Example sentences of "by [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By pressing actively for the payment of wages monthly instead of weekly , they have supported and contributed to the great growth or worker banking in those countries , where it has been seen as a first step to other ‘ staff status ’ privileges . |
| 2 | Rideout , boosted by scoring twice for the reserves in midweek , admitted last night : ‘ Graeme 's been one of the top strikers in the game for several years and he is a hard act to follow . |
| 3 | He had infuriated the government by calling publicly for the resignation of Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky , whom he described as incompetent , and by complaining that he had been forced to lie to US politicians about the sale of Hungarian weapons to Croatia . |
| 4 | But , according to trading standards officers , shops can charge what they like for something and if they choose to recoup the cost of making curtains by charging more for the cost of raw materials they use , then they 're entitled to do this . |
| 5 | Sometimes companies will make up what they lose in terms of labour by charging more for the parts . |
| 6 | R. E. Kaske puts it extremely neatly by claiming only for the Miller 's Tale an " " implicit orientation " " towards " " a controlling set of [ moral and religious ] values " " creating a framework within which , ultimately , the actions within the tale and the actions of writing , telling and reading the tale , are to be evaluated . |