Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 2 | It was not until 1965 , however , that the treaties were revised to provide for a single Commission and Council of Ministers . |
| 3 | The UN Charter would have to be amended to provide for a special security council which would not , presumably , include the rights of veto held by the five permanent members of the existing security council . |
| 4 | All rooms are pleasantly furnished to provide for a relaxed and comfortable stay . |
| 5 | The peer review methods adopted by the Research Councils in the evaluation of research proposals were designed to provide for a fair distribution of national R & D funding , ( which some consider to be inadequate at present ) . |
| 6 | So that the training is not unduly prolonged the deans suggest that the undergraduate course could be shortened to compensate for the extra time spent as a house officer . |
| 7 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 8 | The initial allocations ( $9½ billion spread over three years ) were expected to provide for a reasonable growth of reserves in the context of a staunching of the flow of dollars . |
| 9 | £80–120,000 ( $150–220,000 ) is expected for a Florentine bronze statuette of the Knife-Grinder after the antique , No.14 from the French Royal Inventory of Louis XIV , and a Netherlandish figure of Venus Marina of the early seventeenth century is expected to sell for a similar figure . |
| 10 | A hangover from Lyn 's childhood , a mother who cleaned at Chesney Hall , a father at Cartwright-Cageby 's was to feel respect that had once amounted to awe for the professional man . |
| 11 | Major deals over the past two years have included leasing for the new ethylene cracker ( a type of refinery ) for BP at Grangemouth , at that time thought to be the largest leasing deal in Britain , a £180m long-term facility to North West Water to finance major infrastructure projects , and a £75m deal with Fujitsu Microelectronics to fund investment in semiconductor equipment at its factory at Newton Aycliffe , County Durham . |
| 12 | Linear and quadratic time trends were included to control for the upward trend in volume . |
| 13 | ( Age and sex were included to account for the changing age and sex structures of the populations between the censuses . ) |
| 14 | Branson told employees that Virgin 's present staffing level was designed to allow for a modest expansion . |
| 15 | Opportunities may be expected to exist for a young male to join the harem . |
| 16 | It is the price you are expected to pay for a varied and entertaining job with an above average wage . |
| 17 | The voluntary hospital , the Infirmary , was specifically designed to care for the sick , and its relative freedom from the constraints associated with spending public money gave it the advantage over the sick wards at the workhouse . |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest , who have already had bids of £1.5m and £1.75m for Stan Collymore rejected by Southend , are expected to bid for the 22-year-old striker again . |
| 19 | The Irish have been so busy praying for the winners that they must have forgotten to ask for the right weather . |
| 20 | The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5 . |
| 21 | Switching between one-day and five-day mode was unpopular with the players , and the new showbiz-style razzmatazz that accompanied the games seemed specifically designed to cater for the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload . |
| 22 | The encouragement given made for a great rapport with the class and gave a stimulus to improve the lectures . |
| 23 | This spring , however , there really are a few green shoots of recovery , and in a more confident climate , where people are once again prepared to plan for the long term , they could blossom rapidly . |
| 24 | I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We must reassure our Protestant brothers and sisters that we will never be made to suffer for the British-sponsored murders of Catholics ’ . |
| 26 | However , if the reason for the closure is that your employer has transferred his business to someone else , there may be no dismissal because you have been automatically transferred to work for the new owner ( see below ) . |
| 27 | If nothing else , the jamboree has done wonders for the national dress . |
| 28 | Every man in her vicinity had found himself putting his best foot forward , and she had done wonders for the sartorial standards of the notoriously uncaring C1 division . |
| 29 | In Sydenham , Kent , for example , the staff have decided to aim for a 20-minute initial interview . |
| 30 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |