Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [be] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critic 's skill is to identify for each and every work just what the various priorities are , and apply those criteria uniformly to every version . |
| 2 | Edward 's job was to prepare for the arrival of the family . |
| 3 | If Hunt 's account is correct , his identification of the voice based upon years of listening to Joyce 's street-corner oratory , then the blackest irony of Lord Haw-Haw 's career was to die for such rubbish as this . |
| 4 | Part of the presenter 's role is to watch for good photo opportunities as they arise spontaneously in the course of events . |
| 5 | With Kuwait 's refinery capacity going up to 664,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of 1986 , KPC 's policy is to look for further outlets . |
| 6 | In the first year Armstrong 's concern is to go for a minimum safe agenda — ‘ make sure clients are safe and then build on that . ’ |
| 7 | Equally , Penny remains on one level as a deluded fantasist who believes , very like an Iranian woman , that a wife 's duty is to wait for her husband 's return from the wars . |
| 8 | UNTAC 's idea is to bid for the 100,000 soldiers ' loyalty by paying their wages . |
| 9 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 10 | HWIM 's solution was to look for a number of best-scoring seed words bottom-up and then to predict possible extensions ( words or word classes ) at either end of the seed word . |
| 11 | A fire in the roof space above the directors ' boardroom was to blame for the match being delayed 40 minutes , but the fans did not panic as police and fire service personnel ensured there was no danger . |