Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the teacher who favours the process model , a development like study skills or reading for leisure would hardly be seen as extra to the curriculum , and for some , even the enhancement of the physical environment can not be divorced from those learning experiences in which education consists : that is to say , " the medium is the message " ( McLuhan cited in Postman and Weingarter , 1971 ) . |
| 2 | It should be emphasised , however , that a recurrent and persistent pattern of many of these items is a much more accurate diagnostic indicator of addictive ; ease than noticing the smell of alcohol , looking for episodes of unkennels or examining for constriction of the pupils or other signs drug use . |
| 3 | I took messages to the Lord Buckingham , pretending I was delivering suits or looking for trade at his London house . ’ |
| 4 | The cubes can be added to soups and sauces or thawed for use in puddings and cakes . |
| 5 | If their application fails , the player has then to decide whether to try for other posts or apply for reinstatement . |
| 6 | In his spare time he sat with the Bookman in the spots of sun on the shelves or hunted for Mould to ask him if he could borrow some of his tools . |
| 7 | The supply of exotic animals for dissection was of great importance to anatomists hoping to make their name through exciting discoveries or looking for ammunition to use in theoretical debates . |
| 8 | Genetic monitoring regularly assesses workers for cytogenetic damage — major changes to chromosomes — or may apply other , less perfected , tests that locate mutagens in body fluids or look for damage to individual genes . |
| 9 | They had n't they had no er inherent right to make resolutions or ask for increase in wages that was all done at conference by their their representatives . |
| 10 | I still make necklaces from strips of knitting with beads or marbles sewn in at intervals and they are still very popular , whether ‘ wooly ’ for sweaters or lurexed for evening wear ; but |I have recently been trying very simple macramé to knot several strips decoratively together and maybe add a few beads or jewels and the results can be quite spectacular . |
| 11 | There is a permanent element of uncertainty built into the situation , which undermines the willingness of administrators to make long-range commitments or plan for flexibility . |