Example sentences of "for [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , we look for deportment and how the flowers are carried , for colour and splendour , for abundance , for the sweet scents and the period over which the bloom is carried , and for resistance to rain , pest and disease . |
| 2 | The four most common reasons for resistance to change are : |
| 3 | There are other reasons for resistance to change . |
| 4 | Crop rotation can also help reduce the opportunity for resistance to develop in the insect population . |
| 5 | The gap was about a foot and a half wide — wide enough for Sigarup to sit in the basket with his legs hanging down below . |
| 6 | Before it was light Chola had lit a fire , and was frying puris and boiling a small pan of rice for Sigarup to eat before he left . |
| 7 | Without it you 'd be just another beautiful , exotic woman , magazine-cover material , for look ing at . |
| 8 | The mood of that enquiry was romantically scientific , so to speak , impelled by a search for technicality based on a confident assumption that science had provided the arts with a lasting model of analytical objectivity . |
| 9 | Moves for Reunification Resisted by South |
| 10 | Adjustment of the relative risks for smoking made little difference . |
| 11 | Comparison with and without adjustment for smoking gave similarly negative results . |
| 12 | His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit . |
| 13 | Baldwin 's declaration for Protection had the immediate effect of reuniting the two sections of the Liberal Party around the historic cause of Free Trade , and Asquith and Lloyd George came together at public meetings to exchange insincere pleasantries . |
| 14 | Many other European firms are in trouble and some , like Volvo and Renault in 1990 , began to consider merging as the prospects for protection continuing beyond 1992 seem dim . |
| 15 | That 's for mum to know and you to guess . |
| 16 | That extra-strong attachment for Mum remained until the end of our mother 's life , at the age of eighty-two . |
| 17 | I was afraid , waiting for Mum to raise her hand , but she did not move . |
| 18 | Montagne Jeunesse — great for budget priced natural buys . |
| 19 | And , despite what the media claimed , Reagan was not elected because people were fed up with the huge federal deficit and were clamoring for budget cuts … . |
| 20 | On March 12 Finance Minister Theo Waigel presented a revised 1991 draft budget to the Bundestag ( lower house of parliament ) , replacing a draft budget presented on Nov. 14 , 1990 , before the Dec. 2 all-German elections [ see pp. 37904-05 ; for budget introduced in August 1990 and subsequently withdrawn see p. 37660 ] . |
| 21 | These are useless for feeding — but the time for feeding has long since passed . |
| 22 | A genre that had grown out of the need for sensationalism did seem to be striking chords at a time of economic insecurity when cities seemed places of dislocation and when , if nothing else , there was a curiosity about how law-breakers operated . |
| 23 | But also , and more importantly , the normal upward movement that was for long the solvent for discontent has been arrested . |
| 24 | Though the numbers affected are small colonoscopic biopsy and histological examination for dysplasia seems to hold no advantage over routine clinical management . |
| 25 | AT&T Co is joining forces with Trender Corp to provide a transaction station for truck stops , to be based on AT&T 's Smart Card readers : the idea is to move trucks more efficiently through fuelling islands and minimise errors in charging . |
| 26 | The demand for shell suits in shiny crinkle and trilobal fabrics is waning and there will certainly be less of these versions around by next spring as far as the more fashion conscious wearer is concerned . |
| 27 | MBA Easiplan is specially designed for Trading/Service based businesses with up to 20 staff . |
| 28 | The case for foot rests on the presumed equivalence of contrast between foot and query , in 17 : |
| 29 | It is sufficient for present purposed to note one such justification , the incentive-residual rights theory . |
| 30 | Hope his new wife knows about his penchant for present giving . |