Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 2 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They will keep this addition , which is intended to compensate for the VAT they can not reclaim . |
| 5 | The payment will be available to teaching staff until such time as the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations are amended to provide for an injury allowance . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 9 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 10 | The opposition now says that it will use the councils it has won to agitate for the dismantling of Mr Jayewardene 's centralist vision . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Confronted with a murder charge , defence lawyers resolved to try for a verdict of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He could not lecture for the Archbishop of Canterbury because he was already committed to lecture for the Archbishop of York . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | One car is expected to sell for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 22 | WinServers are expected to sell for an average of £40,000 to £50,000 in the UK — prices are n't available until the systems are ready to ship — and will be offered with Oracle 7.0 , Microsoft SQL Server and other database options . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | As a result seventeen players were suspended for six months , fined a total of £900 , and forbidden to play for the club again . |
| 25 | I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree |
| 26 | In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 . |
| 27 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 28 | The hearing is expected to last for a number of days . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | We had resolved to press for a route which would take the march into the walled centre of the city and expected opposition from the moderate members of the CRA . |