Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For external short courses ... staff usually asked to attend a course … for internal courses participants usually volunteer or are recommended to attend for personal development . |
| 2 | The overlapping and duplication of administrative functions , designed to provide for political supervision , is a further deviation from the Weberian norm ( Fainsod 1958 ) . |
| 3 | The ruling RPT firmly rejected in May a return to a multiparty system government [ see p. 37809 ] , but after mass protests and rioting in Lomé in October , described as the worst disturbances in 23 years of one-party rule , the RPT central committee approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution which was expected to provide for political pluralism [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 4 | There must be some hidden sexual factor involved , as though the soft-furred ( and therefore sexy ) cat has come to stand for sexual violence and rape , via its savagely sharp claws and canine teeth . |
| 5 | Speculation emerged in both Manila and Washington that the plan was designed to play for sufficient time to allow for a reversal of the Senate 's decision after the election of its new President in May 1992 . |
| 6 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 7 | TRANSIT — The policy is designed to cater for mobile/moveable plant and as such the situation shown on the plant schedule is amended to Anywhere in the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | erm the Labour party decided to go for proportional representation . |
| 9 | Of course he thinks it would be better still from the point of view of justice if no one was made to compensate for emotional injury . |
| 10 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 11 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 12 | The machine can be made to look for common letter groups and then display them , massively magnified , together on the screen , helping a human expert to decide if they match . |
| 13 | Moody 's has felt able to continue to give the companies such a blue chip bill of health because of the vigorous efforts they have made to prepare for growing competition — since the late 1980s , US telephone companies have restructured , sharply cut their costs , improved productivity , made more market-responsive investment decisions and invested heavily in their telecommunications networks — since 1988 , it reckons , productivity of the companies has risen 6% a year . |
| 14 | They can be tailored to cater for differing retirement ages as well as for varying contribution levels , which explains why some organisations are able to offer early retirement on very attractive terms . |
| 15 | RNase protection analysis using a probe spanning the 25kDa/50kDa junction was used to search for smooth muscle myosin heterogeneity in the S1 subfragment . |
| 16 | Since his shock sacking , Fry had promised to sue for unfair dismissal , and he urged his players to report Flashman to the local police for threats he had made against them . |
| 17 | The City solicitor whose letter is being used to vouch for Global Finance was shocked to hear of details of North Star 's advance fee demands . |
| 18 | A German shipowner had agreed to buy for immediate use a specific ship , the City , which had engines and boilers which were practically new and satisfied German regulations . |
| 19 | When used to account for anthropological observation , it may become a series of mechanical and inflexible models . |
| 20 | One has only to read recent editions of Climber and Hill Walker to see evidence of atrocious behaviour by climbers and walkers : abuse , noise , breaking down fences , fouling areas with litter and excrement and climbing in areas when specifically requested to desist for good safety reasons — at Cheddar and Upper Pentrwyn . |
| 21 | A SPECIAL tax or a levy on lawyers should be used to pay for legal aid work , it was suggested yesterday . |
| 22 | Economic Man , seeing two boxes of chocolates , of which one is cheaper because the manufacturer has not had to pay for consequential damage to some third party , would choose that cheaper box . |
| 23 | Once the Commissioner has agreed to pay for legal advice or representation in particular proceedings , the assisted person need incur no further significant costs in taking those proceedings , or in any steps preliminary to those proceedings . |
| 24 | At the same time , it is evident that the bulk of the money needed to pay for urban defence had to be raised locally , although , from 1367 onwards , the king of France often allowed a quarter of the value of royal taxes raised in a town to be retained as a contribution towards it . |
| 25 | The direct standardisation method was used to correct for inadvertent imbalance of risk factors between the three treatment groups ( see below ) . |
| 26 | So he ordered to be brought to him the finest silk cloth and brilliant threads , and made for pleasure what he had once needed to make for harsh necessity . |
| 27 | The , the minute , the note last time said a pool of cand , they , they will be told that a pool of possible candidat candidates will be contacted to attend for final interview once it 's decided to go ahead with the new appointment , so you could the thr the the three , or whatever it is that you are not putting forward , that their , that our interest in them has ceased |
| 28 | Meanwhile , promising teenage winger Andy Turner has opted to go for international recognition with the Republic of Ireland rather than England . |
| 29 | JOURNALISTS from The Northern Echo were unable to accompany John Major on his bus trip yesterday because the paper has refused to apply for Conservative Party media passes . |
| 30 | Among the multiplicity of causes proposed to account for mass extinction events , both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial , strong supporting evidence for a succession of such events is available for only one , related to eustatic changes of sea level ( Fig. 18.5 ) . |