Example sentences of "for [pron] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the field of equal opportunities , the notion of contract compliance has been borrowed from the USA by some councils : the idea behind this is that a condition of local authority purchase from its suppliers may be expressed in terms of key employment practices , including the recruitment of ethnic minorities and women , and reasonable access for them to promotion within the enterprise . |
| 2 | After all if they had not Christ to worship , there were worse things , many worse things for them to reverence than ‘ stocks and stones ’ , rocks and trees , ‘ merry Middle-earth ’ itself . |
| 3 | Local and regional governments are , potentially , heavy spenders of public funds and complete freedom for them to institute and carry out their own expenditure programmes has come to be regarded in some quarters as subversive of a sufficiently refined power of control over public expenditure overall by central government . |
| 4 | He had been about four years old , and although he was younger than my brother , they always got on very well together and were heartbroken when the time came for them to part . |
| 5 | They had reached the hilly avenues of Lisbon when it occurred to her that he could be worried about how she might behave when the time came for them to part . |
| 6 | A given work of literature is related for them to literature in general , and not to the personality of its author . |
| 7 | In summer 1986 it is planned to take two HND or degree students : their training schemes provide for them to understudy intermediate departmental managers ( including the Head Housekeeper ) for six-week periods . |
| 8 | Social justice , according to Belloc , could be attained only by destroying the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few , which bred inevitable contradictions between the values of self-respect and self-help preached in capitalist society and the material condition of the mass of the population which rendered it impossible for them to practice such principles . |
| 9 | I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible . |
| 10 | On a moment 's thought for them to sort of . |
| 11 | By now the time had come for me to hand back to these women responsibility to go it alone . |
| 12 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
| 13 | Is it , it tells you though what , what interests is erm I , I love the virtue of this period so , yeah , it 's a good excuse for me to sort of |
| 14 | ‘ The last post does n't go till night , I believe , so there 'll be plenty of time for me to post it . ’ |
| 15 | If he went to stay somewhere with Margaret she unpacked her suitcase and put everything away , she did n't leave bags lying open all over the floor for someone to trip over . |
| 16 | Moreover , with so many potential members , it is easier for someone to free-ride without being noticed or subjected to any kind of social sanction by those who do join . |
| 17 | you know for my to school and I like to say something about you know who oh it 's true |
| 18 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 19 | This is no problem if you are in BBCBASIC(Z80) 's immediate mode where the computer is waiting for you to type something . |
| 20 | Then spread a little soil covering , shake it through the roots , put on more soil , firm , and when there is sufficient covering for you to firm without damaging the roots , tread with me heel , not the sole , of your foot . |
| 21 | You might have thought I 'd happily become a little playmate for you to while away a few tedious hours with , but let me tell you , Mr Jacobsen , you were way off the mark . ’ |
| 22 | On the plus side , the young , all-action staff are enthustiastic and remain good-natured despite the number of postcard messages they are called upon to deliver to your table — for you to follow-up your ( hopefully ) successful telephone chat . |
| 23 | You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong . |
| 24 | I 'll even throw in some henna for you to tart it up . ’ |
| 25 | For Italians it is almost always ‘ the more , the merrier ’ and to make it easier for you to party as a party , we have a special group offer which gives one free place for every 20 paying customers . |
| 26 | Outboard motors are fairly easy for you to unship — so it 's just as easy for a thief , and more rewarding ! |
| 27 | mm , more , for you to sort of |
| 28 | I 've rather doubt that he might not be and , and then Bert er , has very kindly said that he would erm , stand in for him to second this resolution . |
| 29 | She was waiting for him to rant on — her face coolly patient . |
| 30 | The first was an ace , the second opened up in court well enough for him to steam in and put away a brilliant backhand volley . |