure , or hire a bike for an extra day . |
| 26 | The miniature faience robes are almost certainly votives standing for full-sized ceremonial robes that were offered to a goddess , either to dress an idol or to dress a priestess for a ceremony in which she somehow became the goddess . |
| 27 | The court will either grant the request on written application or fix a date for hearing . |
| 28 | Killing Newley still seemed desirable , if far-fetched , like becoming a millionaire or finding a cure for cancer . |
| 29 | Will she go and see him or leave a note for him ? |
| 30 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |