Example sentences of "[verb] they for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 2 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 3 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 4 | Once again there are different ways in which such data are used , but all share the object of analysing the data anew , using them for different purposes than originally intended . |
| 5 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 6 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 7 | In addition , we must try to augment our oil revenues so as to enable the government to invest them for future development in industry and for processes and inventions at present unknown to us . |
| 8 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 9 | Aquatic birds that spend much of their time in water , well insulated by fat and waterproof plumage ( Figure 6.1 ) , are pre-adapted for life in cold lands ; the insulation of marine mammals in temperate seas pre-adapts them for polar seas . |
| 10 | I let him keep young ones for sentimental reasons since I do n't need them for practical purposes . |
| 11 | Before 1688 kings had been able to choose their ministers and to wield sufficient power to keep them in office unless the Commons used the exceptional procedure of impeachment to try to prosecute them for political misdemeanours . |
| 12 | Curtis , meanwhile , as the result of his meditations on how a federated empire might collectively discharge its duty to the backward races under British rule , had begun to reach the conclusion that the answer was to train them for eventual self-government . |
| 13 | There was a rush by speculators to buy the true classics , subject them to extremely expensive rebuilds , and then to attempt to sell them for sky-high prices . |
| 14 | I have no hesitation in recommending them for steady moving water and out of the two I feel the series X is more versatile . |
| 15 | The deal means the French bank will get some of the money it is owed , Madagascar will get debt relief and the Missouri garden will be able to increase its efforts to conserve rare plants , which include training botanists and collecting plants to screen them for medicinal value . |
| 16 | The Duc d'Orléans refused Stair 's demand to hand over the ships and their contents to Byng but did agree to unload the weapons and remove them for safe keeping to a French arsenal , a notable diplomatic triumph . |
| 17 | Do they do them for free ? |
| 18 | The borough council blames them for serious defects found in the building . |
| 19 | Indeed , the range of skills which actuaries develop nowadays are ideally suited to fitting them for corporate management in general . |
| 20 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |
| 21 | The subsequent chronology of the licences , as well as the varying charges for them , reveal that the king was granting them for political and financial ends , to make friends and raise cash , particularly from the late 1290s when he desperately needed both . |
| 22 | Section 143 requires local authorities to compile registers of land that might be contaminated and open them for public inspection . |
| 23 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 24 | Back then he had argued with his son : had denied Yuan 's insistence that they were the gaolers of Tsao Ch'un 's City , the inheritors of a system which shaped them for ill . |
| 25 | Some people I know have used them for departmental budgets , but quite how they do that I do n't know . |
| 26 | Yes they have but they have n't got them for free . |
| 27 | We will stop sales to countries which might use them for internal repression or international aggression . |
| 28 | This would leave the bassist free to add little chordal colourings on the G and D. You could also use them for striking solo intro riffs , something they excel at , while adding a touch of stereo chorus provides an even sweeter sound . |
| 29 | The fact that , one has as a as a council , credit approvals , it does allow you to set them against capital receipts in in further financing new capital works , to the extent that you do n't use them for other purposes . |
| 30 | You can also use them for blocking gaps between skirting boards and floor — it 's much cheaper than wood beading . |