Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 2 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 3 | IAN RUSH makes a welcome return to action for crisis club Liverpool here tonight insisting : ‘ We must win for our own good . ’ |
| 4 | A report of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education in 1931 ( The Primary School ) contained words which were repeated by the Plowden Report in 1967 , " What a wise and good parent would desire for his own children , that a nation must desire for all children . " |
| 5 | But , to borrow ideas from Professor Charles Handy , partnership should still strive for its own immortality . |
| 6 | Now you see , they , they want a social , they want a night out er but they 're very , very loyal to the Co-op , er particularly my o I can only speak for my own Guild . |
| 7 | And all this was reflected in a book of genius he was going to translate and embellish for his own ends . |
| 8 | At worst he will limit himself to two a month , one Nil by his boss ( which the Profitboss might well have to suffer ) and one he might run for his own team to review progress . |
| 9 | Fergus did not say it , but he thought that Dierdriu would hear the cry , and he thought , as well , that she would also have experienced the immense lonelinesses , the sudden fierce panics , because it was inevitable that when you were a creature not quite Human , you would instinctively look for your own kind . |
| 10 | All you have to do is look for your own number er if you if you have hopefully you 've kept a record of the assignments where you 've earned bonus and you can claim it as soon as that number is published . |
| 11 | Rogers hoped that King would go off and look for his own target , and not stick close to him . |
| 12 | But people can only provide for their own welfare in a capitalist society if opportunities are available for them in the labour market- and for most , because of transport and accessibility problems , child-care issues and constraints on long-distance migration , it must be the very local labour market . |
| 13 | It seems a fair bet that the water companies will be less than enthusiastic about providing the public with evidence that will provide for their own prosecution . |
| 14 | There are a few items I would like for my own use and some I 'd like to sell |
| 15 | INSIDER DEALING Journalists should not use for their own profit financial information they receive professionally in advance of its general publication . |
| 16 | will not attempt to register or use for its own benefit , or aid any third party in attempting to register or use , the Trade Marks or any trade mark the use of which would constitute an infringement of 's Trade Marks . |
| 17 | The process of running a program means that it carries out the CPU instructions in the program file , some of which will involve telling the PC to look for certain data files on disk which it will use for its own ends . |
| 18 | A director may , however , use for his own benefit opportunities arising outside the scope of his duties as a director of the company , as in the case of an opportunity provided by a personal friend . |
| 19 | It will always be hard for the courts to distinguish between what is harmful and what is merely unpleasant or challenging , but it is a task which society must confront for its own good . |
| 20 | Local residents , for example , who fear increased traffic can apply for their own traffic calming , since the authorities are now able to introduce it . |
| 21 | Or they could be afraid of the implications girls ' work might have for their own work . |
| 22 | ‘ As you all know , ’ she said , ‘ ever since the Pack was formed we 've held our meetings in this fine old barn , which Farmer Maynard has let us have for our own use . |
| 23 | Miss Garnett 's Project team supported this work , in all the schools , with considerable detail on available resources , and suggestions of useful sub-topics to explore with the children ; it also listed works which the teachers themselves should read for their own preparation , as distinct from other works and materials suitable for the children . |
| 24 | Health service tells patients family they must pay for her own life support equipment . |
| 25 | That is as absurd as if there were to be competition locally between environmental health officers or , nationally , if British Telecom and Mercury were to pick and pay for their own regulators . |
| 26 | Previously the government had argued that the slave trade was so profitable that the traders could pay for their own forts , but by the mid-eighteenth century this attitude had changed to an acceptance of the fact that the trade was so necessary for the sugar islands ( and the sugar islands so necessary for the British economy ) that the trade would have to be supported if it could not afford to meet these overhead costs . |
| 27 | The retailer setting up a franchise outlet must pay for his own premises , stock , overheads etc ; he owns the entire business , but has the advantage of selling a product that is widely-known . |
| 28 | A working class , disciplined for industrial work , is in the process of formation at the new sites : the organisation of these workers inside the labour process , on the production line , also embraces the possibility of their developing forms of political and social self-organisation with which they can struggle for their own development . |
| 29 | ‘ We did that race for our own satisfaction , but there is publicity to be gained . |
| 30 | BRITISH diplomats and contract workers appeared determined to stay in Libya last night despite warnings from mullahs and the mob that they should leave for their own safety . |