Example sentences of "in [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Her heart cramped now as she thought of her husband 's folly in plumping for the easy money , as it had seemed , after three bad harvests — his airy promise to come home soon — his failure to return after his regiment had been disbanded in Madras and left to make its own way back round half the world . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I won enough money in Sweden to at least get a category for the Challenge Tour next year and the experience will help me in qualifying for the European Tour . |
| 6 | Chair , if I can , if I can speak to it from a financial point of view , this is the scheme where we have been successful in bidding for the European Rural Development Fund grants . |
| 7 | The most feverish area of research in snowboarding for the past few years has been the quest for an improved binding system — in particular a releasable binding that works . |
| 8 | There is a joy in looking for the kindly and generous action in the daily round ; a kindly smile from some ordinary person whose responses have not been blighted by desire or greed or envy . |
| 9 | While he persists in looking for the golden egg before the chicken is even hatched the terrorists will continue to exact a mounting price in blood for his dithering approach to security . |
| 10 | The Grand Union people , already very short of money , decided that there was little point at present in going for the wide gauge , especially as it was ( conveniently ) reported that traders preferred loading into narrow boats . |
| 11 | He imagines their having a child together ; he imagines Louise 's death and his own subsequent tenderness in caring for the motherless infant ( we do not , alas , have Louise 's response to this particular flight ) . |
| 12 | Another is Mary Seacole , the Jamaican-born nurse whose extraordinary abilities and dedication in caring for the wounded and sick during the Crimean war won her a reputation , at the time , equal to that of Florence Nightingale but who was soon forgotten , until the more recent attempts at reconstructing the history of the black presence in Britain . |
| 13 | Mr Baker also conceded ‘ there will be in the 1990s inescapable areas of expenditure where there has got to be increases , for example , in caring for the elderly ’ . |
| 14 | The service section also involved her in caring for the elderly and paediatrics . |
| 15 | A very successful appeal was made in September by actress Susannah York on behalf of the S.O.S. Society to support their work in caring for the elderly and disabled . |
| 16 | Male vigour in display could also indicate vigour in caring for the young . |
| 17 | This promises to make nursing as a career much more dynamic and pro-active , although the nursing role in caring for the sick and those people limited by disability will continue and develop in response to the needs expressed by society . |
| 18 | In accounting for the curious distortion of the doctrine that has taken place in England , it is clear that this can not be explained by the mere presence of constitutional arrangements based on a separation of powers or it would be much more prevalent than it is . |
| 19 | How important were the depressed economic conditions and unemployment in accounting for the slow down in population growth ? |
| 20 | Thus , if implemented , notwithstanding the other requirements of SSAP 15 , companies may use either the full provision or partial provision basis in accounting for the deferred tax implications of post-retirement benefits accounted for in accordance with SSAP 24 and UITF 6 . |
| 21 | SSAP 15 is amended by the insertion of an additional paragraph after paragraph 32 and before paragraph 33 as follows : ‘ 32A Not withstanding the other requirements of this Statement of Standard Accounting Practice , either the full provision basis or the partial provision basis may be used in accounting for the deferred tax implications of pensions and other post-retirement benefits accounted for in accordance with SSAP 24 ’ Accounting for pension costs ’ and UITF 6 ’ Accounting for post-retirement benefits other than pensions ’ . |
| 22 | ANSWER/ARGUMENT In accounting for the popular appeal of the Nazis , anti-semitism was not as significant as other factors , especially that of Hitler himself . |
| 23 | But the notion of marked rheme may prove helpful in accounting for the communicative force of some utterances . |
| 24 | The main constructive effort in providing for the future leisure activities of this national has been by Spanish and other Mediterranean resort countries , and predictably they have been the gainers . |
| 25 | There are many problems still to be overcome in providing for the disabled . |
| 26 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 27 | She leaned against him comfortably , and he began to wonder about the possibilities in aiming for the wide sleeve of her dress . |
| 28 | The campaign , run by a Sussex antique dealer , Andrew Fenton , and a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , is supporting the mother — known only as Mrs W for legal reasons — in calling for the immediate return of all seven children . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In this sense we may talk of there being a shift to the right , even where this is not reflected in voting for the Conservative party . |