Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that tuned in well with my inclinations to look for formal qualities and make more or less abstract patterns out of nature . |
| 2 | To avoid this aggravation , I used to spend my weekends going for long walks by the river . |
| 3 | The Opposition must withdrawn their policy , and do so today , or everyone will know what their policies mean for British Steel . |
| 4 | This technique shows the entities most likely to be mentioned by the reader and , hence , indicates which entities predominate for various reasons . |
| 5 | The alacrity with which northerners enlisted for military service whenever warfare flared up on the Border speaks for itself . |
| 6 | BANGOR 'S Stephen Eachus and Paul Byrne turned up at Windsor Park with their heads shaved for Comic Relief . |
| 7 | Gudok pointed out that such an exploit could not be repeated all over Russia , so staff on individual railway lines would have to keep their eyes skinned for military or criminal activity . |
| 8 | However , the apparent success of retail development and the much higher land prices and rents which sites developed for out-of-town retail purposes command , has led to continuing pressure on industrial sites in general , including sites in and around North Shields . |
| 9 | He argues that classes develop in market economies in which individuals compete for economic gain . |
| 10 | Labour will expand the services which elderly people and their carers need for long-term support in the community , such as home helps , care assistants and community services . |
| 11 | AT&T Co says it has negotiating with European carriers to join its WorldSource venture for ‘ better than a year , ’ but that with its customers clamouring for one-stop shopping , especially in Europe , AT&T could n't wait any longer for national carriers to join — ‘ We do n't plan to leave our customers at the European borders , ’ it said . |
| 12 | We are glad to see that the Government continue in their efforts to press for long-term middle east peace and the settlement of the Palestinian problem . |
| 13 | This conclusion is as pertinent to women caring for an elderly or disabled person as it is to their sisters caring for young , able-bodied children . |
| 14 | Would people go to their doctors to ask for contraceptive advice ? |
| 15 | The USRC therefore made only a limited impact ; most of its members sat for industrial seats and its propaganda was concentrated there for their benefit . |
| 16 | On nationalisation around a quarter of households in Britain still lacked a supply of electricity , most of them in urban slums ( which had been uneconomic to connect either because of their short expected life or the inability of the occupants or unwillingness of their landlords to pay for internal wiring ) . |
| 17 | Thirdly , these studies have emphasised the importance which jobs held for young women — as a source of status and independence both outside and within the family . |
| 18 | Mr Ishihara is no more than an entertaining distraction in Japanese politics : a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party , but one with no power base and whose views count for little . |
| 19 | In reality , for a Chinese peasant , his sons conscripted for forced labour in the Japanese army , his women seized for their brothels , his land destroyed , the power of nationalism does not add an extra dimension to his anguish and anger . |
| 20 | It was formerly a narrow single-track with passing places throughout its eleven miles , a slow journey during which the motorist had to keep his foot on the brake and his eyes alert for oncoming cars . |
| 21 | His yearlings sold for astonishing sums . |
| 22 | Brian would have his damages reduced for contributory negligence in riding with a driver who he knew was drunk and in failing to wear a seat belt . |
| 23 | Every day the diary had to be filled ; an important day-to-day record of garden affairs was imperative for his writing and current Work for his publishers called for continued attention , because throughout his long life editions of the Dictionary and the Abridgement needed revision and extension . |
| 24 | The historians of a general history , on the other hand , reject interpretation as such in favour of making the evidence of documents intelligible by posing questions to them , constituting through such questions what counts as the series of historical events , its elements , its limits , and its relation to other series , or what rules operated for particular discursive practices . |
| 25 | To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what opportunities exist for civil servants based in Great Britain to gain experience in duties relating to Northern Ireland as part of staff development programmes . |
| 26 | However , having overcome that obstacle we headed down the major road for Arad and despite the large pot holes which had to be avoided and the need to keep your eyes skinned for mobile hayricks ( horses and extremely overladen carts with no lights ) doing approximately 2 miles per hour , we arrived at our friends ' home in Arad at around 8.30 very relieved that we had reached our first destination . |
| 27 | While the driver runs his hands along our limbs looking for suspicious objects , Sergeant Kellard stands aside . |
| 28 | Our parents search for strict guidelines to help heal their confused feelings towards us . |
| 29 | In Stuart 's view , one way of perhaps increasing value for money is encouraging our customers to pay for certain areas of research . |
| 30 | Our grants scheme for low income households will receive record funding next year . |