Example sentences of "of [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 2 | Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew . |
| 3 | The fourth aim of catering for the different levels of ability is more likely to be teacher-dependent . |
| 4 | Doubling of the stamp duty threshold to £60,000 was also viewed as the right sort of nudge for the depressed housing market , while the exemption of whisky from excise duty increases was a desperately-sought boon for the industry . |
| 5 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |
| 6 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 7 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 8 | Offer it up , people said : offer everything up , the happy times too , it 's all part of praying for the holy souls . |
| 9 | ‘ And Zimbabwe have got a very good chance of qualifying for the African Nations Cup AND the World Cup . ’ |
| 10 | Several hundred people from Northern Ireland are expected to cross the Atlantic to support the Republic 's team , who are virtually assured of qualifying for the final stages after their 2–0 defeat of Lithuania in Dublin on Wednesday . |
| 11 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 12 | This does n't seem a fair way of qualifying for the huge incentives on offer for a record . ’ |
| 13 | In tackling the serious problem of rural poverty , the Kenyan Government has advocated a Basic Needs approach to development and the research focuses on the ability of the schemes to improve standards of living for the rural poor . |
| 14 | of living for the agricultural population , guarantee regular supplies of produce on the market , and ensure reasonable food prices for the consumer . |
| 15 | A high social price was paid in a lower standard of living for the industrial worker and the economic and social power of the Junker class . |
| 16 | As a result of the introduction of machines and the growth of markets , relatively unrestricted by government , the standard of living for the average British person — judged in terms of food , clothing , shelter , health , life expectancy , infant mortality , education and material possessions — increased on an unprecedented scale over these years . |
| 17 | In the first quarter of 1987 the discount rate was fixed at 61 per cent , but the cost of living for the full year increased by 120 per cent . |
| 18 | Bushey Studios , in Hertfordshire , gave Crawford his first taste of acting for the big screen , although the thrills and spills in Soapbox Derby meant that plenty of fun was had at various locations in and around London . |
| 19 | Peter said that although fifth was a respectable position he felt the team was capable of pushing for the top spot and added the society was eager for new blood . |
| 20 | There will be a Krypton Factor room for the energetic , A Kind Of Loving for the romantic and even a conference suite named after the inventor of TV , John Logie Baird . |
| 21 | With the strain of listening for the slightest sound a desperate tiredness had set in and I was having to force myself to stay awake . |
| 22 | Now , given that the government 's support of the idea of Strasbourg as being a permanent place of meeting for the European parliament . |
| 23 | Make a point of looking for the lay of the surrounding countryside . |
| 24 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 25 | In the first place , instead of searching for the long-term consequences of early family experiences , a switch has taken place to the study of immediate effects . |
| 26 | The profit-seeking firm faces the difficult task of searching for the appropriate profit-maximising output and profit margin . |
| 27 | Instead of searching for the musical expression of class standpoints one will do better so to conceive the relation of music to classes that any music will present the picture of antagonistic society as a whole ( Adorno 1976 : 68 , 69 , emphasis added ) . |
| 28 | A complete code of pleading for the High Court is in the High Court rules ( RSC Ord 18 and Ord 18 , r 12(1) as amended ) , which now requires pleadings to include , in relation to damages claims , details of any mitigation claimed by the defendant . |
| 29 | The solution was a simple one : employ priests with the sole responsibility of singing the memorial requiems so as to allow the parish priests to go about their customary role of caring for the spiritual needs of the living . |
| 30 | Taking the worry out of caring for the departed . |