Example sentences of "to [noun] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adduct levels ranged from 0.7 adducts/10 nucleotides to 29 adducts/10 nucleotides , which is similar to values reported for other tissues . |
| 2 | He claimed British Steel and ICI were refusing to hand over analytical information on their emissions to solicitors acting for 28 local , asthmatic families a refusal he claimed was ‘ a scandal ’ . |
| 3 | The proactive approach is best suited to identifying strategic acquisitions where a purchaser is prepared to pay a fair price , whereas the reactive approach is more suited to acquirors looking for opportunistic sale situations . |
| 4 | In addition to money held for this ‘ transactions ’ purpose some additional money will be held for ‘ precautionary ’ reasons and perhaps also some will be held as a form of saving or as an ‘ asset ’ . |
| 5 | The invention of Ruritania led to many descendants , all declaring their ancestry in the ‘ a ’ suffix , from Buchan 's Evallonia and George Birmingham 's Lystra to countries invented for young readers like Frances Hodgson Burnett 's Samavia , Noel Streatfeild 's Livia , Serraillier 's Silvania , Adnan Alington 's Rumelia and Harnet Graham 's Zoraya . |
| 6 | The thicker yarns give a fabric that is particularly well suited to winter wear for warm sweaters , jackets and ski wear . |
| 7 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 8 | In arts and social science particularly , this led to appointments made for political rather than academic reasons . |
| 9 | Pilgrimages began to places noted for such devotion . |
| 10 | Banking in particular , seems particularly susceptible to failures in foreign markets caused by reactive pressures — much of the Third World debt problems can be traced to banks looking for easy foreign expansion routes when faced by lack of growth in domestic markets . |
| 11 | Thus quantified , the environmental cost of oil comes to 5.56p per kilowatt-hour ( kWh ) , with corrosion and damage to buildings accounting for more than half the total and damage to crops from pollution for just under a fifth ; " old " coal burned in conventional power stations without emission controls has a cost of 5.00p/kWh ; " new " coal 1.18p/kWh ; combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations 0.45p/kWh ; nuclear pressurized-water reactors ( PWR ) between 0.32p and 0.37p/kWh ( not including effects on plants and animals ) ; and solar , wind and hydroelectric power between 0.04 and 0.07p/kWh ( not including visual impact or disruption caused by construction of dams , etc ) . |
| 12 | This was due to provisions made for expected losses resulting from the Indian securities trading scandal . |
| 13 | I have already written to BBC to plead for more time for Eldorado . |
| 14 | The Department of Environment will give the green light to parking bays for certain disabled people . |
| 15 | The Partial Indemnity Clause is intended to apply to fleets insured for Third Party risks and to fleets insured for Comprehensive benefits but where the policy bears a large excess . |
| 16 | The Partial Indemnity Clause is intended to apply to fleets insured for Third Party risks and to fleets insured for Comprehensive benefits but where the policy bears a large excess . |
| 17 | Additionally , s5 does not apply to goods manufactured for commercial use , as in the case of commercial weedkiller bought by a farmer in Wormell v RHM Agriculture ( East ) Ltd ( 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Table 3.1 below shows the ratio of females to males convicted for certain crimes and makes clear the male domination of criminality . |
| 19 | Lekhanya over ( i ) the King 's desire for dialogue with the South African liberation movement ; ( ii ) his complaints at corruption ; and ( iii ) his concern for broader participation in constitutional reform and the transition to democracy planned for 1992 . |
| 20 | As we are now reaching the Summer holiday period the adjustments to flexitime will be increasing due to staff applying for annual leave , flexi holidays and extended time away from work . |
| 21 | A last minute decision by Radio Netherlands ' management has averted the proposed close-down of their popular shortwave transmissions to Europe scheduled for 29th March . |
| 22 | The Act regulates the use of automatically processed information about living , identifiable individuals ( personal data ) which is held on computers and other ‘ equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose ’ . |
| 23 | Majorie gained B.Litt in 1948 and D.Phil in 1976 , and expresses gratitude to Somerville for enabling her to return to Oxford to work for this . |
| 24 | And we 've got a list of people who have responded to telesales offers for ambient music compilation albums — about three thousand on that one … |
| 25 | It is also manna to lawyers looking for juicy briefs in civil litigation . |
| 26 | The backing of the union is not only important because of the information and clerical services it provides to strikers applying for supplementary benefit , but also , perhaps , because it evokes a more sympathetic treatment from the supplementary benefit officers . |
| 27 | Just a few more autographs and it 's off to France to prepare for 2 Grand Prix in a week ; at Magny Cours on Sunday , then Silverstone 7 days later . |
| 28 | At the RS/6000 launch , Filip said that the workstation business was definitely profitable in the fourth quarter of 1992 , and in the current quarter has been growing faster than the 30% to 35% achieved for all of 1992 . |
| 29 | The work of Miller and Swift has been enormously useful to feminists working for practical reform . |
| 30 | By opening an account , and using it , donations will be triggered from NatWest 's own funds to WWF to pay for some of our vital work . |