Example sentences of "by [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 2 | The van der Waals equation is where a is a constant which corrects for the attractive forces between gas molecules and b is a constant which corrects the volume of the gas by allowing for the part of the volume occupied by the gas molecules . |
| 3 | Now , by analysing a sample of customer addresses by ACORN he or she can set sales targets for each ACORN type ; and by allowing for the population in each type in each sales territory , he or she can set quotas which relate directly to the potential for business in each area . |
| 4 | By allowing for the distribution of results in random diversification , reductions in the overall risk of a randomly selected portfolio of shares may continue until the number of constituent securities reaches about thirty . |
| 5 | Acid output was calculated by allowing for the amount of juice produced in each time interval , and was expressed as mEq/h . |
| 6 | You can maintain ‘ official ownership ’ of your case by summarising for the minutes ( 'Following my proposal the meeting agreed … ' ) and by literally having the last word on the item : ‘ So we 're agreed on that . |
| 7 | Inspired probably by the continuing ill-feeling towards himself , Gurney had attempted to leave the Grammar School by applying for the Mastership of Wellington College early in 1855 , but the Goldsmiths declined to supply a testimonial of his conduct until he had given up his post , and his application therefore lapsed . |
| 8 | Frank soon became a prolific scorer for the Reserves but he graduated to the first team as the ideal foil to the great goal-scorer , Peter Simpson , having begun by deputising for the master when Peter was out injured . |
| 9 | SIMON PARKE , the 17-year-old Yorkshireman , made the selectors feel a little more comfortable by qualifying for the World Open here yesterday . |
| 10 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph II treated other members of the ruling family with a studied rudeness which shocked contemporaries : in the 1780s he deeply antagonized his younger brother and successor Leopold , Grand Duke of Tuscany , by pressing for the merging of the Grand Duchy with the hereditary lands of the monarchy . |
| 11 | He could easily find out by groping for the clock , lifting it to his line of vision , and pressing the button that illuminates the digital display . |
| 12 | Obviously , sorting out the courses which are on offer can best be done by writing for the prospectus but with any application the question that will be of overriding importance is how you are going to finance your training . |
| 13 | Cut costs by looking for the sign Zimmer if you want bed and breakfast in a private house . |
| 14 | At one-hour weekly meetings , the team started the process by looking for the symptoms of the problem , which meant pulling together all the relevant facts . |
| 15 | Check that the jacket has been made to the current British Standard by looking for the label with the " Kitemark " symbol . |
| 16 | Giardia infection can be diagnosed by looking for the parasite in the stools . |
| 17 | It is entered by looking for the entrance : by looking for opportunity . |
| 18 | Because one 's involved whether one likes it or not , just by caring for the person concerned . ’ |
| 19 | father replaced mother 's lost services by caring for the infant himself , the father 's services did not accrue as a result of the death . |
| 20 | The central , distinctive idea here is that the rational expectations hypothesis can be seen as imposing restrictions on what we should observe in the world , and so the validity of rational expectations can be tested by testing for the validity of those restrictions . |
| 21 | To test this prediction rigorously Lucas should estimate equation ( 6.6 ) for his 18 countries jointly , imposing the restriction implied by his model that the β 1 coefficients are negatively related to the estimated variances of v. The Lucas model could then be tested along the lines suggested in chapter 3 , by testing for the validity of this restriction . |
| 22 | This feeling was exacerbated by waiting for the guide to translate . |
| 23 | They do this by waiting for the mother to leave the nest . |
| 24 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 25 | By accounting for the development of the mode of production in terms of economic relations only , Marx failed to take account of the development of political forces which also have an effect on the development of the mode of production . |
| 26 | Most frequently , under the two-party system , all these requirements are met easily by sending for the Leader of the Opposition or of the majority party , as the case may be , upon the fall of government-as happened , for example , in 1945 and 1951 . |
| 27 | On Oct. 9 , demonstrators responded by calling for the resignation of Crimea 's authorities and cancellation of the new resolution . |
| 28 | He appeared to be advocating a reversal of the process by which military officers were appointed to key posts since the mid-1960s , by calling for the civilianization of a greater proportion of bureaucratic positions . |
| 29 | THE five presidents of Central America kept the beleaguered regional peace process alive yesterday with an agreement that bolstered the governments of Nicaragua and El Salvador by calling for the demobilisation of rebel forces in both countries . |
| 30 | THE Australian Prime Minister has tried to revive his party 's support ahead of next month 's general election by calling for the replacement of the Queen as head of state . |