Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | a child in utero is to be treated as already born thereby having a right to sue for damages for the death of his father . |
| 2 | ‘ I consider that in enacting the Damages ( Scotland ) Act , parliament did not consider that it was making any change to the right of parents to sue for damages for the death of a child who had sustained injuries prior to birth , had been born alive and had subsequently died in consequence of these pre-natal injuries . ’ |
| 3 | He reserved his deadliness for dealing with opponents in his own party , and had little to spare for use against the MacDonald governments . |
| 4 | We 'll have to wait for permission from the expatriate lady in Sweden . ’ |
| 5 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
| 6 | They continue to mourn for years after the death or loss of their love but their loneliness was just as real when their partner was alive . |
| 7 | As she prepares to go for gold at the World Cross Country Championships in the Spanish seaside town of Amorebieta , the South African could not help sadly recalling the drama surrounding the 1988 event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 8 | you 've got to go for size of the |
| 9 | My parents went to visit the Rajput States while we boys continued to go for rides in the mornings and picnics in the afternoons . |
| 10 | But now they will be much more human beings like the people we meet in our lives than those stock response , cut-out figures like the Vamp and the Villain ( to go for examples to the world of Hindi films ) . |
| 11 | Life became difficult in the erstwhile happy home and the unfortunate girl was only allowed to go for walks in the company of her parents . |
| 12 | If there is an express prohibition on assigning the benefit it is important to distinguish between the benefit of the contract , namely the right of each party to have a contract performed in accordance with its terms , and the benefits which arise under the contract , namely those rights which arise incidentally from the performance of the contract and are sometimes known as the fruits of performance such as the right to claim for damages under the contract . |
| 13 | Police chiefs , who called a Press conference last night to appeal for help from the public , are baffled by the shooting . |
| 14 | The wildlife departments of the governments concerned are to appeal for funds at the March meeting of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
| 15 | Nothing daunted , Havelock Wilson , having just returned from his foreign travels , accompanied by Tom Mann , recently released from gaol following a term of imprisonment for inciting troops to mutiny , set off to visit four or five provincial ports , not only to appeal for funds for the London men , but also to persuade workers at these ports to join in and make the strike a national one . |
| 16 | Professor William A. Cassidy , of the University of Pittsburg , listening to Shima 's tale , resolved to search for meteorites on the other margin of Antarctica , near the US base on McMurdo Sound . |
| 17 | To search for meteorites among the dark cobbles and boulders of dolerite that abound in such areas would indeed be an unrewarding task . |
| 18 | A tour of great interest to walkers who like to search for holes in the ground , but having no appeal to others who do not , is provided by a visit to the Allotment , an area of moorland adjacent to the Gaping Gill complex . |
| 19 | The signalman went down the steps to search for signs of the visitor but there was no one about . |
| 20 | While Laura unpacked the picnic , before joining Emma and Sophie to search for shells along the shore , Ross managed to find enough driftwood to build a small fire . |
| 21 | Zeno 's head was lifted as if to search for scents on the air . |
| 22 | Investors , especially the big institutions , have started to search for value outside the top 100 UK stocks . |
| 23 | For example , if the school library 's catalogue is on-line , it will be possible for pupils to search for information from the classroom . |
| 24 | In order to minimise the scope for dispute about the effectiveness of the terms , the drafter should therefore seek to draft for acceptance by the client 's trading partners and for clarity . |
| 25 | Ronald Flowers , a director of NIREX , revealed that , despite last month 's vote at the London Dumping Convention against the dumping of nuclear waste at sea , he thought that ‘ it is reasonable to plan for continuations of the UK operation with some increase in quantities disposed of ’ . |
| 26 | The report discusses the implications of the short time local authorities had to plan for use of the grant , in particular the difficulties within the time scale of consulting users , carers and others in planning for and providing new services . |
| 27 | So , ending on a positive note rather than a pessimistic note , what would you like to see for universities in the future ? |
| 28 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 29 | That was said by the Secretary of State and by the Prime Minister , who said that the Government ’ attach particular significance to support for families through the provision of increased child benefit ’ . |
| 30 | You live in Glasgow and you have just received a letter from a company requesting you to attend for interview at the Station Hotel , Inverness on Tuesday morning at 9.30 am . |