Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to put a shelf mark on the books so that we can shelve the book , but that tells us quite a lot about the subject , and if you start putting those three things together the librarian , as manager of his library , can start to put all this information together — in fact , the computer digests it for him — to give him an overview of how effective his operation is , when he should be buying extra copies , when perhaps he should be thinking of not buying quite so much , or being a little more selective . |
| 2 | In fact the computer digests it for him to give him and overview of how effective his operation is , when he should be buying extra copies , when perhaps he should be thinking of not buying quite so much , or being a little more selective . |
| 3 | With goods having only one normal use the mere fact of the purchase will , by implication , make it known that this is what the buyer wants them for , e. g. a hot-water bottle , as in Priest v. |
| 4 | The auction has something for everyone . |
| 5 | The label on the tin recommends it for church furniture and floors ’ . |
| 6 | The spring does it for you . ’ |
| 7 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 8 | With a character and ambience all of its own , The Gallery has something for everyone — from food to fashion , art to artefacts , music to mime ! |
| 9 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 10 | The reason is to be able with ease to identify the sender of the letter , who typed it , and the file number if the organisation has one for a particular account . |
| 11 | It is important for you to understand what the physiotherapist does , so that you can follow any instructions the physiotherapist gives you for remedial work at home , and can appreciate the patient 's progress . |
| 12 | Because er the woman needs them for someone else . |
| 13 | The past has nothing for you , nothing , the past has abandoned you . |
| 14 | The scrutiny takes nothing for granted but looks directly at what actually happens at all levels of the area under study . |
| 15 | The practical consequence of this must be that the individual who in his personal development has not mastered his basic instinctual drives but finds instead that the state masters them for him experiences none of the narcissistic gratifications of self-mastery but all of the privations which the agencies of state control enforce on him . |
| 16 | The Army prepares you for life , it makes you grow up and learn discipline . |
| 17 | As we pass the top of the stairs the thought hits me for the thousandth time . |
| 18 | Precisely because the Church mistakes herself for the present form of the Kingdom , God 's rule has often had to manifest itself in the secular world outside , and frequently against , the Church ’ ( Pannenberg 1975:78 ) . |
| 19 | The church has nothing for which to apologize . |
| 20 | And he said : ‘ I will see that it stays there until the Man sends someone for it . ’ ’ |
| 21 | The man deserves something for his loss . ’ |
| 22 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 23 | At Bullwood Hall the doctor checks you for VD after home leaves , too . |
| 24 | Since Parliament has not conferred complete autonomy on a 16-year-old in the field of medical treatment , there is no overriding limitation to preclude the exercise by the court of its inherent jurisdiction and the matter becomes one for the exercise by the court of its discretion . |
| 25 | At the same time , the film offers itself for ‘ simultaneous collective experience ’ and the reason why critical and affirmative attitudes can fuse is because ‘ individual reactions are predetermined by the mass audience response they are about to produce … |
| 26 | In the context of this article , the need for a multi-national to engage in this sort of activity is likely to be limited to those occasions when the customer demands it for his own reasons , or where trading relationships have been established that would be threatened if one customer knew of the other 's existence . |
| 27 | ‘ But , if you 'll pardon me , ma'am … it 's what the master pays me for . |
| 28 | When it comes to operational issues and manpower , the stock answer is that information on the running costs of individual units is not held centrally and could be provided only by the use of disproportionate time and effort , yet the Minister criticises us for not being more specific . |
| 29 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |
| 30 | The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them . |