Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 5 ) The offeror may wish to use the assets of the target to help pay for the bid or to provide security for the offeror 's borrowings . |
| 2 | Further paragraphs deal with bells , gongs or sirens being used for theft prevention purposes or to summons help for the conductors , drivers and inspectors of large passenger carrying vehicles . |
| 3 | The principal objective of the system of supervision with the Appointed Actuary is to give emphasis to the importance of providing fair value for consumers of life assurance products and ensuring their security , rather than to provide protection for the insurance company . |
| 4 | For ethical reasons , no social researcher should expose respondents to that possibility , and others over whom this threat does not hang or by whom it is treated lightly , such as ex-policemen and women or disgruntled members of the force , are too unrepresentative to give a balanced view of policing Therefore , it was necessary to undertake an overt study and to obtain permission for the research from the Chief Constable . |
| 5 | In the end the police decided not to seek to ban the march but to police the route and to provide protection for the marchers against the violence which had been threatened by opposing factions . |
| 6 | A favourable monsoon season and a record harvest in 1988-89 of 172,000,000 tonnes of food grain were not enough to prevent the need to continue to import rice and wheat in order to maintain distribution and to provide food for the country 's growing population ; however , the improvement in the agricultural sector did contribute to a major increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , of 9 per cent in real terms in 1988-89 , helped by increases in industrial and manufacturing production . |
| 7 | The MORI survey was conducted to measure the success of the Prospectus and to provide feedback for the second edition , which has now been published . |
| 8 | Another essential ingredient of our diet is fibre , the importance of which is to provide bulk to keep our gastro-intestinal tracts working satisfactorily and to provide nourishment for the beneficial bacteria which , in health , inhabit our large intestines and supply us with a not inconsiderable proportion of our daily vitamin requirements . |
| 9 | The purpose of this section of the Personal Accident and Sickness manual is to clarify some of the ‘ grey ’ areas that can , and have , proved contentious in the past and to provide guidance for the handling of such situations in the future . |
| 10 | In January 1991 Özal antagonized conservative nationalist currents within the ANAP by easing restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language , hoping thereby to improve Turkey 's minority rights record and to undercut support for the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) , which since 1984 had been waging a violent campaign in support of separatist demands . |
| 11 | But at that Service it should also be possible to think about what has been achieved and to express gratitude for the increase . |
| 12 | The Portuguese came to Brazil to win souls for Christ and to win gold for the king . |
| 13 | The major trials which followed the movement ‘ to the people ’ were used with great skill by the accused and their defence lawyers to expose the incompetence and brutality of the police , to draw attention to the plight of the peasantry , and to win sympathy for the wretched poverty of many students . |
| 14 | Most of the third year is spent on placement with a variety of agencies , in order to gain course-related work experience and to do fieldwork for the dissertation in the fourth year . |
| 15 | At the moment it is theoretically possible for a qualified nurse with 20 years ' break in service to be put in charge of an acute ward , and to take responsibility for the management and allocation of staff , even though she may not have any recent or relevant experience . |
| 16 | We need clergy who are former pupils of St Hugh 's to assist in a concelebrated mass and to pledge support for the future . |
| 17 | To discourage and prevent unjust and criminal practices , and to make provision for the punishment of those who indulge in them , ss. 206–11 of the Insolvency Act 1986 make stringent provisions for company fraud and deception . |
| 18 | Gloucester County council 's planning department will decide in October whether to grant permission for the dump . |
| 19 | The form must be such , however , as to confer authority for the sale of alcohol in accordance with the type of licence granted with modifications , if any , in accordance with the provisions of the Act . |
| 20 | Many other worthwhile books were , like them , consigned to pulp or book sales because they were simply ‘ irrelevant to the community ’ , so as to make room for the multiple copies of paperbacks from Pluto Press and the like which the community apparently needed more . |