Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desperately remote though it seems , this forest has in its time been much worked , beech wood having been prized for making oars for ships and sent off in great quantities to the coast . |
| 2 | At first we considered moving to Devon , which we had come to know during speaking engagements for Mark Bonham-Carter at Torrington and Jeremy Thorpe at Barnstaple , but not seeing anything to our liking , turned our thoughts to our native Scotland . |
| 3 | If you are a basic rate taxpayer , the money you receive will be yours in its entirety and you will not have to worry about making deductions for tax . |
| 4 | What it comes down to is do we , or do we not approve of killing animals for fun do we approve of allowing a pack of dogs to hunt an animal to its death . |
| 5 | Macho finance people who delight in delaying payments for months on end are the prime cause of the terminal disease " arterial cashosis " ( blockage of the cash-flow arteries ) . |
| 6 | Naval superiority succeeded in winning control for Britain of an empire from the Americas to the Indies . |
| 7 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 8 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 9 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 10 | The device chosen was a carefully designed , small , speed table surfaced with distinctive flat cobbles , with gaps on each side that would allow buses and large trucks to pass without generating noise for residents , discomfort for passengers , or damage to the road surface as a result of impact by heavy vehicles . |
| 11 | The Tufting Department at Lyles , showing all those who contributed to raising money for Strathcarron Hospice . |
| 12 | The Bloc Québecois , a newly formed political group committed to achieving sovereignty for Quebec , recorded a decisive by-election win in east-central Montreal on Aug. 13 . |
| 13 | The CMS , which is intermediate between the DMS and courses for supervisors provided under the aegis of the National Examinations Board in Supervisory Studies ( NEBSS ) , has been in operation for three years and has tended to concentrate on providing training for personnel in the employ of major public sector institutions like the National Health Service and local government . |
| 14 | Whilst the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 contains many fair-dealing provisions , no exceptions are made for copying music for use in church services . |
| 15 | Notts , Lincs and Derbyshire are promoting the Thorntons Challenge with coaching equipment for clubs to be won , whilst Celinet are offering 15 prizes of coaching weeks in a Prize Draw . |
| 16 | Innovations depend upon finding opportunities for staff to work on developing new policies . |
| 17 | I will be launching the birthday year in January when I hope that among other things , we might succeed in gaining recognition for Eglantine Jebb and our many achievements for children and I was delighted to be asked to chair the birthday advisory group and to be closely involved with activities during nineteen ninety four . |
| 18 | Mushtaq , bowling with the breeze behind him , dispatched Hick with a perfect legbreak and then hit Smith 's stumps as he tried to glance , a round-the-legs dismissal almost to rank in shuddering significance for England with Peter May 's notorious ‘ b Benaud 0 ’ at Manchester in 1961 . |
| 19 | ‘ The church was largely built by selling bricks for sixpence , ’ said Mr Cave . |
| 20 | The method used for transferring stitches for cable pattern is similar to hand knitting but instead of using a cable needle , we use the transfer tools . |
| 21 | In fact one of the things that 's most disturbed me about some of the recent discussions that have taken place in the great debate has been that on the one hand people have talked about educating people for adult life and learning more about the way people earn their living , learning more about industry , more about productive things , and on the other hand they 've been talking about maintaining standards . |
| 22 | They stood accused of substituting prejudice for analysis and ideology for science ( Goot and Reid , 1984 ) . |
| 23 | Other policy issues that were observed and which need discussion and consideration included : the problem of sustaining confidence in the livestock market for those ( many of whom were family or part-time farmers ) who had no other enterprise options ; the need for an examination of the labour unit figure at present used in deciding eligibility for improvement grants with a view to its removal — those at present debarred from receiving grant ( because their unit is not big enough ) were unable to carry out improvements to develop the farm ; the case for considering what effect would be achieved by placing a limit ( e. g. 500 standard man days ) on the size of unit eligible for grant and guaranteed prices — such a limit might ensure the future of family units which were under economic pressure for amalgamation and growth of the size of units ; the need for assistance with the building of a second house to aid resettlement and hand-over problems . |
| 24 | Figure 11.13 Guide to linearizing transformations for curves |
| 25 | The increase was attributed to falling demand for EC agricultural produce , the falling value of the dollar , and the cost of integrating the former East Germany into the common agricultural policy ( CAP ) . |
| 26 | There are also specialist CPO 's called ‘ Architectural Liaison Officers ’ who will look at planning applications for building projects like new shopping centres or housing developments . |
| 27 | One possible outcome of this would be a working group to look at producing guidelines for certification . |
| 28 | Museums and archaeological collections throughout Britain were contacted and , although many were willing to help by providing samples for dating , problems emerged . |
| 29 | In many cases he will try to over-compensate by rushing around doing things for others as if to prove to himself that he is needed . |
| 30 | Despite these problems , excessive use of sprays can be avoided by monitoring crops for pests or damage . |