Example sentences of "and [verb] for [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this first study , the European-ness of the 1989 elections will be explored in depth to see whether there are differences between EC countries , and to search for clues about likely future changes . |
| 2 | They also inevitably include such universally popular compositions as Dowland 's ‘ Lachrimae Pavin' which seems to have originated as a lute solo , been turned into a song ( ‘ FIow , my tears ’ ) , arranged for viol consort with six sequels in the 1605 book , and arranged for virginals by Byrd , Morley , and Farnaby . |
| 3 | The company 's doctor was on the spot in no time , attended the patients , examined the sanitary arrangements , disinfected and closed the station well , and arranged for tanks of pure water to be conveyed from 62 miles away . |
| 4 | In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way . |
| 5 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 6 | The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock . |
| 7 | It was Don who made the effort ; he bought the local paper and looked at ads for houses ; he phoned estate agents and asked for lists of properties . |
| 8 | I intended to study , and registered for courses on Spanish language and literature . |
| 9 | Mr Haughton was taken to Whiston Hospital and treated for burns to his chest and right shoulder . |
| 10 | The community care reforms will produce a new kind of key worker who will organise and budget for packages of care : the care manager . |
| 11 | A vital ingredient on any trip to the sub-continent is morale — coping with Delhi belly , waiting for room service that never arrives and queueing for hours in chaotic airport terminals . |
| 12 | For example , a quite recent book of advanced readings , entitled The Nature of Creativity , edited by a very prominent cognitive psychologist , and intended for researchers in the area , makes absolutely no reference to the topic ! |
| 13 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |
| 14 | We do n't believe that pension rights should be undermined by privatization or by C C T. We agree with motion three seven one but add one qualification the best way to provide protection for members threatened in this way is to force the government to honour its obligations under European law and push for pensions to be included in the regulations . |
| 15 | Women are more likely than men both not to be members of such schemes and to work for employers without them . |
| 16 | This characteristic is quite general and holds for geodesics in spaces that are less symmetric than that of a sphere , and in spaces of hi–her dimension . |
| 17 | If Ogarkov 's demotion in September 1984 revealed anything beyond a straight-forward preference to utilise his skills more effectively , then punishment came not for losing an argument , but for breaking the rules — for carrying on arguments after being overruled and pressing for prerogatives in the military-technical and military-political areas which were not rightfully his . |
| 18 | Besides , it is a cardinal principle of law that an innocent party may choose to accept repudiation and sue for damages for breach of contract , or he may choose to refuse to accept the repudiation so that the contract will remain in full effect . |
| 19 | More recently , social policy in this country has been informed by political economy — that tradition , primarily but not exclusively derived from Marxism , which identifies the ideological character of disciplinary boundaries and looks for explanations of the nature of social structure and social process in terms of the character of the dominant mode of production ( see Gough , 1979 ) . |
| 20 | Buying her new clothes helped , with all the half-forgotten luxury of choosing the models in Dior 's grey-and-gold salon and returning for fittings as the suits and dresses were moulded to her figure . |
| 21 | More than 50 children rooted for rocks and ferreted for fossils on Saturday . |
| 22 | Clauses 84 to 92 carry over and develop the arrangements for valuation set out in the 1991 Act and provide for changes to be made in lists to take account , for example , of new properties and appeals against taxation . |
| 23 | Goods are traded and swopped for items in demand or for services . |
| 24 | Some system might be adopted ( Clause 13.06 ) for coordinating applications for new certificates ; ( 2 ) to maintain bank accounts in accordance with the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules and to provide for restrictions on drawings from such accounts ( Clauses 6.0.4 and 6.0.6 ) . |
| 25 | A new Gang of Four ( or five or six ) headed by Li Peng would be arrested and tried for crimes against the people . |
| 26 | And the smell of those cigarettes in his tormentor 's office , where he stood barefoot and shivering for hours on end . |
| 27 | Indeed , it is through data collection and searching for patterns in those data that theory is elaborated . |
| 28 | When it was sunny we picnicked among the forest 's ponies and searched for fossils on deserted beaches . |
| 29 | Peeking allows a bird to sleep and watch for predators at the same time . |
| 30 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |