Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this , sufficient domestic tax relief would be given to compensate for higher import prices resulting from tariffs up to current levels of imports . |
| 2 | In fact , Japan 's trade surplus registered declines for nine consecutive months during 1989 and recorded an overall 17 per cent drop for the whole year , from $77,600 million in 1988 to $64,400 million . |
| 3 | To try to make sense out of the vast amount of raw material intercepted each day the NSA uses computers that are programmed to search for key ‘ trigger ’ words , names , and numbers amongst the hundreds of thousands of circuits being continuously analysed . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , provided that it is possible to make informed assumptions about the likely shapes and sizes of buildings at particular periods , a computer can be programmed to search for particular configurations of post-holes that might result from such a structure and ‘ peel them off ’ , to reveal a simplified picture of earlier building phases . |
| 5 | These may be trying times for estate agents but Croome Court 's still expected to go for one and a half million pounds |
| 6 | Heavy rain driven by gales predicted for last night was forecast to continue for much of today . |
| 7 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 8 | Trials are expected to continue for three months . |
| 9 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 10 | Access to these tunnels is limited to the town guard and to certain licensed adventurers who are permitted to search for ancient treasures amongst the ancient tombs and catacombs . |
| 11 | ‘ For external short courses ... staff usually asked to attend a course … for internal courses participants usually volunteer or are recommended to attend for personal development . |
| 12 | But for the activists in the Party and its affiliates , the integratory and mobilizing functions of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ were not confined to support for current attainments , but rested on the incorporation in Hitler of the ‘ idea ’ of Nazism itself , determining future utopias to be won as well as past glories achieved . |
| 13 | The overlapping and duplication of administrative functions , designed to provide for political supervision , is a further deviation from the Weberian norm ( Fainsod 1958 ) . |
| 14 | — The supergroup Six of the Best is so popular at Seaham 's Westlea Social Club that they have been booked to appear for three nights as part of the club 's 39th birthday celebrations on June 12 , 13 and 14 . |
| 15 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 16 | The ruling RPT firmly rejected in May a return to a multiparty system government [ see p. 37809 ] , but after mass protests and rioting in Lomé in October , described as the worst disturbances in 23 years of one-party rule , the RPT central committee approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution which was expected to provide for political pluralism [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 17 | There must be some hidden sexual factor involved , as though the soft-furred ( and therefore sexy ) cat has come to stand for sexual violence and rape , via its savagely sharp claws and canine teeth . |
| 18 | After calculation the number obtained was 48 in each group and 5% was added to compensate for non-evaluable patients . |
| 19 | In a society whose social and economic system had originally been , and to a certain degree still was , organised to provide for such eventualities , this was scarcely surprising . |
| 20 | Schools , therefore , are expected to compensate for these supposed deficits . |
| 21 | These are aids of a social character , those given to relieve the effects of natural disasters and those designed to compensate for economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany after the Second World War . |
| 22 | Powered by the new 286hp V8 from the 740i and 540i , the automatic-only V8 coupe is expected to sell for 20 per cent less than the V12 850Ci — next year 's renamed and upspecked 850i . |
| 23 | A portrait of a child by Luis Paret y Alcazar ( 1746–1799 ) which has remained in the same family since it was painted is expected to sell for more than Pta40 million ( £220,000 ; $429,000 ) . |
| 24 | All the original crews were expected to volunteer for 45 sorties : by and large this meant in effect that each PFF crew would start a full Bomber Command tour of about 31 ) sorties . |
| 25 | The appeals panel is not expected to rule for several months . |
| 26 | The M two motorway remains closed between junctions five and six and is not expected to reopen for several hours . |
| 27 | Speculation emerged in both Manila and Washington that the plan was designed to play for sufficient time to allow for a reversal of the Senate 's decision after the election of its new President in May 1992 . |
| 28 | Following the successful application , Nuclear Electric , the government-owned nuclear power generating company , is expected to apply for similar extensions to more of its seven ageing Magnox plants . |
| 29 | In February 1952 , The Musical Express bade farewell to its readers with a final issue that blazed proudly on its cover ‘ Tommy Dorsey For Olympic Games ’ , the accompanying story telling of how bandleader Dorsey and his orchestra had been booked to play for four hours daily at the games in Finland that summer . |
| 30 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |