Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [pron] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it not add to the reasons for which they have to act , and to the considerations which may justify their authority ? |
| 2 | We would ask the reader to bear in mind from the outset , however , that we write from the viewpoint of the English urban sub-culture , in which we are not only fieldworkers and observers but life members ; nevertheless , we believe that the English and American complexes of parental experience show very many points of coincidence , both historically and contemporaneously , both in the things that parents do and in the reasons for which they do them : and that , therefore , a discussion in these terms will have a validity for parent-child behaviour on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 3 | Although the company is trying to limit the damage of Pettitt 's departure , Specialix competitors cite other reasons for what they see as the company 's loss of direction . |
| 4 | ‘ The more they can see business reasons for what they do , the more likely they are to continue their support . |
| 5 | And they 've got good reasons for what they do . |
| 6 | However , many IMRO members do name the accounts for whom they want the firm to deal and these accounts can therefore qualify as indirect customers . |
| 7 | Again , part of men 's extra earnings comes from their greater tendency to work shifts for which they get paid extra , and overtime which gets paid at premium rates . |
| 8 | The Liberal Democrats have outlined their plans for what they call , ’ national recovery and regeneration ’ , by the turn of the century . |
| 9 | If you really care about the unemployed with special needs , if you really care about special projects for which they work upon , you should support the Scheme . |
| 10 | I , we 're not , I do n't know whether you 've got , we could say we were activists , we do n't , I do n't even know who goes on a march or anything , but we do do our best for anything we support and get signatures for anything they ask us to . |
| 11 | THE foreign ministers of 19 West European countries yesterday laid the foundations for what they hope will emerge as a pan-European association joined by the reforming countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 12 | Products for which they have authority to supply are also given code numbers and unless invoices are referenced to order number , with suppliers and product codes , payment can not be made without investigation . |
| 13 | The directors of these films , tourists in working-class cultures for which they felt little sympathy , saw only what they wanted to see . |
| 14 | In pre-1914 Europe , therefore , almost as much as at any time in the past , the making and , to a lesser extent , the conduct of foreign policy by the great states remained in the hands of a small , sometimes very small , number of individuals who were effectively uncontrolled by the peoples for whom they acted . |
| 15 | In these transitional years of fluctuating opinion some continued to adopt a passive attitude towards fatalities , in which they sought to trace the hand of God , whilst others favoured active remedies for what they held to be primarily human failings . |
| 16 | Yet few educationists would argue that they do not figure in their overall goals for what they wish pupils to achieve or that they do not impinge fundamentally on pupils ' potential success or failure . |
| 17 | DHAs can then concentrate on ensuring that the health needs of the population for which they are responsible are met ; that there are effective services for the prevention and control of disease and the promotion of health ; that their population has access to a comprehensive range of high quality , value for money services ; and on setting targets for and monitoring the performance of those management units for which they continue to have responsibility . |
| 18 | Back in the bad old days of the ‘ tripartite system ’ and the 11-plus , when it was more acceptable to know your place , and upward mobility was not such an unquestionably good idea , life was easier and less personal for teachers because to a much greater extent their values were stably enshrined in the organization and structures of the schools for which they worked . |
| 19 | I must also thank my parents for everything they have done for me and especially this wonderful event , my wedding to Steven . |
| 20 | I 'd also like to thank his parents for what they have contributed over the years to make him the person he is , supporting him through college , and also for making me such a welcome member of their family . |
| 21 | Although they acted more as employees than as members of a profession , they had important positions within the companies for which they worked . |
| 22 | ‘ There is no greater waste than that of willing employees prevented by insensitive leadership from applying their energies and ambitions in the interest of companies for which they work . ’ |
| 23 | These regional ministries operate as a normal part of the Whitehall machine except that they are located in Scotland and Wales , and they have the normal right to membership of any Cabinet committees dealing with matters for which they take responsibility in their areas . |
| 24 | Individuals often deploy enormous amounts of energy to relatively little effect because they are carrying out functions for which they have not been trained or which are inappropriate to their status . |
| 25 | The working population has thus continued to make contributions for which they gain no benefit . |
| 26 | Mr Shrigley said two of the women had died from the serious illnesses for which they had been admitted to the hospital . |
| 27 | Not only do they receive the first offers of any work that is available ( and in other than special circumstances always accept such offers ) , but also the organisations for which they work undertake a sufficient volume of business to make offers of work for many days each week and for most weeks of the year . |
| 28 | Even in these spiders , the simplest explanations for what they do requires that they assess their own fighting ability relative to that of their opponent . |
| 29 | One important feature of the ground battle for which the Allied forces at all levels were profoundly grateful was the fact that the chemical warfare attacks for which they had prepared the protective equipment described in the San Francisco Chronicle of 19 February 1991 never materialized . |
| 30 | Other families showed astonishing generosity , even for grandparents for whom they felt much less sympathy . |