Example sentences of "[noun pl] for what [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ The more they can see business reasons for what they do , the more likely they are to continue their support . |
| 3 | And they 've got good reasons for what they do . |
| 4 | I can look for reasons for what I did and call those reasons excuses ; what he did to Alice , how he bullied Mother , how I hated him . |
| 5 | For the latter he quoted a sentence by Lucian , the second-century Greek rhetorician : ‘ A work of art requires an intelligent spectator who must go beyond the pleasure of the eyes to express a judgement and to argue the reasons for what he sees . ’ |
| 6 | The Liberal Democrats have outlined their plans for what they call , ’ national recovery and regeneration ’ , by the turn of the century . |
| 7 | Coleridge 's Welsh visit , by contrast , was perhaps the least significant part of his wanderings during the next few weeks , and almost from the moment he left Cambridge , his simple plans for what he called his ‘ peregrination ’ began to grow more complex . |
| 8 | You went into the fields and woods for what you needed , according to season . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Can I say two minutes for what I think might happen and where we 've derived some of the authority from . |
| 11 | He replied : ‘ I wo n't need five minutes for what I have to say . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She could have bought each of the boys a pair of trainers for what she had spent on the watercolours . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Pros today should go down on their knees and say a prayer of thanks for what he did for our profession . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Jackie — I owe you thanks for what you did yesterday . |
| 17 | The chaplain , keen to make amends for what he perceived was an intrusion , took the flustered course of staying on and saying more . |
| 18 | Mass drove his heart out in an effort to make amends for what he regarded as his mistake but Baldi was 21secs ahead at the finish . |
| 19 | Does the right hon. Gentleman recall telling the House that a rise in inflation was expected in these months for what he called ’ technical reasons ’ shortly after the Prime Minister told the country that the Government had inflation licked ? |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 22 | The recorder Nicholas Jarman jailed him for a further 3 and a half years for what he described as a terrible act with the most appalling consequences . |
| 23 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 24 | They used symbols for what they did n't understand — and remember they were quite happy with not understanding — such as Goddess and God . |
| 25 | Got any little flags for what they 've got in them ? |
| 26 | In a recent study of twenty-five degree courses in five institutions Molloy and Carroll ( 1992 ) reported slightly lower completion rates for what they defined as ‘ non-standard ’ entry ( NSE ) students when compared with those with standard entry ( SEs ) . |
| 27 | His elitist paternalism underlay laws which instituted strict political and social controls for what he saw as the country 's politically immature population . |
| 28 | Will the Secretary of State take this chance — one of his last — to apologise to pensioners for what he has done ? |
| 29 | He rightly paid tribute to the West Midlands police for what they have done in this process . |
| 30 | If GA pilots want to get more out of AIS , what they need to do is familiarise themselves with Skymaster and ask AIS for what they want . |