Example sentences of "[conj] for [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows that an apparently affluent London couple will have virtually nothing left to pay for holidays , consumer durables or for saving under Labour . |
| 2 | Finally , advertising of tranquillizers has provided an explicit message : to use drugs in controlling conflict , for example producing a less demanding and more compliant patient , or for dealing with life crises or social problems . |
| 3 | The bulk of the destruction occurred during the 1950s and 1960s when the trees were felled to provide land for agriculture or for re-planting with conifers . |
| 4 | Because he has failed to offer a clear-cut criterion for the rejection of any coherent research programme , or for choosing between rival research programmes , one might wish to say , with Feyerabend , that Lakatos 's methodology is ‘ a verbal ornament , as a memorial to happier times when it was still thought possible to run a complex and often catastrophic business like science by following a few simple and ‘ rational ’ rules ’ . |
| 5 | for proceeding from the premises of a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles to a place from which it is to be transported by train , ship or aircraft or for proceeding to the premises of such a manufacturer , repairer or dealer from a place to which it has been so transported ; |
| 6 | for proceeding to or returning from a place where it is to be or has been tested , or for proceeding to a place where it is to be broken up or otherwise dismantled . |
| 7 | The notion of a lead agency with overall responsibility for developing services or for buying in the necessary services from local statutory , private or voluntary agencies would make clear where responsibility should lie . |
| 8 | This is not a good weekend to be entertaining visitors or for getting to grips with a backlog of personal or professional paperwork . |
| 9 | They are pieces of writing which are distinct in law ; the author of the one could not be sued for the other , or for collaborating in it . |
| 10 | He did n't blame the DIA for what had happened , or for fading from sight when it did . |
| 11 | Rye may be grown as a zing crop or for threshing for human or animal feed . |
| 12 | For restoring old leather or for breaking in new boots . |
| 13 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 14 | He arrived back in Cairo with an action-packed programme to be fulfilled , leaving little time for the bar at Shepherd 's Hotel or for swanning around the night-clubs . |
| 15 | Instead , she suggests introducing devices such as tolls for driving in specific , badly congested areas or for driving at particular times , such as rush hours . |
| 16 | for its test or trial for the benefit of a prospective purchaser , for proceeding at the instance of a prospective purchaser to any place for the purpose of such test or trial , or for returning after such test or trial ; |
| 17 | for its test or trial for the benefit of a person interested in promoting publicity in regard to it , for proceeding at the instance of such a person to any place for the purpose of such test or trial , or for returning after such test or trial ; |
| 18 | Wheat is mainly a cash crop , sold for making biscuits or for mixing with harder foreign wheat for bread but some is also fed to cattle . |
| 19 | The DC file may be inspected and printed for safe-keeping or for distributing to others . |
| 20 | With today 's fast and powerful machines there is a strong case for a complete re-write of DOS or for changing to an operating system specifically designed for power computing . |
| 21 | The parallel with policies inside multi-racial societies for banishing or reducing racial ‘ discrimination ’ or for exorcising by economic and social reorganisation the mutual envy and fear of envy between the races , does not need to be laboured . |
| 22 | These subjects had an examination for evaluation of occult blood , positive stools or for screening for colon cancer , or both . |
| 23 | An inquiry had determined that ‘ over most of the field of public administration no formal procedure is provided for objecting or for deciding on objections ’ . |
| 24 | Mountain bikes need to be strong and sturdy — whether you use them in cities or for cycling through the countryside — and our bikes are precisely that . |
| 25 | Bees collect it in great baskets on their thighs and take it back to their hives for immediate consumption or for turning into pollen bread which is an essential food for their developing young . |
| 26 | At that time women were still employed underground in Cumberland filling the baskets as well as at surface tasks , while the wives of Staffordshire pitmen were said seldom to " do more than attend to the necessary calls of the Family " except for helping with the harvest . |
| 27 | ‘ Not at all , Meg , you 're the sanest person I know , except for living in a caravan on the edge of a cliff . |
| 28 | The new level for AHGS drainage grants is 30% ; land cultivation grants have been withdrawn except for reseeding of existing pasture which is reduced to 30% . |
| 29 | except for going to the er , you know , they 've got that place in Worthing erm |
| 30 | The sounds of battle on the outer wall ceased , and the night was quiet except for fidgeting on the catwalk . |