Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will be campaigning throughout the country on the theme ‘ the betrayal of Britain by the Conservative Party ’ , and saying the tax increases are merely to pay for mistakes of the past . ’ |
| 2 | Critics argued that the government itself had been largely to blame for the country 's economic problems . |
| 3 | But I do n't need to remind you that we 're here to collect for display groups in the Sherman Museum . |
| 4 | You 're here to sing for me . |
| 5 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 6 | The judge , who criticised the police for the way they conducted their inquiry , read out a note from the jury : ‘ We believe Sheffield social services department are partly to blame for Mr and Mrs Hanby being placed in the predicament they are in today ’ . |
| 7 | The court therefore has the power to apportion damages where the plaintiff has been partly to blame for the harm suffered . |
| 8 | In effect these new arrangements are both to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq and Kuwait after the war and to provide a mechanism to redistribute Gulf oil wealth throughout the Middle East and North Africa . |
| 9 | Poor hygiene and handling are also to blame for food poisoning . |
| 10 | But Anna 's family say the authorities are also to blame for her death . |
| 11 | I have just completed a round of visits to most of the fund raising regions in England and Wales and I 've been most impressed by the preparations that are underway to prepare for our seventy fifth birthday . |
| 12 | Desertification , caused by over-grazing and deforestation , may be partly to explain for the rise in global temperatures , according to a study by Roger Balling of the Office of Climatology in Arizona State University . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm here to ask for a divorce . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm here to run for myself , ’ I said . |
| 15 | This occurs where two motorists are held to be equally to blame for a collision and the plaintiff is injured . |
| 16 | But I can still see myself , trembling with fear of Jack ( and yes , for him , too ) , desperately ringing a mental hospital I thought should not be there to ask for help with an ‘ illness ’ I thought did n't really exist . |
| 17 | He 's , he 's actually going to be there to vote for the bill vote for the amendment |
| 18 | The lights , which once seemed to be there to compensate for any lackings in the performers ' abilities , are now secondary to the punch of the music . |
| 19 | The driver , who was normally employed as a fitter , but had some driving experience with the Corporation , was acting as a relief driver and was found to be principally to blame for the accident , because of his lack of experience , which resulted in his letting the car take the curve at too great a speed and the conductor for applying the hand brake at his end so as to lock the wheels ; he had received no instruction on the proper procedure . |
| 20 | We are here to fight for those who are have nots , or do not get as much and have fewer opportunities . |
| 21 | We are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier , more battered and crippled than ourselves . |
| 22 | They 've been there to search for something — whatever — they thought she had . |
| 23 | Cheltenham on Gold Cup day glitters … the best in the land are there to race for the richest prize … we 've three questions to ask you in our competition … first is about jockeys … |
| 24 | We are there to fight for people who are not getting equality , who are in fact 52.4% of the population . |
| 25 | The politicians in Washington are there to fight for their state and the conflicts in Washington are not conflicts between , so much between the states and the federal government , as conflicts between the states for different advantages . |
| 26 | Serbs have been accused of being most to blame for mass killings and rapes , torture and so-called ethnic cleansing . |
| 27 | CIVIC Forum , the Czechoslovak opposition movement , reacted in fury last night to the resignation of the Prime Minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , accusing him of being entirely to blame for a ‘ political crisis ’ , and of citing ‘ untrue facts ’ in earlier threatening to resign . |
| 28 | Round the corner was Dixon 's Blazes , a blast furnace , and the Workers ' Circle , where dreams of socialist emancipation were debated — dreams which were soon to fade for Glasser . |
| 29 | Legislators and enforcers were largely to blame for not providing a proper frame-work of controls . ’ |
| 30 | American Airlines , which began the daily flights to Chicago less than a year ago , and an airport spokesman accused the Government of being partly to blame for the decision . |