Example sentences of "to [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years this was carried out by the " vanners " ; men effecting a separation on special vanning shovels using a method perhaps best described as somewhat akin to panning for gold . |
| 2 | ‘ But some parents find that their child 's school is not up to catering for children with special needs . |
| 3 | The services offered are often generic and when it comes to competing for work from the SSD , ‘ being a Jack of all trades does n't fit easily into the contracting culture ’ . |
| 4 | If this means returning to hanging for theft ; workhouses for the deserving poor and the streets for the undeserving ; the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy ; overcrowded , insanitary housing for the majority and opulence for the few ; of course we would reject it . |
| 5 | In the winters of ‘ 88 and ‘ 89 Ruggia came close to signing for Honda and spent too long dilly-dallying . |
| 6 | Some of the directors present were opposed to pressing for charters at that stage . |
| 7 | And they tell you that two AS-levels are equal to an A-level when it comes to applying for university places . ’ |
| 8 | Now it 's signed a deal with Swindon College , agreeing to offer joint degrees , with a view to applying for University status . |
| 9 | ‘ Well I 'm really looking forward to opening for Gary Moore at London 's Albert Hall next month , and I 'll be doing some club dates in the UK just before that . |
| 10 | Yet they 're a tad more composed tonight , not averse to pausing for breath on occasion . |
| 11 | Of necessity , he became accustomed to writing for serialisation , and familiar with the sequence of publication essential in order to protect an author 's interests at home and abroad in the days before an international copyright agreement . |
| 12 | As well as demonstrations of country crafts , such as sheep shearing , hedge laying , stonewalling and spinning , there were opportunities for people to participate in activities ranging from bug-hunting to searching for gold . |
| 13 | Since everyone can foresee that this will occur , few resources will be devoted to searching for inventions , even though they are socially valuable . |
| 14 | ( a ) They are all restricted to acting for clients living ( or sometimes working ) within a limited geographical area round the centre . |
| 15 | USL 's in-house counsel says OSF , which appears to looking for proof of an industry-wide conspiracy against it , is asking USL to produce not only every piece of paper they 've got with OSF 's name on it but anything that refers to Unix or even software . |
| 16 | Biologists , as we have seen , are accustomed to looking for advantages at the gene level ( or the individual , the group , or the species level according to taste ) . |
| 17 | when it comes to looking for x-ray or path lab or whatever it is but finding your way out . |
| 18 | The Americans were actually behind us in discovering the importance of preventive and rehabilitative services , but when they got round to looking for permanence for children in care their strategy was a combined one of permanence with natural families and permanence with new families . |
| 19 | This is apparent in the wealth of critical responses to fantastic and non-real literature over time , from Piers Plowman to Waiting for Godot . |
| 20 | Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months . |
| 21 | Spurred by the horrors he witnessed in war , Cheshire dedicated his life to caring for others after it was over . |
| 22 | This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others . |
| 23 | ‘ His life , short though it was , was dedicated to caring for others , ’ said Mrs McGettigan . |
| 24 | After his wife died , he dedicated himself to caring for Rosie . |
| 25 | Catherine , who is on a three-month contract with ACET , is looking forward to caring for people with HIV/AIDS . |
| 26 | Some of her time has also been devoted to caring for Michael , who was badly scalded in infancy . |
| 27 | When he 'd lived Outside , before the Store , he 'd got accustomed to going for days without food and then , when food did turn up , eating until he was greasy to the eyebrows . |
| 28 | Whereas the US and UK agreements focused on specific arrangements for , respectively , the transportation and the safe storage of Russian nuclear weapons , the French accord , in addition to providing for storage and transportation , also undertook to furnish radiological equipment in the event of nuclear accidents , and machine tools ( not subject to restrictions imposed by the Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls ( COCOM ) ) designed to disassemble nuclear weapons . |
| 29 | The [ draft ] FRS applies to accounting for capital instruments by those who issue them . |
| 30 | The Law Society published guidelines in question and answer form as to accounting for commission received on 23 October 1991 in 88 L S Gazette 33. ( b ) Professional undertakings An undertaking given by a solicitor in the course of his practice or by his employee on his behalf or by a solicitor qua solicitor ( whether or not in the course of his practice ) and made with the intent that it should be relied upon is binding in law upon that solicitor personally . |