Example sentences of "[vb infin] for the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 2 | Emma closed her eyes but for the moment she could n't answer for the throbbing in her throat . |
| 3 | 2 In psychology , generalisation refers to the process that occurs when one stimulus , which is to some degree equivalent to another , can substitute for the other in arousing a conditioned response ( behaviourist psychology ) . |
| 4 | The government believes that the informal , voluntary and commercial sectors should substitute for the state in welfare provision . |
| 5 | She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart . |
| 6 | With Robert Jones and Aled Williams a dominating half-back force , Wales coach Alan Davies will need little prompting about the men he should choose for the Test in two weeks time . |
| 7 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 8 | Adding the percentage of retrospective completions and the percentage of errors ( discrepancies ) provides an estimate of the maximum percentage of errors that could occur for the entries in paper and pencil diaries such as those used in clinical trials : 2%+15%=17% for the morning and 9%+15%=24% for the evening . |
| 9 | During one of my trips to the USA in the 1960s , Shaheen telephoned my hotel one day to say that he had arranged for me to have lunch with Richard Nixon , who at the time had not yet declared that he would run for the presidency in the election of 1968 . |
| 10 | In a share sale , unless the warranties are on an indemnity basis , the purchaser will claim for the reduction in value of the shares . |
| 11 | Er , as you know , Gethyn does work for the Church in Wales now and this , in a special way , is a testifies to the fact that he is er an ecumenical person . |
| 12 | ‘ All you have to do is be black and do n't curse the Jews directly , and the Jew will vote for the black in a second . |
| 13 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 14 | Stuart , who plans to see an acupuncturist tomorrow in an attempt to cure the problem , may compete for the North in a representative match this weekend before endeavouring to raise her spirits for the Olympic trials meeting . |
| 15 | The 48-year-old New Zealander did not apply for the job in so many words , but it was well known in the British territory 's rugby circles that he was available , if asked . |
| 16 | But having spent all his career in a family business , Sir Adrian has inevitably given a lot of thought to the responsibility a company should have for the community in which it operates . |
| 17 | The following examples illustrate the type of situation that could call for the utmost in tact and diplomacy . |
| 18 | Above all it is important for the staff planning groups to decide what ‘ interdisciplinary ’ work or topic work will actually mean for the learner in practice , and choice will depend in part on the school 's view of the ‘ whole picture ’ spread across quite long periods of time , with the teachers planning carefully how they intend to create a balanced curriculum over weeks and months . |
| 19 | Juliet cooked them both a meal for which she had no appetite , and watched her father leave for the hospital in his blue Cavalier . |
| 20 | I can do all those nice things in Jan , Feb and March , and not to mention when I get home tearing my garden to pieces , that 's gone to pot , which is as well , because it does n't make it , see , see one thing I find about coming down here , I see the really smarter shops than I would unless I were in Norwich and it makes me realise still after this , I do n't crave for the things in shops . |
| 21 | It does n't seem like it if you consider some of the most recent press reports : endless bickering about which London group will bid for the Olympics in the year 2000 ; the decision for the 1992 Games not to allow the slower marathoners to finish in the stadium because they will interfere with the closing ceremony ; Charlie Francis 's cynical opinion that most of the world 's top athletes are on drugs . |
| 22 | Erm and I would see that in terms of a service of thanksgiving , some kind of service of thanksgiving where I could pray with them , we could pray for the child in their arms in the face of the congregation and ask God 's blessing on the life of that child and see that as a celebration of thanksgiving and a , a prayer of blessing for , for that child . |
| 23 | We need some new notation to describe extra rows and will write for the element in the jth column of the z k -row . |
| 24 | Before that Act non-residents could register for the vote in local elections if they occupied property in the area with a rateable value of at least £ 10 per annum . |
| 25 | By dialling 150 a couple of weeks before you move , you can arrange for the phone in your new home to be connected . |
| 26 | This forced the defender to chase back and dive for the ball in the mud . |
| 27 | " D' you know " , he told me , " that I can ask for the check in seventeen languages ? " |
| 28 | The effect on prostaglandin production might account for the increase in dyspepsia associated with NSAIDs in patients colonised with Helicobacter pylori and could also protect the mucosa from superficial injury induced by NSAIDs . |
| 29 | Although there is a slight reduction in the number of cells per well over the culture period this could not account for the reduction in EGF binding seen . |
| 30 | The same factor may also account for the variation in amplitudes and frequencies noted by us and by Sunshine . |