Example sentences of "in [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be hard , as only one in ten succeed in abstaining for more than a year . |
| 2 | Physicists of the Joint European Torus ( JET ) based near Oxford , England , suceeded for the first time in producing for two seconds energy by means of nuclear fusion . |
| 3 | Mustard has been used as a flavouring in cooking for thousands of years , and has a worldwide reputation for enhancing a variety of savoury dishes . |
| 4 | New Quebec Cuisine is a new company that specialises in catering for small intimate receptions . |
| 5 | For some organisations specialising in catering for certain kinds of " event " , or for some operating in certain regions , these seasons are more pronounced than for others . |
| 6 | Quiksilver had created the richest prize in surfing for this contest : $50,000 for the winner . |
| 7 | You 're coming over so that we can discuss the demand that the women 's movement is making for free contraception and abortion on demand , and the strategy that our local women 's group might develop in struggling for that at a local level , how we relate to other women and groups of women in the area , how the abortion issue relates to other ones . |
| 8 | Delay caused by a failure of the legal aid authorities to act , or act reasonably may constitute good reason , but delay caused by the failure of the plaintiff or his solicitors to act promptly in applying for legal aid , or for the removal of a legal aid restriction , will not constitute a good reason ( Waddon v Whitecroft-Scovill Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 309 ) . |
| 9 | Mr Jones was shocked at the cheek of a man who was only middle-aged , and had a house and a living , in applying for one of the new homes . |
| 10 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 11 | I am sure that he will wish to join me in congratulating the governors , the headmaster and the parents involved in the school on their wisdom in applying for grant-maintained status so as to free themselves from the bureaucracy and interference of the local education authority . |
| 12 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 13 | There were reports on Feb. 20 that US and UK businesses had clashed over post-war contracts , and on Feb. 21 The Times reported that the UK government had begun negotiations with the Kuwaiti government-in-exile for an extension to a deadline for bids , after UK companies claimed that US businesses had secured an unfair advantage in bidding for postwar reconstruction work . |
| 14 | At this point regions with good transport links and a high quality workforce will be at a competitive advantage in bidding for inward investment while those who are content to ‘ regarder passer les trains ’ will suffer . |
| 15 | In the cities , the relative moderation of groups of workers such as the printers pointed the way to co-operation between the working class and progressive sections of ‘ society ’ in pressing for liberal reforms . |
| 16 | It is important , in reviewing the early history of the CNAA 's relationships with the colleges , to emphasize the consistent role played by Frank Hornby in pressing for greater academic independence . |
| 17 | The most remote regions of the United Kingdom have also been active in pressing for Tunnel-related investment . |
| 18 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 19 | A workshop on Student Media for Social Change has motivated students from Indonesia and other parts of Asia to play a more active role in pressing for human rights and democracy in their countries . |
| 20 | In 1918 she became the chief woman officer of the Labour party , in which role she was particularly active in pressing for improved working-class housing estates to include community centres with nurseries , restaurants , libraries , concert halls , and home-help services , all of which she saw as not merely desirable in themselves but essential for the emancipation of working-class housewives . |
| 21 | Software602 is negotiating with Microsoft Corp 's Prague subsidiary at the moment to translate its software , and has play-ed a leading role in pressing for legislative changes . |
| 22 | Both redundancy payments and social security benefits are totally inappropriate for dealing with today 's long-term structural unemployment and play no role in compensating for recurrent unemployment or the casualisation of work . |
| 23 | Some intensive practice in listening for complex consonantal blends ; for example " What is the middle sound of switching , tasted , winter , entrance ? " |
| 24 | The Manchester Citizens Corporation was alone in lobbying for such provision , but its capability in this area became increasingly constrained towards the end of the Programme period ( see below ) . |
| 25 | Kaledon Naddair , the researcher and writer on Keltic tradition and prehistoric rock art , has told how , in searching for new examples of rock carvings , he has attempted to contact rock spirits — actual spiritual beings that inhabit sites . |
| 26 | A force of 20 armed OMON troops entered the Vilnius central telephone exchange on June 26 , claiming to be carrying out presidential orders in searching for illegal weapons and found a pistol , ammunition and explosives . |
| 27 | Here , experience of a particular sector is less important as a previous record of achievement in searching for such individuals than having the necessary weight and calibre to be able to attract those people . |
| 28 | In searching for greater distance , golfers will try absolutely anything , ranging from the latest clubs to weight training , from a fuller shoulder turn in the backswing to a wide arc through the ball . |
| 29 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 30 | They may not have information about users ' success ( or lack of it ) in searching for particular books , or for books on particular subjects , or the extent to which users locate substitutes for their original choices , or the extent to which users browse or take up materials on impulse , or the manner in which impulse choices are taken up . |