Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 2 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 3 | They will keep this addition , which is intended to compensate for the VAT they can not reclaim . |
| 4 | Even if the original tenant is forced to join a guarantor , it may be advisable for the guarantor 's covenant to be amended to provide for the guarantor 's liability to cease on an assignment by the tenant . |
| 5 | from the process of the regular review of departments and faculties by ad hoc review bodies , which always include strong external representation ( this formal review procedure has recently been amended to provide for the review of all departments and faculties on , approximately , a ten-year cycle rather than , as previously , simply associating reviews with the impending retirement of a head of department ) ; and |
| 6 | The opposition now says that it will use the councils it has won to agitate for the dismantling of Mr Jayewardene 's centralist vision . |
| 7 | Emergency University classes on a small scale have been organised , and some 3,000 students are expected to enroll for the University for June next , but only a small proportion of the University buildings can be released by the Army . |
| 8 | 2.1 PSD modules are designed to provide for the development of skills and behaviours identified in the aims of the Action Plan ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 9 | It was also expected to work for the coordination of economic and monetary policies and the harmonisation of fiscal and social policies , and of law . |
| 10 | The Madame lived to the age of 90. when she died , some time in the 1970s , the hotel was left to Abdulrahim , a Nubian from Aswan who had come to work for the Madame as a young boy before the Second World War . |
| 11 | An Assured Shorthold Tenant may make an application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of the rent which in the opinion of the Committee the landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain for the property . |
| 12 | He could not lecture for the Archbishop of Canterbury because he was already committed to lecture for the Archbishop of York . |
| 13 | The procedure was designed to compensate for the fact that the electoral register is not a very complete list of individuals ; it therefore depended on whether the adults resident had changed since the register was compiled . |
| 14 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 15 | This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable . |
| 16 | ‘ It is very disappointing when you think we 've beaten Blackburn , Manchester United , Aston Villa and Liverpool — all clubs tipped to challenge for the title . |
| 17 | As a result seventeen players were suspended for six months , fined a total of £900 , and forbidden to play for the club again . |
| 18 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 19 | The old can not run , and they want the latrine , but only after Exercise are the men permitted to queue for the privilege of the latrines . |
| 20 | Mr North , whose conviction in the Iran-Contra scandal was dismissed by a federal appeals court , is widely expected to run for the Senate as a Republican from Virginia . |
| 21 | These were military followers apparently of considerable social status and influence , though probably to be distinguished from the greatest magnates of the realm , many of whom had military followings of their own , and might be expected to fight for the king both inside and outside his kingdom . |
| 22 | The level of futures price was included to control for the possibility that , as the futures price rises , its variance also rises . |
| 23 | Mrs Thatcher will have to be satisfied with the assurances she will receive from Mr Bush , who will tell her that , since defence cuts are politically inevitable , it is far better for modest and planned reductions to be proposed by his cabinet and the Pentagon than for swingeing cuts to be imposed by the US Congress , which is already chafing at the thought of the US budget deficit being deepened to pay for the defence of the wealthy Europeans . |
| 24 | It 's fine to pass Acts but even a good Act are no good if their parents are expected to care for the child without resources . |
| 25 | sole practitioners are expected to pay for the dishonesty of partners through their contributions to the Indemnity Fund ; |
| 26 | Finally , since all too many non-payers were simply ’ wo n't payers ’ , sponging on the rest , I hope that we will provide all the powers necessary to ensure that never again are my constituents expected to pay for the law breakers . |
| 27 | It seems odd that I should be expected to pay for the privilege of assisting in this way , in particular , as I doubt that these changes will alleviate the falling numbers of applicants to medical schools in the UK . |
| 28 | Morris was concussed playing for the North at the weekend . |
| 29 | All this has vanished save for the church , of which St Augustine 's chapel is an original fragment . |
| 30 | Marsh was always expected to return for the World Cup , and Waugh , with this superb innings , made it extremely difficult for the selectors to ignore him too . |