Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joyce was committed to providing for the two daughters of his first marriage , to whom he was a conscientious father , as well as supporting his second wife . |
| 2 | Ideologically you may be committed to working for the NHS . |
| 3 | ANARAP is also committed to campaigning for a better legal environment for community radios . |
| 4 | It was claimed that he had confessed to spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency , but the US authorities had always denied that he had any official connections . |
| 5 | There are two approaches which can be adopted to charging for the service : |
| 6 | The potential saving compared to paying for a childminder can be considerable ; more so for a nanny . |
| 7 | Sexual responsiveness to a familiar member of the opposite sex may not be zero — particularly when the time allotted to searching for an alternative has run out . |
| 8 | But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 9 | Only Japan , of the major exporters , remained virtually impervious to import penetration — all the phenomenal growth of manufactured exports being devoted to paying for the soaring import bill for materials ( chapter 12 ) |
| 10 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 11 | As we have already seen , a boy might not have got beyond typesetting at an equivalent stage either , nor did he automatically get much further anyway ; but the girls were almost all set to handsetting for the firm once they were competent at it . |
| 12 | The agricultural export economy was not regarded as needing a skilled workforce and little priority was given to schooling for the majority of the population . |
| 13 | Consideration should be given to arranging for a banker 's guarantee in the firm 's favour . |
| 14 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 15 | Now he has switched to calling for a vote for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | On the day of the execution the Iraqi press carried a " confession " in which Bazoft allegedly admitted to spying for the UK and for Israel . |
| 17 | He worked in an environment dedicated to caring for the homeless . |