Example sentences of "of [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethologists have followed Darwin in their prime concern with the evolution of species and the various forms of physical and behavioural adaptation that they have developed in the process of competing for survival . |
| 2 | The new game of competing for world market shares alters the order of importance of the functions of the state . |
| 3 | Despite the wealth of evidence that nuclear power can never under-price fossil fuel-generated electricity , BNFL is looking at ways of competing for supply in the open market . |
| 4 | ‘ Besides — ’ said Anne who had not been listening , but pursuing her own line of thought ‘ — if I were affianced to Prince Edward , the marriage could be completed in a year or so — instead of delayed for Heaven knows how long ! ’ |
| 5 | Another possible way of allowing for addition is to set up a special block , called the overflow block ( see Figure 5.7 ) . |
| 6 | Writing in the influential Police Review magazine , Mr Roach , head of policing for north-west London and a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers , said that , since the time of Sir Robert Peel , the police had always had to reassure the public that their powers and privileges would not be misused . |
| 7 | Have I put you off the idea of knitting for profit ? |
| 8 | I hope that the paper will contribute to the debate about the nature and form of organizing for health in other countries . |
| 9 | Particularly insidious is the unobtrusive process of grooming for partnership , as revealed in the survey . |
| 10 | The producer may have to insist that Production Company A is more suitable to make the film than Production Company B. Perhaps because of the show-business nature of producing for TV , creative teams can want to take charge which can prove a disaster . |
| 11 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 12 | Murray has brought in a couple of good players and reckons Hartlepool have a fair chance of challenging for promotion this season — and I think he 's right . |
| 13 | But this will involve an examination of the whole question of walking for pleasure , which is what we most usually do on these occasions . |
| 14 | Further , the inequality in child survival probabilities ( by level of mother 's education ) has been found to be greater in urban than in rural places and small towns , indicating that the former offers better educated , knowledgeable mothers means of compensating for child health hazards that are unavailable to uneducated , poorly informed women . |
| 15 | In spite of compensating for Labour 's traditional hold over local government and its high number of long-serving male councillors , the party 's 19 per cent equals that of the Scottish National Party , which has 37 women councillors out of a total of 191 . |
| 16 | The last round of bidding for field reactivation aroused considerable interest , while a number of major gas and heavy oil projects are gathering pace . |
| 17 | The consultants saw a steady state of landing for demersal ( white ) fish and nephrops ( prawns ) , but commented on the poor state of premises around the fish quay . |
| 18 | The process of applying for part time jobs is long drawn out and tedious . |
| 19 | Having impounded these two sets for the time , we give our full attention to such influences as the inducements which good fishing wages will offer to sailors to stay in their fishing homes for a year or two , instead of applying for work on a ship . |
| 20 | As people become more frail there may be increased reluctance to think of applying for income support : 1.1 million people . |
| 21 | We have seen that , if students ' freedom to learn is to be a reality , it has to be acknowledged by the academic community in all the academic processes that affect students , from the time of applying for admission through the course arrangements and the curriculum experience to the final assessment . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say that you 're wasting your time even to think of applying for custody . ’ |
| 23 | I think candidates who are thinking of applying for entry in nineteen eighty-five , who are now say seventeen coming on eighteen , have got three or four years ahead of them at university , which is a considerable time , and if nothing else , university will make them question themselves , what their interests are , and they 'll introduce them to new subjects , new areas of study , and it may be a mistake to embark on a vocational course , and discover halfway through that actually it 's not what you want to do . |
| 24 | The process of driving for wealth through the construction of hierarchies of growth in a relatively stagnant economy is inherently destructive . ’ |
| 25 | Again you will need to investigate the legality of hiring for classroom use but where it is legal this can give you access mainly to feature films , cartoons for children and possibly to some documentary series . |
| 26 | There are many ways of writing for choir , some simple , some complex . |
| 27 | And Stravinsky 's Wind Symphony , which opened this industrial concert ( repeated tonight ) is a raspingly erudite , tight piece of writing for wind instrument its bitter sweet sadness falling sonorously in the cathedral . |
| 28 | Eventually an agreement was fixed whereby budding Australian authors could come to Britain and learn from their peers the art and craft of writing for stage , screen and Television . |
| 29 | For the next few years , David Whitaker immersed himself in all aspects of writing for Television . |
| 30 | In March 1990 , US forces swept into the neighbourhood of Curundu in Panama City under the pretext of looking for drug dealers . |