Example sentences of "of [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of apologising for the article , the Mirror , in an act of ‘ pure undiluted hypocrisy ’ , published a second article ‘ Maggie 's Clay Test ’ and a leader on the subject the following day . |
| 2 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 3 | It will clearly be in the interest of the headtenant if the service charge is left out of account for the purposes of the rent review under the headlease . |
| 4 | Historically , this arrangement provided a residual form of financing for the government — meeting any financing requirement not satisfied by sales of other forms of debt . |
| 5 | It was too much , even for the sake of cooking for the Prince of Wales . |
| 6 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 7 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 8 | Three hundred years of catering for the City of London were celebrated by Ring & Brymer at the Museum of London last week . |
| 9 | Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew . |
| 10 | The fourth aim of catering for the different levels of ability is more likely to be teacher-dependent . |
| 11 | Doubling of the stamp duty threshold to £60,000 was also viewed as the right sort of nudge for the depressed housing market , while the exemption of whisky from excise duty increases was a desperately-sought boon for the industry . |
| 12 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |
| 13 | Lazio 's manager , Dino Zoff , says that Gascoigne is all he needs to have a team capable of challenging for the title . |
| 14 | In brief , if schematic knowledge is in short supply on a particular occasion , then the more we need to invoke systemic knowledge as a means of compensating for the deficiency and if we are thereby able to convert symbol to index , then the act of meaning negotiation itself has the effect of extending or altering the schematic knowledge we started with . |
| 15 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 16 | In urban areas , where the range of health professionals at the primary care level is still variable , a fully multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of cases is a valuable means of compensating for the limitations of particular general practices . |
| 17 | A final group of approaches see football spectator disorder as a way of compensating for the loss of community caused by post-war industrial and urban development . |
| 18 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 19 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 20 | Few at this conference were a-quiver at the prospect of bidding for the Tilbury to Southend line . |
| 21 | Develop this approach as the heart of any teaching you do : it stresses the visual and auditory side of spelling for the pupil , and also helps him to understand how the patterns of spelling work . |
| 22 | As each subsequent requiem repeated the ritual exhibited at the primary mass , the cycle proved an expensive way of praying for the repose of the dead . |
| 23 | Offer it up , people said : offer everything up , the happy times too , it 's all part of praying for the holy souls . |
| 24 | Have you thought of applying for the police force ? ’ |
| 25 | After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners . |
| 26 | The Sports Council recently awarded £200,000 towards the development of a British men 's team , with the aim of qualifying for the Olympics . |
| 27 | The result severely dents Widnes 's chance of qualifying for the Premiership , in which they have reached the final for the last three years , but could prove a turning point in Salford 's survival battle , provided they are a little more circumspect . |
| 28 | This does n't seem a fair way of qualifying for the huge incentives on offer for a record . ’ |
| 29 | The Bees hopes of qualifying for the semi-final now rest on Bari 's visit to Griffin Park next Wednesday . |
| 30 | Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland 's chances of qualifying for the finals . |