Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 2 | It had undertaken , a few weeks earlier , a massive drive across the region for the signing of a petition to Parliament appealing for the removal of the ‘ power-sharing ’ constitution . |
| 3 | In sharp contrast to his ‘ enthusiasm ’ of 1792 , in 1806 Fox introduced the abolition resolution by reminding the Commons what was owed to its own reputation after its 1792 decision for gradual abolition was not carried through ; he appealed to the memory of Pitt and the arguments of Burke ; he looked to parliament to speak for the nation on ‘ a question in which party feelings , arising out of political connections , can have no share ’ . |
| 4 | In addition to money held for this ‘ transactions ’ purpose some additional money will be held for ‘ precautionary ’ reasons and perhaps also some will be held as a form of saving or as an ‘ asset ’ . |
| 5 | * Some 47 per cent of British soils , vegetation and surface water will still be at risk from acid rain early in the next century , despite the planned 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide emissions , according to research conducted for Friends of the Earth by consultancy Earth Resources . |
| 6 | You will have to apply para 41 if you are to equity account for the associate in accordance with standard practice . |
| 7 | The elections originally scheduled for Feb. 16 [ see pp. 38518 ; 38664 ] were postponed in response to opposition calls for polling to take place in May . |
| 8 | Even with Smith & Nephew moving to oxygen bleaching for Lil-lets , and Tambrand 's denial that they use chlorine bleaching ( though Tampax do contain rayon , produced using chlorine ) , there are still problems with tampons and sanitary towels . |
| 9 | The thicker yarns give a fabric that is particularly well suited to winter wear for warm sweaters , jackets and ski wear . |
| 10 | It reminded her again of the woman who had drifted from window to window waiting for Luke — her unadorned face , the limp that made one shoulder dip as she hurried to meet him . |
| 11 | The question that exercised the National Union most of all was the House of Lords , and regular deputations were sent to Law to press for action . |
| 12 | They also complain about the shortage of wood brought about by iron smelting , and ask for opinions on that matter : " … also of any opinion conceived of the great consumpcon of timber and all other kinds of wood made in divers places thereabouts by the Iron Mynes " ( they must refer to wood taken for charcoal burning for the furnaces , the iron mines at this stage would not be using large amounts of timber , but the woodlands were decimated for this reason . |
| 13 | They are also helpful if they are arranged so that you are paid on or before the date of delivery of your goods or services as compared with the usual 40- to 70-day wait for your cheque . |
| 14 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 15 | Environmentalists claim that industrial peat extraction is one of the most ecologically-ruinous forms of development in such areas , and point out that alternatives to peat exist for both fuel and horticultural purposes . |
| 16 | I used to sit in my living room with my mouth open , eyes raised to heaven waiting for something to happen to give me this new boldness and this ability to speak in tongues which seemed often to accompany the events in Acts . |
| 17 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 18 | The Department of Environment will give the green light to parking bays for certain disabled people . |
| 19 | Mr Gould failed to back calls for a referendum . |
| 20 | How strong this support will prove to be in the last analysis remains to be seen , but Labour 's treatment of Mr Gould and its refusal to back calls for a referendum on the Treaty suggest that any hopes of altering the movement towards European Federalism remain with the Conservative Party . |
| 21 | NEWSAGENTS will today be urged to back calls for a change in the law to protect them from becoming innocent victims of the law which prevents tobacco being sold to under-age youngsters . |
| 22 | Where it is not possible , the surviving partner may go to court to ask for provision from the estate . |
| 23 | They were invited to court to perform for the Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. |
| 24 | Lekhanya over ( i ) the King 's desire for dialogue with the South African liberation movement ; ( ii ) his complaints at corruption ; and ( iii ) his concern for broader participation in constitutional reform and the transition to democracy planned for 1992 . |
| 25 | If true this undermines any claim to efficiency made for the market economy . |
| 26 | This book introduces quality methods and outlines an approach to quality developed for healthcare services . |
| 27 | In 1792 , Carey by now the pastor of the Harvey Lane Church in Leicester , was persuaded to publish his pamphlet entitled ’ An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Lost ’ . |
| 28 | The aim is to free-up housing for the needy and boost revenue from the city 's 57,000 tenants . |
| 29 | From forty thousand pounds worth of designer garden to patio displays for just a few pounds — there 's something for everyone . |
| 30 | Within days , the civil aviation group of the Parliamentary Labour party sent a memorandum to Cabinet arguing for the complete nationalization of the European and South American companies . |