Example sentences of "and [prep] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His care for disabled children spans work at the orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry , Alder Hey Hospital , Liverpool , and through Riding for the Disabled . |
| 2 | The growth has come from privatisation of services provided in the public sectors , particularly healthcare and education and from catering for the public . |
| 3 | I was not alone in the way I identified with the saga of the March family , nor was I alone in identifying with Jo ( and presumably all readers do ) in her hurts and disappointments , her longings for femininity that clashed with her dreams of independence and achievement ; and in wishing for the ultimate fairness of all things as they were shaped by those nineteenth century moral certainties . |
| 4 | This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father . |
| 5 | The difficulty lay both in defining the ‘ upper ’ and ‘ lower ’ limits of the stratum within the hierarchy of social status , and in allowing for the marked heterogeneity of its membership within those limits : there was always , at least , an accepted internal stratification into grande moyenne and petite bourgeoisie , the latter shading off into strata which would be de facto outside the class . |
| 6 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 7 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 8 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 9 | Now , by analysing a sample of customer addresses by ACORN he or she can set sales targets for each ACORN type ; and by allowing for the population in each type in each sales territory , he or she can set quotas which relate directly to the potential for business in each area . |
| 10 | The PDI , which staged the largest rallies , managed to stretch the limits of official tolerance by attacking " nepotism " in high places , a reference to the business dealings of Suharto 's family [ see also below ] , and by calling for the presidential term to be limited to two years , an implicit criticism of Suharto 's years in power . |
| 11 | So the least I could do was to get out and around looking for the guy . |