Example sentences of "to [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to asked for the cream teas to be retained . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's stick to acting for the moment , ’ he drawled . |
| 3 | British customers have got used to looking for the date stamp on goods so that they can identify the ‘ life ’ of a product . |
| 4 | THE IDEA of preparing a budget for the building of a house is a daunting thought , especially to someone who is more used to budgeting for the family holiday . |
| 5 | As we have already seen , a boy might not have got beyond typesetting at an equivalent stage either , nor did he automatically get much further anyway ; but the girls were almost all set to handsetting for the firm once they were competent at it . |
| 6 | In the space of a few weeks they went from favouring broadly no change in taxation ( which is what the chancellor gave them ) to yearning for the rod — in one case a tax rise of £5 billion-10 billion . |
| 7 | The massive exodus of the rural populace to towns in Spain or abroad , which began in earnest towards the end of the 1950s , bore witness to the priority given , in the Francoist scale of values , to preserving the patrimony of the strong , rather than to caring for the welfare of the weak . |
| 8 | Mr Gummer said : ‘ The proposals complement the range of environmental incentives already available to farmers and reflect the Government 's continuing commitment to caring for the countryside and to integrating environmental objectives into agricultural policy . ’ |
| 9 | It 's all part of Wimpey 's commitment to caring for the environment . |
| 10 | Although section 25 , as re-enacted , no longer required the court to attempt to place the parties in the financial position they would have been in had the marriage not broken down , it did not , in her Ladyship 's judgment , circumscribe the court 's discretion so as to limit it to providing for the wife to become self-sufficient . |
| 11 | There are two approaches which can be adopted to charging for the service : |
| 12 | unemployed prior to registering for the course ; |
| 13 | The agricultural export economy was not regarded as needing a skilled workforce and little priority was given to schooling for the majority of the population . |
| 14 | It 's one of Metallica 's tour personnel talking at the band 's hotel , just prior to leaving for the night 's Wembley gig … |
| 15 | The figure that many companies disclose allows trends over time to be identified but does little to provide a more detailed appreciation of its commitment to investing for the future . ’ |
| 16 | The common ground Chamerovzow sketched out was a commitment to working for the importation of free-labour cotton for the Lancashire mills and a shared desire to isolate American churchmen who were not firmly antislavery . |
| 17 | But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 18 | Speaking to venture capitalists , accountants or lawyers about business plans or any other aspect of a buy-out does not amount to working for the business and if done in working hours , may be a breach of service contract . |
| 19 | When it comes to planning for the future , however , a pension plan — whether a company scheme or a private contract with a life company — is more tax effective than any other savings or investment vehicle . |