Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This study goes at least some way towards overcoming the problems of other work discussed by Box and Hale ( 1986 , pp. 74–5 ) , in that it relies on self-reported victimisation rather than police figures on recorded crime , and it controls for other socio-demographic variables . |
| 2 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 3 | This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency . |
| 4 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
| 5 | Infected programmes activate the virus when started up and it looks for other programmes to infect . |
| 6 | Timidity in pop will get you nowhere , but it makes for great listening . |