Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the reason , male marmosets have developed a rearing strategy whereby they greatly assist the mother by carrying , holding , and generally caring for infants while she is away eating elsewhere . |
| 2 | The rush comes on in five minutes , lasts for an hour , and you 're buzzin' and still going for hours . ’ |
| 3 | Some of these are still in existence , and have resulted in flats being built for the elderly of the parish , and also housing for widows and daughters of clergymen . |
| 4 | A predominance of occupational unions leads to highly fragmented unionism and ideological and religious divisions also make for duplication of union organisation , thereby weakening bargaining potential and often making for difficulties in promoting effective representation of workers in individual establishments . |
| 5 | Their approach is to go back to first principles , looking at the constraints that link objects and events in the real world to what happens in the retinal image and then looking for rules that can be used unambiguously to recode retinal events in terms of the outside world ( Poggio , Torre , and Koch 1985 ; Ullman 1986 ) . |
| 6 | Erm and they have problems with er the quality of water and the sa standards not re reaching the sort of specifications er the pu public not trusting the er product and and consequently looking for alternatives . |
| 7 | The Supreme Council , returning from its Easter recess on April 17 , passed on April 18 a resolution reaffirming the March 11 independence declaration and again calling for negotiations , but offering to refrain from passing any new laws until after May 1 to allow for preliminary consultations . |