Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are characterized by low boredom thresholds and an inability to work for other people , ’ thought Sir John Hoskyns . |
| 2 | In an attempt to account for some of the peculiarities of the sternopleural region , Ferris ( 1940 , etc. ) has argued that the greater part of the ventral side of the thorax of some insects is derived from pleural structures , but further critical study of his theory is necessary . |
| 3 | But , more than that , the People 's Plan is an attempt to allow for incremental growth and change . |
| 4 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 5 | In fact , in an attempt to compensate for this , the nurses would paint nail varnish on her toe-nails and put bows in her hair . |
| 6 | Mothers can find themselves preparing three different meals in an evening to cater for different tastes in the family or she may find herself offering three or four different menus to the child , all of which are rejected and the food thrown away . |
| 7 | Firms have an incentive to opt for particular levels or types of integration . |
| 8 | Many poor households were exempt from domestic rates but still had a vote in the local election ; they had an incentive to vote for high spending programmes . |
| 9 | Purchasers in turn , since they would still be cash-limited , would have an incentive to bargain for improved value-for-money . |
| 10 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 11 | They forget that the magic of television means that we 've probably heard it all before , so we really do make an effort to go for fresh material . |
| 12 | Outside public sector employment , which offers transferable pension rights , occupational pension benefits are maximised by minimal job changing or by an ability to compensate for any loss of pension rights on job change through a better remunerated new job . |
| 13 | C & G was also convicted of omitting an invitation to ask for further details in two further advertisements . |
| 14 | Yeah , well I got an essay to write for this work now . |