Example sentences of "for [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way I think of the band is kind of like puzzle pieces ; to me the secret of an effective arrangement is not for everyone to push towards the same kind of sound , but for everyone to play something that 's contrasting but interlocking , so that when you listen to the song , all the pieces fall into place around each other . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It was an opportunity for everyone connected with the project , both BNFL staff and contractors , to bring in their families and explain what THORP is all about . |
| 3 | Its great for everyone connected with the club etc etc . |
| 4 | The whole chapter is ridiculous , for example when Alice asked to sit down she was told there was no room , by the characters already sitting there , yet there was plenty of room for everyone to move round the table several times before returning to their original places . |
| 5 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 6 | O'Neill said : ‘ It 's bloody awful for everyone associated with the horse and it has n't really sunk in yet . |
| 7 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 8 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 9 | But there are only limited facilites for them stay in the children 's ward to be near their daughter . |
| 10 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 11 | Some birds are so small that twigs are too coarse a material for them to use as the main fabric of their nest . |
| 12 | For some it may be that the act of crying was left free for them to use in a healthy way . |
| 13 | And they used to catch pheasants and er I had to clean I had to pluck these pheasants and er birds and get them ready and ready for them to put in the oven . |
| 14 | And I used to get them ready for them to put in the oven or fry it . |
| 15 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 16 | This , however , makes it impossible for them to feed during the larval stage , as free-swimming tadpoles can do , so they have to nourish themselves with specially large quantities of yolk . |
| 17 | Knowing the ages of the children is also crucial in quickly planning toys and activities for them to do during the session . |
| 18 | Jonadab had already hired a new third lad , or ‘ thoddy ’ as they were known , and there was little more for them to do in the town : neither was interested in the attractions of sideshows or stalls . |
| 19 | He argued that the kinds of jobs which young people eventually did were determined not so much by the development of their inner drives , as by the structure of opportunities by which they were surrounded — the kinds of jobs which were available for them to do in the labour market . |
| 20 | The world of nature was for them constructed on a mathematical plan , things were generated from numbers an idea to whose mystical overtones Aristotle objected . |
| 21 | This , she thought , would make it easier for them to cope with a very traumatic situation . |
| 22 | Computers do not have the knowledge and experience of the average human reader , so for them to cope with the ambiguities shown above they need to have access to repositories of the different sorts of knowledge . |
| 23 | He did not bother to look up when Corbett and Ranulf were ushered in but made a gesture for them to sit on the bench alongside the table while he continued noisily with his meal . |
| 24 | It can also in effect make it impossible for them to participate in the community and thus deprives them of an important aspect of citizenship . |
| 25 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 26 | Within a comprehensive school it is perfectly possible for children to be ambitious and competitive , for them to submit to a proper discipline , one imposed both by their teachers , and by the rigours of the subject itself that they are studying . |
| 27 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |
| 28 | Their long-lived presence made it possible for them to act as a kind of semi-permanent critique of newer cultural trends . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not going to spend big money bringing players over from Scotland simply for them to go through the motions . ’ |
| 30 | You 'd think it would be totally alien for them to go in the water like that . |