Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The long years he spent absorbed in working for the abolition of untouchability and for the reconciliation of Muslim and Hindu , and in innumerable projects of village uplift , testified not only to his genuine goodness but also to the strength of his desire to make India , in the eyes of its alien rulers as well as his own , worthy to be free . |
2 | We might argue , albeit anachronistically , that best commercial practice could also have been adopted in accounting for the bridge . |
3 | Furthermore , despite a recent recovery , the fact that the value of our investments fell very sharply in the calendar year illustrates that we are certainly not insulated from our country 's economic problems ; this must never be overlooked in planning for the future . ’ |
4 | I would like to challenge the widespread assumption advanced in Shopping for the planet ( NI 203 ) that dealing with diapers is an impossibly difficult task . |
5 | And what we 've got in standing for a general election is about two and a half thousand men and about five hundred women . |
6 | In this sense we may talk of there being a shift to the right , even where this is not reflected in voting for the Conservative party . |
7 | SSAP 15 is amended by the insertion of an additional paragraph after paragraph 32 and before paragraph 33 as follows : ‘ 32A Not withstanding the other requirements of this Statement of Standard Accounting Practice , either the full provision basis or the partial provision basis may be used in accounting for the deferred tax implications of pensions and other post-retirement benefits accounted for in accordance with SSAP 24 ’ Accounting for pension costs ’ and UITF 6 ’ Accounting for post-retirement benefits other than pensions ’ . |
8 | The most important provision in this manual is that the system of cash accounting , rather than accruals accounting , is used in accounting for the money voted to government departments by Parliament . |
9 | His family were not poor , but in a large household all available resources were fully used in providing for the children . |
10 | Much effort has been invested in searching for the most suitable counselling model . |
11 | Without conceding that the gentry of Tula , Smolensk , and elsewhere were justified in calling for an assembly which would give them a chance to vent their spleen , Alexander II seemed to be no less frightened than they by the enormity of the changes he had sanctioned . |
12 | My hon. Friends and I feel justified in asking for a special debate to call attention to the ridiculous fact that , at Humberstone , which is part of the EDDR route , a mile of new road costing £1.5 million has stood finished and unopened for over a year , while the county and city councils argue about a proposed route by the side of the clinic on Scraptoft lane through a recreation area which happens to be owned by the city council . |
13 | I knew players like the incomparable Joe Davis and I doubt if he did any more training than is entailed in going for a long walk . |
14 | Olive 's surplus energy was spent in working for the Red Cross Society and forming a Girl Guide and Scout troop . |
15 | Winter then suffered an attack of cramp in the jockeys ' changing room and had to be assisted in preparing for the ride on Mandarin . |
16 | There are many problems still to be overcome in providing for the disabled . |
17 | To create a curved hemline you will have already made the hem itself and the curve is formed by reversing what you have already learned in sloping for the shoulders . |