Example sentences of "and [noun] [conj] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 27 an " open skies " agreement , signed in May 1991 between Hungary and Romania and allowing for surveillance flights in each country 's airspace , came into force . |
| 2 | As well as supporting the Group 's production units in optimising and controlling process activities , research teams also undertake investigations into the qualities and properties of raw materials , plant design , suitability of packaging materials , environmental issues and the development of new products , and research and planning for the operating units . |
| 3 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 4 | Also on Oct. 15 the Sejm approved legislation regulating television and broadcasting and allowing for commercial stations . |
| 5 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 6 | We feel we can go on eating and drinking and living for today , just mildly titillated by guilt . |
| 7 | But , oh he 's quite happy , he 'll curl up in the back of a car , but when I come home and he goes so berserk if I 've left him at home , I know that he 's been watching and listening and waiting for me all that time . |
| 8 | This favourite phrase of hers , meaning uninformed opinion , seemed to underline her contempt for the situation in which I had placed myself : the young , married woman , abdicating intellectual effort , doing nothing but washing and cleaning and caring for her baby . |
| 9 | Before the prison doors had opened , or she had been stuffed into the hold of that ghastly convict ship , to spend her life scrubbing and cleaning and whoring for rough and dangerous men . |
| 10 | However , most of the literature does not satisfactorily account for the simultaneous determination of wages and membership while allowing for the interaction between the free rider problem and workers ' tastes . |
| 11 | To be old is to be wrinkled and crabbit and heading for Parkinson 's or Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 12 | Look at unusual sources and suppliers when searching for storage systems . |
| 13 | As this whole approach is to do with openness , its third part is to do with giving people information they need , with expressing your own thoughts and feelings and asking for help and advice when you need it . |
| 14 | Have n't we been embroidering and stitching and preparing for the wedding since before the War ? |
| 15 | This was difficult to understand for impassioned artists who saw Surrealism and Abstraction as struggling for the soul of modern art . |
| 16 | British Gas will ensure that its contractors are aware of the Company 's environmental policy and that their practices and procedures when working for British Gas are compatible with it . ’ |
| 17 | Employees also received a grant towards incidental expenses like buying carpets and curtains and paying for telephone installation . |
| 18 | Outside , the Campaign for Labour Representation in Northern Ireland was already planning to return next year , spending around £250 a head on travel and accommodation and hoping for an unforeseen breakthrough . |
| 19 | She cites Bernstein and others as testing for uses of the form ‘ I think ’ . |
| 20 | What greater occupation then can a man have than to be tending this jewel box and factory and searching for ideas ? |