Example sentences of "to [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biologists and the applied scientists have done this , have offered lectures to school children , mostly in response to requests that have come in to them for specific lectures . |
| 2 | Operational planners viewed L Detachment as a parachute force pure and simple , which should be available to them for short-term aims . |
| 3 | The world looks to them for decisive leadership on this issue , as on others " . |
| 4 | THE Government last night moved to avert a threatened mass exodus of dentists from the NHS and put on ice plans to cut fees paid to them for dental work . |
| 5 | These I shall send to you for harsh criticism and very helpful suggestions re set . ’ |
| 6 | I am grateful to him for gentle handling . |
| 7 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 8 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 9 | Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent . |
| 10 | With difficulty , he made his way towards her , Charlotte clinging to him for dear life . |
| 11 | He would always remember handing over the final payment , because it was on the same day as the first big aeroplane raid over London and he spent most of that night hiding under his father 's bed , with both Sal and Kitty clinging on to him for dear life . |
| 12 | Would she scream insults , or perhaps cling on to him for grim death and beg for another chance ? |
| 13 | His offence against those who came to him for medical help was less easy to punish . |
| 14 | People turn to him for mature counsel . |
| 15 | For example , the modern female hostage who falls in love with her captor may not merely be manifesting the well-known defence of ‘ identification with the aggressor ’ ( particularly since it is not so much identification with him as submission to him ) , she may instead be giving way to her phylogenetic id and its demand that a female captured by a male should look to him for sexual satisfaction . |
| 16 | Offers poured in to her for future leading parts ; there was even one from New York . |
| 17 | Holding on still with one hand , I took a visual line ahead from the north needle to mark into memory the furthest small tree I could see , then put the compass away again and with infinite slowness clawed a way forward by inches and after a while reached the target and held on to it for dear life . |
| 18 | I soon noticed myself rapidly approaching a fallen tree over the surface of the river and as I rushed towards it I clung on to it for dear life . |
| 19 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 20 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 21 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 22 | Keep this manual by you when using LIFESPAN and refer to it for specific and detailed information on particular facilities |
| 23 | We also learnt quite a lot as to how we should do it next time , so when we now to it for senior managers erm come April May time er and hopefully that er training will be improved on the benefit going through . |
| 24 | Although the local authority was sympathetic to her problem , the sum of money available to it for discretionary grants had been severely cut in recent years , so it could not see its way to helping her further . |
| 25 | Even where such material is not incorporated by reference apparently reference may still be made to it for contextual or confirmatory purposes . |
| 26 | People looking to it for educational use , or a big company HQ . |
| 27 | He 's also preparing an interim guide to it for imminent launch . |
| 28 | They have not come to us for specific assistance under the know-how fund . |
| 29 | You see , he does n't just speak to us for small talk , he does n't just speak to while away the time with , with conversation . |
| 30 | The typesetting will be arranged by the agency , after which the advertisement will be faxed to us for final proof reading and confirmation of our approval . |