Example sentences of "[vb -s] for the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure the replacement water is at the same temperature as the pondwater — and this goes for the water in any temporary containers as well . |
| 2 | In that rich compendium of ethnographic treasures , Shakespeare 's Bawdy , Eric Partridge tells us that the word horn stands for the penis in an extramarital adventure , as in the ‘ horn of adultery ’ or ‘ horn-maker ’ ( causer of cuckoldry ) . |
| 3 | One of Scotland 's more interesting ruins , Minto stands for the moment in unspoilt Scottish Borders scenery , which could never be ‘ replicated ’ in Japan . |
| 4 | Sangenic cares for the environment in three ways . |
| 5 | The resumption of trade with Ukraine , suspended since March 1 [ see p. 38828 ] in a dispute over the price of Turkmen gas , was announced on Sept. 26 following a meeting between Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Konstyantin Masik and Turkmenistan 's President Saparmurad Niyazov ; Ukrainian radio reported that Ukraine would pay transport costs for the gas in addition to the price of 3,000 roubles per cubic metre . |
| 6 | Before anyone else hastily reaches for the rope in despair at The Cure 's ‘ betrayal ’ of their faith , I have had but one message : get your act together and think again . |
| 7 | Before anyone else hastily reaches for the rope in despair at The Cure 's ‘ betrayal ’ of their faith , I have had but one message : get your act together and think again . |
| 8 | No one could have known that he no longer heard the park sounds for the pounding in his temples , or that his feet felt iron-clad as he walked away from the woman he longed to hold in his arms . |
| 9 | The size of the dish or plate we use affects quantity as well , and this mainly accounts for the variation in quantities of breakfast cereals . |
| 10 | The high level of the hormone progesterone during pregnancy accounts for the increase in breast size . |
| 11 | It accounts for the way in which goods not merely reflect distinction , but are an instrument of it . |
| 12 | SDLP lost a seat here as in Armagh which together accounts for the reduction in their representation by two seats as between the Assembly and the Convention . |
| 13 | We believe that it is the failure to map from roles to names that accounts for the difficulty in keeping track of who is doing what to whom in certain complicated texts with many characters — some Russian novels , for example . |
| 14 | The children live outside the immediate neighbourhood and this accounts for the difficulty in persuading parents to visit the school although great efforts have been made to improve upon this . |
| 15 | What accounts for the difference in adoption of adjustments from place to place and time to time ? |
| 16 | There is no significant difference in long term survival between Child 's A and B patients except for a higher mortality in the first two months after surgery in Child 's B ( six of 19 v three of 24 ) ; this largely accounts for the difference in the overall survival between the surgery and sclerotherapy groups . |
| 17 | The ratio T/To in the above compensates for the change in terminal modulus in the rubbery material ( where rubber elasticity theory predicts GT ) while the density ratio arises from thermal expansion . |
| 18 | If all 250 rights are sold then the investor will receive ( 0.44 ) 250=110 , which compensates for the loss in value of the existing shares . |
| 19 | A crowd has no critical faculty , and is wide open to influence ; indeed , the notion of ‘ impossibility ’ disappears for the individual in such a group situation : |
| 20 | The charity then pays for the operation in an effort to control dog numbers . |
| 21 | B minor , Campra 's key of unhappy love , serves for the quasi-dialogue in which Dido begs Aeneas to stay , his reluctant departure at the bidding of the gods , and her vain plea that he return to her ( movements 7–9a ) . |
| 22 | Your Order fights for the cross in Outremer . |
| 23 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 24 | Bob Roberts ( played by Robbins himself ) is a charming , clean-cut , All-American who runs for the Senate in Pennsylvania . |