Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other special types are available in some cases to cater for specific applications but these need not concern us in this book . |
| 2 | Even where there is some attempt to account for female/male differences in deviant behaviour , the explanation may simply resort to the simplistic notion that sex roles are generally differentiated . |
| 3 | An individual must have been in the business for ten years or have retained shares throughout this period to qualify for maximum relief . |
| 4 | The risk of a very old person falling and being left for a long period lying on the floor is a sufficient anxiety to encourage some families to opt for residential care for their elderly family member , when with enough support it might not be necessary ( Challis and Davies , 1985 , p. 571 ) . |
| 5 | A shopkeeper with a shop in Bristol Central and a home in Bristol West would now qualify for a vote in both constituencies ; under the new system , there were few ways to qualify for plural votes , but it was much easier actually to qualify , and so tens of thousands of new plural votes were created , overwhelmingly Unionist . |
| 6 | The new bridge , designed by W.H. Barlow , was of wrought-iron lattice girder construction , like the old , but proper scientific calculations were made this time to allow for lateral wind pressure — the first time scientific studies of such stresses were made — and the new Tay Bridge , still the longest railway bridge in Britain at just over 2 miles , has stood solid for 100 years , linking Dundee with Fife . |
| 7 | The studio got little cash to pay for new films . |
| 8 | The proposed jobs tax would be a contribution by all companies to pay for centralised training funds . |
| 9 | There remain a great many questions to answer for psychological and linguistic theories . |
| 10 | They say resources are stretched to breaking point — administrators say there 's little they can do without more money to pay for new buildings . |
| 11 | Since young managers can not expect to be rewarded for good short-term performances , there is less incentive to work for short-term results at the expense of longer-term benefits . |
| 12 | The next chapter examines some of the statutory responsibilities carried by Social Services Departments in England and Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland , and areas of particular difficulty in carrying out those responsibilities to care for vulnerable elderly people . |
| 13 | The bill also made permanent changes in the system in order to make it easier for more people to qualify for extended jobless benefits in the future . |
| 14 | Employers , therefore , had less reason to associate for defensive purposes since although trade unionism did represent a challenge to employers ' power to manage ‘ it was manifest as a threat to specific employers in specific industries at specific times and places rather than as a general threat to employers as a class ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 286 ) . |
| 15 | Additionally it might be argued that with the almost instantaneous transmission of information we have these days , the impact of hearing about individuals or groups or communities of people dying is that much greater because we have less time to prepare for bad news . |
| 16 | If it enabled the latter the crucial theoretical move of being able to reject the classical empiricist conception of knowledge , it was also to put him in the position of even castigating as ‘ historicist ’ any attempts to account for theoretical discourse in terms of its historical conditions of production — perhaps one of the major ways in which he differed from Canguilhem and Foucault . |
| 17 | Museums should be rewarding learning environments , and any attempt to settle for mass popularity alone is to sell museums short . |
| 18 | However , they are most unlikely to solve the problem of excessive delays , partly because the limits themselves are so generous and partly because the prosecution is free in any event to ask for additional time . |
| 19 | If workers believe inflation is likely to accelerate , they will demand high enough wages to compensate for expected increases in prices . |
| 20 | There is enough land to provide for local needs , more than twice enough . |
| 21 | But the Australian Government went further and instructed its delegation to the IWC to work for a permanent global ban — not a moratorium , a ban — and at the same time to press for humane measures while any whaling continued . |
| 22 | As a result of the requests we receive from employees , we are aware that many of you give up your own time to work for charitable organisations . |