Example sentences of "who [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 31 he was quoted as saying that he was satisfied that all prisoners who qualified for political status had been released but that officials were still sifting petitions . |
| 2 | Parents of children who qualified for secondary education signed an undertaking that the child would complete the course , and they could be fined if they failed to keep their word . |
| 3 | Dayflower , who goes for next week 's May Hill Stakes at Doncaster , was impressive on the gallops yesterday and the step up to a mile is expected to suit her admirably . |
| 4 | In March 1886 Joseph Chamberlain , as President of the Local Government Board , responded by issuing a circular to local authorities urging them to schedule necessary public works for periods of depression , and to co-operate with the Poor Law by providing paid , non-pauperizing work for those who applied for poor relief due to temporary unemployment . |
| 5 | So , at Royal Insurance we decided to develop a NEW high quality home CONTENTS insurance policy especially for the over 50s who qualify for lower insurance premiums . |
| 6 | So , people who qualify for maximum benefit will still have to pay one fifth of the Community Charge . |
| 7 | Those who fought for political control after James V 's death , therefore , were fighting for far more than personal position . |
| 8 | I thank those who fought for that gift and who built the lasting institutions of NATO and the European Community from the ruins of 1945 . |
| 9 | As Oliver ( 1986 ) has recently pointed out , the word was originally used in respect of those who cared for dependent adult relatives , mostly elderly people : |
| 10 | In his early days with us Hamilton was one of those attacking centre-halves who made for great excitement , supporting his forwards and ever-ready to have a go at goal . |
| 11 | For example , an English person who lives for some time in the United States will often acquire a " partially " American accent . |
| 12 | Of course his wife did visit me , but always with her daughters and other ladies who came for regular afternoon visits . |
| 13 | This will represent a saving of £10 for those members who opted for this extension in the past . |
| 14 | He left when he was eighteen , presumably with the cry so often heard from those who look for instant wisdom in courses designed primarily to foster skills by which such discrimination may be attained : " the course can not give me what I am looking for " . |
| 15 | Those who vote for that addendum would you please stand . |
| 16 | From the nineteenth-century reformers who pressed for universal schooling to today 's schemes for increasing the numbers of girls studying science , education has been the site of the struggle for equality of opportunity . |
| 17 | The Ayrshire Cattle Society was founded in 1877 and its first herdbook published the following year , but there continued to be conflict between those who bred for show and those who bred for commercial production . |
| 18 | The problem we have to grapple with in trying to understand the significance of the events is the contradiction between the ostensibly humanitarian instincts of those who campaigned for legal change , and the controlling impact they had on people 's lives , particularly working-class girls and homosexuals . |
| 19 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 20 | In some cases the day centres genuinely act as training centres , preparing those who attend for eventual independence , while in others the aim is simply to offer a daily change of environment and relief to their families for those too handicapped ever to lead independent lives . |
| 21 | The aim is that those young people who opt for early leaving would themselves be substantial gainers . |
| 22 | If he were tempted to decide against Mrs. McLoughlin , he would indeed ask himself whether any principled distinction could be drawn between her case and the case of mothers who recover for emotional damage suffered at the scene . |
| 23 | He 'd rapped on the open door as he 'd passed it , and said , ‘ Who called for International Rescue ? ’ |
| 24 | Later in the day security forces stormed a candlelight protest march , beating young people who called for peaceful change . |
| 25 | It was the Social Democratic and Labour Party leader , John Hume , who called for maximum attendance by English , Scottish and Welsh MPs at the recent special Commons debate on Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | The conference agreed that Russia was the principal source of Arctic pollution , an accusation largely accepted by Russian Environment Minister Viktor Danilian , who called for foreign assistance with pollution abatement and modernization of key industries , notably nickel , copper and cobalt processing in northern Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula . |
| 27 | But the inspectors have exonerated three chartered accountants who worked for Blue Arrow , although some of their actions were also criticised . |
| 28 | VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right … |
| 29 | She it was who interpreted for various French , German and Italian journalists as John Regis , our sole sprint medallist with a bronze in the 200 metres , told everybody that for one flickering moment he ( and many others ) had thought he had won gold . |
| 30 | A barrister who applies for any office may reckon as part of his qualification period any time he has spent in practice or in employment as a solicitor . |