Example sentences of "they [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt , close and loving physical contact between child and mother , or surrogate mother , promotes both physical and emotional well-being in the infant ; while cursory and uncomfortable handling , lack of communication and the signs of " non-loving " implicit in them make for the opposite . |
| 2 | These included giving families reproductive choice in future pregnancies , enabling them to plan for the future with a disabled child , avoiding the experience of a delayed diagnosis , and identifying a presymptomatic cohort who might benefit from future treatments . |
| 3 | The aims were to give families reproductive choice in future pregnancies ; to enable them to plan for the future with a child with a disability ; to avoid the experience of a prolonged diagnosis ; and to identify a presymptomatic cohort who may benefit from future treatments . |
| 4 | And all three of them made for the stairs . |
| 5 | Now to keep them occupied for the journey . |
| 6 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 7 | In 1985 Peruvian fishermen caught around 10,000 dolphins and porpoises , most of them destined for the fish markets of Peru 's capital Lima , making Peru second only to Japan in the consumption of dolphin flesh . |
| 8 | Two boys who were rescued from the fighting in Lebanon are back tonight at the hospital that rebuilt their bodies and gave them hope for the future . |
| 9 | Was each of them waiting for the other to make the next move ? |
| 10 | Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements . |
| 11 | It is that position of fundamental weakness and poverty that forces them to apply for the Government 's student loans . |
| 12 | With that , bayonets glistening , they began to charge , converging from every angle of the hemisphere ; before they had advanced a dozen yards squadrons of lancers had overtaken them racing for the ramparts . |
| 13 | She dared fantasise , for just a moment , that she had some kind of family again , perhaps with Leila as a surrogate mother , the three of them heading for the stars . |
| 14 | The relentless struggle of the workers against unemployment and hunger in times of peace as in times of war makes it vital for them to organise for the overthrow of the capitalist system and for the establishment of the Socialist Commonwealth . |
| 15 | A magnificent crowd of 83 witnessed the ceremony , 32 of them staying for the match . |
| 16 | This is shown by the judgment of Lord Greene in Saltman where he said : " If two parties make a contract under which one of them obtains for the purpose of the contract or in connection with it some confidential matter , even though the contract is silent on the matter of confidence the law will imply an obligation to treat that confidential matter in a confidential way as one of the implied terms of the contract ; but the obligation of confidence is not limited to cases where the parties are in a contractual relationship " . |
| 17 | Let them pay for the kebabs anyway . |
| 18 | Then we had them voting for the imposition of VAT on heating fuels , a cruel tax on the ordinary person as well as the pensioner . |
| 19 | If you contact them ask for the Lineco Catalogue No L533–1000 . |
| 20 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 21 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 22 | Depends on on the success of their audience they got for the pantomime , not |
| 23 | Next day they had taken the mirror and the pottery and the porcelain to Long Melford because there were more antique shops in Long Melford than anywhere else they had seen , but £20 was all they got for the lot . |
| 24 | Frequent whitewashing or repapering , like John Barton 's ‘ clean stencilled pattern ’ , is often alluded to , no doubt because it made damp and derelict rooms look fresh and dry but that is the way that they remain for the reader . |
| 25 | They lived for the moment , and were completely happy . |
| 26 | If they qualify for the Champions League ( last eight ) they get another guaranteed £800,000 , plus around £180,000 a point . |
| 27 | It is not clear from the surviving reports of the Once-Over system if the manufacturers had much evidence to support the claims they made for the CO process . |
| 28 | As one they made for the door , but had two dozen different recollections of its exact position . |
| 29 | With another part they asked for the benefit of good management but without too much external pressure . |
| 30 | In fact , they asked for the practices and procedures of all the agencies involved to be thoroughly scrutinised . |