Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] 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 | Agree either that there continue to be no lower limit for the remuneration certificate jurisdiction or that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide for a lower limit of £100 profit costs . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All rooms are pleasantly furnished to provide for a relaxed and comfortable stay . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | £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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For the celebration , soldiers of his Army had been forbidden to shave for the last month so that their faced would more nearly represent those of warriors of old . |
| 13 | In Sabah the United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) won 14 of 20 federal seats , and was expected to press for a better return from the exploitation of Sabah 's natural resources . |
| 14 | Linear and quadratic time trends were included to control for the upward trend in volume . |
| 15 | ( Age and sex were included to account for the changing age and sex structures of the populations between the censuses . ) |
| 16 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 17 | Branson told employees that Virgin 's present staffing level was designed to allow for a modest expansion . |
| 18 | Opportunities may be expected to exist for a young male to join the harem . |
| 19 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 20 | It is the price you are expected to pay for a varied and entertaining job with an above average wage . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Irish have been so busy praying for the winners that they must have forgotten to ask for the right weather . |
| 24 | The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The successful candidate will be expected to register for a higher degree and will also contribute to the teaching programme . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We must reassure our Protestant brothers and sisters that we will never be made to suffer for the British-sponsored murders of Catholics ’ . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |