Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [noun] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1962 Act required LEAs in England and Wales to provide grants for all first-degree courses in accordance with national rules and income scales ( ‘ mandatory awards ’ ) , and allowed them to provide grants for further education ( ‘ discretionary awards ’ ) . |
| 2 | We grow them to provide jobs for poor Filipinos and to enable the Philippines government to export . |
| 3 | The Parish Council urge you to refuse consent for this development because : |
| 4 | If someone has special talents or interests , ask them to run sessions for other residents rather than getting in an outsider . |
| 5 | His research into the possible use of guerrillas led him to champion preparations for all types of irregular operations , although he could make little headway against the traditional thinking of those directing military operations . |
| 6 | Within the profession the general feeling is that the greater the degree of autonomy that can be given to teachers and schools , the more likely are they to accept responsibility for educational provision and become committed to improving its quality . |
| 7 | Do we not , in supplying technology to the USSR , make it easier for her to free resources for military purposes ? |
| 8 | They wanted her to model dresses for next year 's catalogue , and she refused . |
| 9 | " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to . |
| 10 | On the sixth day of rehearsal , Burge decided that Dustin would never ‘ find ’ the role , and asked him to make way for another actor . |
| 11 | ‘ Nevertheless , this incident did teach me to have respect for all things associated with the Mass . |
| 12 | Heathrow is rapidly turning into a ‘ hub and spoke ’ airport with international passengers using it to change planes for other destinations . |
| 13 | The Great Comic Relief Vegetable Plot has been sent to all the schools in the country and Emma hopes as many as possible will stage it to raise money for Comic Relief . |
| 14 | Section 26 gives the Commission power to undertake studies designed to enable it to make recommendations for improving authorities ' ‘ economy , efficiency and effectiveness ’ . |
| 15 | October was the month to ‘ plant out suckers of lilacs , roses and such other flowering trees and shrubs which are propagated in this way ’ and the gardener was advised to leave them to gain strength for two years in the nursery before placing them in a permanent position . |
| 16 | That 'll teach me to make tea for unstable women — ’ |
| 17 | The buyer 's concerns here are that these items be properly used and cared for by the seller , that they be used only for the purposes of the sub-contract ( ie that the seller does not use them to make goods for third parties which can then be sold by them in competition with the buyer ) , and that they be returned to him at the end of the sub-contract . |
| 18 | If someone speaks to us , another ability is revealed for we are better at discriminating subtle changes in frequency and loudness than many other species , allowing us to use sound for complex communications . |
| 19 | ‘ That has obviously prompted us to review facilities for elderly patients with dementia . ’ |