Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And did the fourth consecutive Tory victory imply that Her Majesty 's loyal Opposition was destined to remain so for the foreseeable future ? |
| 2 | He did n't know if they would succeed , but it showed that , even here , there were people prepared to work together for the common good . |
| 3 | They point out , for example , that Japanese companies in particular have for some time been making strenuous efforts to recruit labour which is not so much cheap but flexible and prepared to work hard for the company in question . |
| 4 | The Immigration and Customs people at Ramsgate had been instructed to watch out for the Renault 18 but to keep a low profile and let it through . |
| 5 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 6 | Jean Parmiter sent her apologies for being unable to teach as arranged ; she and her husband had had to go away for the weekend . |
| 7 | And it more or less made it that we 'd got to go back for the ten and thruppence . |
| 8 | The fact that the army and guerrillas had agreed to meet directly for the first time was seen as a breakthrough and a indication that " professional " elements in the army leadership wished for a political solution . |
| 9 | Two-way telemetry was used to compensate both for the atmospheric effects and for the first-order Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the masers . |
| 10 | However , the practices and procedures which the team has adopted seem to have been shaped more directly by a -latent agenda of issues : a preference amongst the team 's management for a " hands on service ; the maintenance , until recently , of a strong health authority orientation to the team ( a hospital base , the dominance of the psychiatrist 's authority , the hospital itself as a central feature of the Borough 's service pattern ) ; a separatism which has been maintained between the social workers and the CMHNs over the team 's access to health and social service resources , so that social workers may refer clients for social service resources , and nurses for health authority resources , but not vice versa ; These features have tended to rule out for the team any sustained attention to the developmental role — a role which is certainly a part of its official brief , but which is clearly not a priority in terms of its current practice . |
| 11 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 12 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've got to lie here for the next twelve hours without moving with an ice-pack over half my face because you walked out and left me to the mercy of a predatory pit-popsy ! ’ |
| 14 | As Ian said , ‘ After one robbery , you 've got to prepare immediately for the next . ’ |
| 15 | The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example . |
| 16 | They are both the product of good intentions : old-Etonian William Waldegrave has promised to speak up for the ‘ little guy ’ . |
| 17 | Britain 's docks and airports have been alerted to look out for the suspects . |
| 18 | Britain 's docks and airports have been alerted to look out for the suspects . |
| 19 | As alternatives to a dealer programme , a company may issue SCP direct to investors or through a tender panel of banks which are invited to bid competitively for the paper . |
| 20 | BUDDING soccer stars are being invited to sign up for the Reebok Fives national tournament . |
| 21 | One of the strongest domestic fields for many years — including three previous winner of the race — is set to line up for the London Marathon on April 12 . |
| 22 | Sometimes a case will be made on the basis of what is known to happen abroad for the actual transfer or importation into a country of particular industrial relations methods or techniques . |
| 23 | For example , he stumbles into this howler on the question of social security as cash , rather than provision in kind : ‘ Social security benefits have been introduced to make up for the withdrawal of more general provision : examples in the UK are free prescriptions ( introduced because prescription charges were introduced ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 24 | Every member is asked to PRAY DAILY for the world mission of the Church . |
| 25 | Although the military authorities soon vacated the school to move into Doncaster Racecourse across the road , the re-opening of the school had been delayed and the Christmas holidays had to be cut to make up for the loss of time . |
| 26 | We decided to try to get to know one another better , seeing as we 're forced to work together for the next week or so . ’ |
| 27 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 28 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 29 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 30 | From a balcony overlooking the embassy grounds , and to wild cheering from the thousands of would-be emigrants in the ‘ tent village ’ below , he announced all those staying in the embassy would be allowed to leave immediately for the West . |