Example sentences of "[vb -s] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . ) |
| 2 | Steve Powell , who plays for the away team said : ‘ Obviously , the prison team can only play at home but they are anxious to play more friendly matches . ’ |
| 3 | He plays for the Whitehaven Tennis Club and is involved in their purchase of new tennis courts . |
| 4 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 5 | Tony , of Scarisbrick Drive , Norris Green , plays for the local East Villa club and team mates joined his father , Michael , in an all-night vigil at Walton Hospital . |
| 6 | RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament . |
| 7 | He has one rig in our room , another one in dad 's car and a third in the big truck he drives for the frozen meat company . |
| 8 | In December a conference of donors pledged more than $1 billion in aid for 1991 , including relief supplies for the central province of Zambezia , where at least 250,000 people were forced off their land last year by rebel or government attacks . |
| 9 | First , many of the agreements governing the introduction or extension of the use of temporary workers simultaneously contained job guarantees for the regular labour force . |
| 10 | For its part , Scottish Nuclear has also embarked on a programme to reduce the cost of electricity it produces for the Scottish power companies from 3.2p per unit last year to a target level of 2.5p to ensure the operation remains financially strong and profitable for whatever the future might hold . |
| 11 | The Centre is required to become self-supporting so that it is necessary to establish links with government and the business and commercial worlds and to ensure that the programs it produces for the academic community are also attractive to the commercial market-place . |
| 12 | Despite the risks , Jonathan flies for the sheer joy of exploring his potential , of extending the boundaries of what it means to be a seagull . |
| 13 | A bookshop should be a familiar place , somewhere where one goes for the sheer love of books , for the smell and feel of them , for the companionship of others who share the joy of touching , holding , reading and learning . |
| 14 | But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first . |
| 15 | She goes for the bold approach , transforming whole walls and courtyards with bright murals , herb mazes , whacky garden furniture . |
| 16 | Much the same goes for the British Museum . |
| 17 | It 's difficult to describe in detail without spoiling the effect for future viewers , something that goes for the whole film . |
| 18 | The same goes for the whole training initiative . |
| 19 | The same goes for the inductive reasoning by means of which scientific knowledge is derived from the observation statements . |
| 20 | She longs for the anguished desolation of a late capitalism that has n't quite worked as her generation dreamed . |
| 21 | If no action lies for the actual object , none the less the doctrine of tracing allows the money or property received by the trustee on sale of the object under trust to be pursued , and for it to be regarded as subject to the trust in place of the original property intended . |
| 22 | Green was all for restoring Lord 's Island which seemed to have had a strange fascination for him , as it has for the present writer who has also , found for herself , the vestiges of the pier , the house , the shooting butts , etc . |
| 23 | Mother Teresa 's invitation to Kensington Palace confirms the admiration and respect the Princess of Wales has for the 82-year-old aid worker . |
| 24 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 25 | Alan Pugh is the secretary of another group of initials , BFICC , which stands for the British Facsimile Industry Consultative Committee . |
| 26 | If nothing else , the jamboree has done wonders for the national dress . |
| 27 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 28 | She is a mother of two who writes for the official Football Association magazine 90 Minutes . |
| 29 | If one looks for the perfect image of a great country seat in the Victorian novel , it is hard to better this one , seen by middle-class eyes which have no place in the picture they present to the reader : |
| 30 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |