Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discount rate differs for taxpaying and non-taxpaying companies . |
| 2 | An older hand , helping with the fixing , commented that the release clips for folding and unfolding the Workmate were set further back than on his old-style version , making them a little more difficult to operate , and that the metal frame had more angular , sharper corners — not quite as user-friendly , he reckoned ! |
| 3 | In this , however , he may be naive , for unless he is prepared to say what pertinent effects are , it is not clear what grounds he has for claiming that they always exist . |
| 4 | This probably also holds for smoking and drinking . |
| 5 | A vindictive hatred of Kit Nubbles for saying that he was ‘ an uglier dwarf than could be seen anywhere for a penny ’ causes Quilp to set on Sampson Brass and his sister falsely to incriminate the boy . |
| 6 | These include cortisol ( which rises later in the night as the body prepares for waking and is strongly influenced by the body clock ) ; antidiuretic hormone ( which is one of the ways in which fluid formation by the kidney is reduced at night , see Chapter 6 ) ; and the male sex hormone , testosterone , as well as some of the hormones that control the reproductive cycle in women . |
| 7 | Even in their own computer in a context-free grammar no general procedure exists for determining whether the grammar can be ambiguous in any one of every single case , however long one ran the program . |
| 8 | The inquiry 's report , however , observed that " no foundation exists for alleging that the Prime Minister and his family were using co-operative societies like their personal account " , and also exonerated Hussain . |
| 9 | For these features have only to be noticed for it to be seen that very considerable scope exists for denying or undermining the exercise of the right . |
| 10 | It craves for planning as the alcoholic craves for drink . |
| 11 | The question takes for granted that there is no ‘ divine ’ source from which a ready-made human conscience will be provided for each new-born child . |
| 12 | Talcott Parsons has proposed the very influential theory that of all other available institutions it is the classroom that above all converts an incomplete person into a member of the kind of society Parsons takes for granted as natural , that is , a kind of society where to be social is to be interested in achievement . |
| 13 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 14 | The reasons Moore gives for thinking that there can not be organic wholes are not very compelling . |
| 15 | The control box also has a single button for cutterhead operation , emergency shut off and rocker switches for slewing and sensor control . |
| 16 | After a few weeks , they were sent away one at a time to Hendon Works for repainting and returned renumbered 345–347 . |
| 17 | The Commission have more recently proposed a Directive on establishing European works councils that provides for informing and consulting employees within certain sized undertakings which operate on a Community-wide scale [ see pp. 45–6 ] . |
| 18 | The strong Ferrari team decided to run the entire race non-stop without pit stops for refuelling or tyre changes , while Maserati , and Fangio , decided to run on half fuel , and then refill . |