Example sentences of "[vb pp] [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 | Naval superiority succeeded in winning control for Britain of an empire from the Americas to the Indies . |
| 3 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 4 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 5 | Candidates should produce as much mailable copy as they can in the time allowed and should be discouraged from sacrificing quality for quantity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The church was largely built by selling bricks for sixpence , ’ said Mr Cave . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They stood accused of substituting prejudice for analysis and ideology for science ( Goot and Reid , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Despite these problems , excessive use of sprays can be avoided by monitoring crops for pests or damage . |
| 15 | ‘ Hey-ey , I 'm sorry Chrissy , shush , shush — ’ He joggled him up and down , but the in-earnest high screams , punctuated with shuddering gasps for breath , continued remorselessly . |
| 16 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 17 | The Association of Charity Officers says its members do n't want to get locked into paying fees for care which should be paid for by local authorities . |
| 18 | The women 's world squash champion , Martine Le Moignan , and Jack Simmons , who has just retired from playing cricket for Lancashire at the age of 48 , receive the MBE . |
| 19 | The current climate of Government attitude to education is pragmatic and based on getting value for money from existing technologies . |
| 20 | Typically , the timetable will be suspended for a week or more and pupils will take responsibility for their own Mini-Enterprise , which may be based on producing goods for sale or providing services . |
| 21 | The SUBJECT AS AFORESAID proviso reminds the haulier that Overdrive 's rates are not based on accepting liability for matters which the prudent haulier should insure against . |
| 22 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 23 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 24 | £250,000 spent on readying ZEi for showroom |
| 25 | The amount of HCl(aq) consumed in the reaction is given by Stage 3 : Determination of The molar enthalpy change for this exothermic reaction is found by substituting values for qp and n(H2O) into equation ( 7 ) : In more accurate calorimetric determinations the value for T has to be corrected for cooling losses ( see figure 5.5 ) . |
| 26 | Some could easily be found by incorporating screening for AF into the routine health checks on over 75s already carried out by UK general practitioners . |
| 27 | All this highlighted the need for more land to be allocated by planning authorities for development . |
| 28 | By a statesmanlike not an enthusiastic appeal Buxton may have calculated on maximising pressure for policy revision and politically isolating the West Indian interest , believing that they were already on the defensive morally and ideologically . |
| 29 | There is a danger , particularly in the final years of compulsory schooling , that little time is given to promoting reading for fun . |
| 30 | The profits were struck after charging £15m for rationalisation and reorganisation . |