Example sentences of "of [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guessed it was the shock of Froggy 's death , and the tension of caddying for one of his contracted professionals . |
| 2 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 3 | Among the nominees attending the lunch , as recognition of their achievements , was Montgomeryshire nurse Sue Blower , who had returned specially from her work as a nurse tutor in Bucharest , Romania , where she is helping to set up that country 's first school of nursing for 40 years . |
| 4 | Instead of looking for one thing to satisfy our needs we might try looking for combinations . |
| 5 | What is the point of paying for one day developing ? |
| 6 | Packaging and handling charges do not come cheap , so what 's the point of paying for ten plastic packets along with the extra labour when you could buy one box containing 100 hooks and save up to 33 per cent ? |
| 7 | While it is quite true that , with exceptional care , a polythene liner is capable of lasting for 10 years or more , it is more likely that it will perish within three , the area between the water surface and ground level being bleached by the sun , cracking and falling away . |
| 8 | Needing to score quickly , West Indies made 176 at nearly five an over , despite some fine bowling from Snow , when Lloyd declared with five wickets down , setting England the task of surviving for five and a quarter hours or scoring 339 to win . |
| 9 | Ultimate haemostasis was defined as lack of rebleeding for 30 days after treatment . |
| 10 | It gives criticism , and critical theory , no way of knowing what it is for : no way , that is , — of arguing for one kind of production against another , or of valuing some forms over others . |
| 11 | The two lancet windows were erected to the memory of Rev. Jonah Nalson who was Vicar of Halling for thirty three years . |
| 12 | One interesting reaction was that in stating , for example , that science should be taught to all pupils in some form or other in the last two years of schooling for 10–20 per cent of the time ( in addition to a broad course up to age 13 years ) , the DES was implicitly committing itself to increased resources , in terms of teachers and facilities . |
| 13 | The Initiative has aimed to bring about major changes in the content and methods of schooling for 14-18 year olds . |
| 14 | Use the same method of working for three numbers . |
| 15 | The tables below indicate some major steps in the process of planning for 1988 — 89 . |