Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 2 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 3 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 4 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 5 | Like a car needs to go in for the M O T , you 've got ta |
| 6 | Information derived from the national health service internal market on general practitioner and patient preferences and on comparative costs will help the service to plan sensibly for the future , in London as elsewhere . |
| 7 | Nicky Cruz and his gang , the Mau Maus , decide to go along for the ride … . |
| 8 | Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it may be prudent to provide expressly for the payment of rent where , for example , the property remains empty while the tenant is seeking to assign his lease . |
| 10 | The stylistic aplomb of the article may have us accepting the analogous links made between cockfighting and the totality of Balinese society without realising that these links are too fragmentary and partial to stand properly for the whole . |
| 11 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 12 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 13 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 14 | It 's not uncommon for ledgers boasting multicompany features to provide only for the consolidation of different company accounts when they all use a common chart of accounts . |
| 15 | It 's not uncommon for ledgers boasting multicompany features to provide only for the consolidation of different company accounts when they all use a common chart of accounts |
| 16 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 17 | It suggests to me a little remarked aspect of dress and fashion : the ability of well chosen , beautiful garments to stand in for the body . |
| 18 | And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks . |
| 19 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 20 | The local education authority , and participating employers , in planning to work together for the benefit of young people , will need , early on , to clarify their modus operandi . |
| 21 | But to be effective they all have to learn to work together for the good of the school . |
| 22 | Accompanied by two of his closest advisers , foermer Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda and Sanya Dharmasakdi , he appealed to them to work together for the sake of the people and the economy . |
| 23 | There are a few of us ( 3 at mo — myself , a mate and Steve Walsh ) who want to come down for the Oxford match from Durham/Newcastle . |
| 24 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 25 | They used to come over for the spud-picking and go to Ormskirk and live in a bothy and would come to Scotland Place because there were so many wakes . |
| 26 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 27 | Ideally , of course , there should be the choice , especially for islanders having to work on the mainland who want to come home for the weekend . |
| 28 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 29 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 30 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |