Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nineteenth-century feminists did not demand measures to improve the status and conditions of wives and mothers other than to campaign for the equal right of married women to control their own property . |
| 2 | ‘ we are persuaded that , there being no authority to prevent us , it is preferable as a matter of justice to hold parties to their clearly expressed bargain rather than to introduce for the first time in 1971 an extension of a doctrine of land law so as to deny the efficacy of that bargain . |
| 3 | Choukeir will now decide whether to go for the French equivalent of an appeal ; a cancellation in the Supreme Court . |
| 4 | However , not enough was known of the biology of stocks to make control measures credible or effective , and whalers in international competition for declining stocks had no alternative but to press for the largest allowable quota , and hunt at maximum efficiency to attain the largest share . |
| 5 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 6 | Once this level is set , any change in the output voltage , rise or fall , due to a variation in the load current , for instance , is sensed by the error detector which then causes the error amplifier input to deviate from the reference level , and the resulting output adjusts the series control element resistance in such a direction as to compensate for the initial change . |
| 7 | How could minute quantities of an injected peptide be guided to and then enter the appropriate neuron so as to code for the new memory ? |
| 8 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |