Example sentences of "[verb] for in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he sues for in each case is loss caused to him by the use of an unlawful weapon against him — intimidation of another person by unlawful means . ’ |
| 2 | If the interpretation of democracy argued for in this book is correct , or at least is found persuasive by its readers , then it should be clear that its principal practical implication is that democracy is still " unfinished business " on the agenda of modern politics . |
| 3 | Although the results achieved by the Leeds adjournment system appeared to favour its widespread adoption , this has not happened , although adjournment has been pressed for in some parts of the country — for example , in South Wales — and has been regarded as useful in certain cases by many authorities . |
| 4 | The witnesses should be examined on oath or if that is not possible within your laws or is impossible of performance by reason of the internal practice and procedure of your court or by reason of practical difficulties , they should be examined in accordance with whatever procedure your laws provide for in these matters . |
| 5 | Section 2(3) provides that in considering the common duty of care , the circumstances include the degree of care and want of care which would ordinarily be looked for in such a visitor . |
| 6 | For example , in an article aimed at secondary headteachers , Ross ( 1987 ) identifies huge shortfalls between the aims described in the National Criteria for the GCSE art and design and music examinations , and what the assessment objectives prescribe should be looked for in these subjects : |
| 7 | I have given only a very rough and general indication of how the model of teacher mediation I have presented and argued for in this chapter might itself be made operational . |
| 8 | The alternative to Regan 's typically liberationist view of animals , which I have argued for in this book and summed up in the concluding section of Chapter 6 , is that animals are primitive creatures . |
| 9 | Becoming educated in the way being argued for in this book requires a willingness and an ability to participate in a discussion oriented towards truth . |
| 10 | If the idea of higher education being argued for in this book can be summed up in one word , that is it . |
| 11 | The trade unions have been largely silent and it was felt that the media had a lot to answer for in this department . |
| 12 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 13 | Have you found this chair that he was looking for in that ? |
| 14 | so what you 're looking for in any formula shush daddy 's talking Matthew ! |
| 15 | What you should be looking for in any savings or investment plan — whether the object is to provide school fees or cash for some other purpose — is investment performance and low charges . |
| 16 | The social anthropologist can find what he is looking for in either . |
| 17 | Erm wh what they 're looking for in this answer is erm Because it 's the angle in the semicircle angle B is ninety degrees . |
| 18 | An apparently ( to ordinary human consciousness ) miraculous theory is exactly the kind of theory we should be looking for in this particular matter of the origin of life . |
| 19 | Shots of the product in use or in an unusual setting are the type to aim for in this area . |
| 20 | well this is the most , this is the most rain we 've had for in such a period , no , in , in about a week something like that |
| 21 | He believes , or he chooses to believe , that in Chicago or somewhere else there were readers of Poetry magazine in 1918 who zealously and in all seriousness wanted to know what French poets of that time they might profitably read , and what in the broadest terms they should look for in each of them . |
| 22 | In practice , the AIB inspectors know exactly what to look for in this highly technological activity while the coroner 's officer , who is usually a policeman — a PC or sergeant or occasionally an inspector — is totally in the dark . |
| 23 | Three fundamental changes are called for in this regard . |
| 24 | JE : What was Britten striving for in these sessions ? |
| 25 | The best you can hope for in that game is a draw — you ai n't gon na win . |
| 26 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 27 | You get what you pay for in this world . |
| 28 | It has become usual that there should be a generally drafted indemnity against all taxation liabilities arising from trading transactions prior to the last balance sheet date and which were not provided for in such accounts , or which arose from transactions outside the ordinary course of business since that date . |
| 29 | Even greater difficulty is found with the extensive facilities for discovery provided for in many United States jurisdictions , the intrusive nature of which presents another ground for serious concern . |
| 30 | Finally , Article 13 provided that nothing in the Convention was to be construed as preventing service ‘ by any method provided for by the law of the state of origin and not forbidden by the law of the other state , or by any method provided for in any agreement between the States concerned ’ . |