Example sentences of "and [verb] for the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here they 're weighed and measured and checked for the early signs of malnutrition , cholera and smallpox . |
| 2 | In deaf clubs and institutes throughout the country , there was also much fund-raising and knitting for the armed services . |
| 3 | We believe that methodological limitations of the lactulose hydrogen breath test may explain the present results and account for the reported controversies . |
| 4 | Sweden , who beat England last month , need only avoid a heavy defeat in Poland a fortnight today to head the group and qualify for the final stages . |
| 5 | The incentives to seek and follow advice , to think long-term rather than short , and to work for the best results at 16+ are all clearly set out . |
| 6 | She 's quick , determined , and looks for the good things in life . |
| 7 | I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops . |
| 8 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 9 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 10 | Hitch watched the tail lights of the Lancia disappear and headed for the public telephones nearby . |
| 11 | At this point we might begin to talk about ‘ the state ’ as something which extends beyond government ( and especially beyond the Government of the day ) and the part which it plays in ordering our lives through its claims to guarantee , represent and provide for the common interests of its citizens . |
| 12 | In the gigantic concrete suburbs around Bucharest and the other major cities , no churches were built to replace the ones in the areas demolished and to provide for the spiritual needs of the relocated populations . |
| 13 | The phone numbers and addressed for the remaining divisions are listed below , should you be interested in other Olympus products . |
| 14 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 15 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 16 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 17 | They are doubly attracted when it is clear to them that any movement will be all one way , and where all they have to do is to bide their time and wait for the inevitable profits . |
| 18 | He also spoke of lying awake and listening for the flying bombs , and noting the difference in volume between one explosion and another , and then , on hearing one more definite in sound , concluding that , as in the old artillery box-barrage , they had at last ‘ got the range ’ . |
| 19 | Look and listen for the central ideas . |
| 20 | Laughing aloud , she took to her heels , and made for the outer doors . |
| 21 | Other related activities include membership of a westen European EDIFACT board and support for the British Standards Institution 's EDI activities . |
| 22 | It was held that the words , ‘ like proceedings shall be had ’ , should be construed to give any person aggrieved the right to apply by way of information and summons for the penal orders available under s.94 of the 1936 Act . |
| 23 | During their student days both Lorraine and Margaret were awarded Heriot-Watt Blues and selected for the Scottish Universities side . |
| 24 | Naturally , apart from the accusation of hypocrisy and of letting Britain solve its marriage problems , the government ends up being accused of allowing divorce for the wealthy and none for the poor , as the cost of going to and staying in Britain and paying for the legal procedures is beyond the pockets of the majority . |
| 25 | The Dutch were probably right , to judge from a handwritten note de Gaulle gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at that time : ‘ The supernational organisms of the six , which tend inevitably and abusively to become irresponsible superstates , will be reformed , subordinated to governments and used for the normal tasks of the council and technical business . ’ |
| 26 | During this examination , three to four samples of flat rectal mucosa were taken from an area 10–15 cm from the anal verge and used for the proliferative studies described below . |
| 27 | Try to ignore the clutter and detail , and look for the central themes or metaphors . |
| 28 | ‘ I should have guessed , ’ Werner replied , and reached for the numerical keys . |
| 29 | In discourse analysis , as in pragmatics , we are concerned with what people using language are doing , and accounting for the linguistic features in the discourse as the means employed in what they are doing . |
| 30 | I think he 's cunning , astute and alert for the slightest nuances . ’ |