Example sentences of "and [vb -s] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the school library , through books , films , recordings , and other materials , goes beyond the requirements of the instructional program , and unfolds for the many private quests of children and young people the imagination of mankind . |
| 2 | She 's quick , determined , and looks for the good things in life . |
| 3 | ( This ensures a wide field of application and allows for the gradual introduction of new languages such as Ada . ) |
| 4 | This ‘ deadband ’ prevents the servo from ‘ hunting ’ and allows for the inevitable backlash , friction and inertia of the gearbox and motor . |
| 5 | The bowler returns the ball to his own end and prepares for the next delivery . |
| 6 | I detest the economist Ramón Tamames , who condemns the broken engagement between the two multinationals MOMA and MNCARS ; who criticises the Reina Sofía 's ‘ weird ultra-avantgarde artistic creations ’ and yearns for the musty progressive reproductions of ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 7 | An elderly woman does not want to take the risk , hastily glances at the sharp blades of the door , retreats back to behind the faded white line and waits for the next train . |
| 8 | It is also the linkage which is attacked by simple chemicals , such as bleaching powder , which are used by laundries , and accounts for the gradual weakening of shirts in the wash . |
| 9 | The principle upon which it operates is that the pool is split into two components : the first is referred to as ‘ common funding ’ and accounts for the greater bulk of the pool ; and the second is known as ‘ further funding ’ and comprises an element of additional financing for those institutions which have a high historic unit cost . |
| 10 | To receive and consider the Directors ' Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 27th March 1993 . |
| 11 | This appears in the annual report and accounts for the 53 weeks ended 2 May 1992 . |
| 12 | Over 60 per cent of public expenditure flows through these accounts , as well as grants to local government and finds for the National Health Service , nationalized industries and public corporations . |
| 13 | Suppose the central bank takes this line of argument seriously and opts for the following policy rule : where n is a constant . |
| 14 | He considers taking an early flight because it is the quickest , doubts whether it will give him time to prepare and settles for the quickest later flight ; he wants to be bothered with as few suitcases as possible , starts packing the biggest he has , finds the lock broken and chooses another . |
| 15 | The winner is the one who jumps and crawls for the longest time , and he receives a blue ribbon to wear round his waist . |
| 16 | A high level of mobility in the structure allows for continuous interchange of roles and ideas , and retains for the Unified National Command the closeness to grass roots that is required to make it truly reflect people 's wishes and sentiments . |
| 17 | It sees no antithesis between the liberal and the technical and contends for the wider acceptance of the truth that the latter will be of no lasting value to the community unless the people of this country are adequately equipped to participate actively in its government and culture . |