Example sentences of "[vb -s] for the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another sure to improve for being stepped up in trip is Saint Keyne , who bolted up at Haydock last time and now goes for the Queen 's Vase . |
| 2 | CLIVE Brittain warned User Friendly supporters not to put heart before head when his star filly goes for the world 's richest race , the Japan Cup in Tokyo , early tomorrow morning . |
| 3 | Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ . |
| 4 | It certainly suffers in comparison with bitters employing the ‘ draught flow ’ system , which does wonders for the beer 's head and body . |
| 5 | It certainly suffers in comparison with bitters employing the ‘ draughtflow ’ system , which does wonders for the beer 's head and body . |
| 6 | It certainly suffers in comparison with bitters employing the ‘ draughtflow ’ system , which does wonders for the beer 's head and body . |
| 7 | What counts for the UK 's international position is that these innovations have enabled production to take place with new types of labour , new ways of organizing labour and in new areas of the world , but long-wave theories do not consider those changes . |
| 8 | but when he pauses for the interpreter 's turn |
| 9 | The production credits for the band 's first album ‘ T-Ride ’ ( released on Hollywood Records ) go to drummer Eric Valentine , while the songwriting was the work of bassist Arlie . |
| 10 | ‘ Practice ’ need not be eschewed as part of higher education ; but its presence in the curriculum must be justified in terms of the opportunities it affords for the student 's critical reflection . |
| 11 | Decommissioning costs for the country 's eight Magnox nuclear power stations could more than double to £6,600 million , according to a speech to employees by Lord Marshall of Goring , then chair of the Central Electricity Generating Board ( CEGB ) , leaked on Oct. 17 , 1989 . |
| 12 | His wife 'll be back then which is just as well — she cleans for the factor 's wife over at ‘ Il Calltuccio ’ in the mornings . |
| 13 | If the victim is not edible the reptile quickly slithers away into hiding , but if it is a suitable prey it simply sits back and waits for the animal 's agonies to cease . |
| 14 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 15 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 16 | Suppose we believe that the snow is what is muffling the sound of the traffic , or that flipping the switch made the windscreen wipers start to work , or that it is the position of the car 's heater that accounts for the driver 's left knee being warm . |
| 17 | To return to one of our initial examples , consider the belief that it is the position of the car 's heater that accounts for the driver 's left knee being warm . |
| 18 | What accounts for the Tories ' success in winning again against the odds ? |
| 19 | The firmness of the Polychromos Pastels is due to their slightly higher than average binder content ; this accounts for the crayons ' notable strength and low dust factor , reducing accidental breakage and keeping the hands relatively clean during use . |
| 20 | He did , which accounts for the show 's huge success . |
| 21 | Of course , such comments are very generalised , but it is the accumulation of factors , and their manner of processing , that accounts for the reader 's judgement of the relative co-operativeness of texts . |
| 22 | While Alec is despatched to the front by his domineering mother , Jerry opts for the King 's shilling so that he may learn to fight , and return home to free Ireland . |
| 23 | As she searches for the killer of a diamond merchant , Melanie falls for the rabbi 's son , played by flashing-eyed newcomer Eric Thal . |
| 24 | Ellis 's sense of the quiet solidarity between women , and of the bonds of love that bind the generations together , is so sure that it more than compensates for the novel 's occasional listlessness . |
| 25 | What this implies for the minister 's relationship with civil servants is altogether more complex . |
| 26 | The finished text will , in appearance , be of a professional standard with all that that implies for the child 's image of him or herself as a writer . |
| 27 | Currently , a Home Office grant pays for the schemes ' managers and co-ordinators . |
| 28 | We also ask you to contribute to a kitty which pays for the children 's food and drinks . |
| 29 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 30 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc investor relations manager John Eldridge says Wall Street estimates for the company 's 1993 earnings per share to run from $0.95 to $1.10 and that the company is comfortable with what range . |