Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv] [vb pp] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its approach of quantification even allowed for dealing with qualitative properties and variables . |
| 2 | A team of senior UN officials , including the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , left Iraq on July 3 after failing to gain access to a secret store of material allegedly used for making nuclear bombs [ see p. 38307 ] . |
| 3 | In the universities , where in the sixties rioting students and the educated tele-celebrities of the ‘ chattering classes ’ had commanded public attention , there were now dormant , apolitical students anxious only for their future employment , and embittered lecturers suffering a crisis of morale and lamenting the bureaucratic invasion of time traditionally left for teaching and research . |
| 4 | ‘ About 45 per cent of land developed for residential use was developed , including land already used for housing purposes , or was vacant land in built-up areas . |
| 5 | Being situated on land previously used for settling pulverised fly ash has meant special ground improvement and piling operations were necessary . |