Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [to-vb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't ask for reasons to believe and he does n't inquire into what is involved . |
| 2 | Midland Bank is giving £5,000 first prize , £3,000 second prize and £2,000 third prize ( all tax-free ) for winners to invest as they choose . |
| 3 | The Hungarian government is introducing a " green card " system for cars to ensure that they have regular checks designed to cut down on emissions of carbon monoxide ( CO ) and hydrocarbons ( HC ) . |
| 4 | So generally clear perceptions of strong press bias were overlaid by a tendency for readers to claim that their paper was relatively sympathetic to their own political viewpoint . |
| 5 | The first — from 1952 to 1957 — was so undistinguished that it was difficult for filmgoers to believe that she was the same actress who returned to movies after five years on Broadway . |
| 6 | The critical feature is for parents to feel that they are being listened to and that their problems are being appreciated and understood . |
| 7 | It must be right for auditors to audit and for regulators to regulate and I do not think that it helps the argument for there to be an overlap in responsibilities and in some way , as I say , to turn auditors into snoopers and narks er er and make more supine one 's er regulators . |
| 8 | Often , all that is required is for individuals to feel that there is someone willing to be supportive and understanding of their feelings , willing to listen to their problems , and to discuss alternative strategies for coping with their social distress . |
| 9 | My parents , like thousands of other black people , had scrimped and scraped and saved for years to ensure that we had a better life . |
| 10 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 11 | The more distant in time an issue is to current industry concerns , the more difficult it is for managers to establish that it applies to their business in some significant way ( relevancy ) and that it should be addressed now ( urgency ) . |
| 12 | Falling interest rates make it even more important for investors to check that they are getting a reasonable return from their funds . |
| 13 | It also offers the chance for customers to decide whether they wish the term of agreement to run for two or three years . |
| 14 | It is ideal for mix-and-match menus where , for example , five pastas are offered with five sauces for customers to combine as they wish . |
| 15 | At The Royal Bank of Scotland we are always looking for ways to ensure that our customers achieve a good return from their savings , particularly now that interest rates are much lower . |
| 16 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 17 | But it is disingenuous for academics to pretend that they can participate in such discussion on terms of complete equality with their students , for there are questions of power and authority involved ; at the end of the day , grades and marks , assessing and examining , come into the picture . |
| 18 | This chapter has offered a framework for practitioners to use as they reflect professionally on their practice of assessing elders . |
| 19 | Yesterday 's move follows action by the Department of Transport on 5 February when officials issued testing stations with disclaimer forms for motorists to sign before their vehicles could be tested . |
| 20 | Gender divisions were an obvious and convenient division for teachers to use and one that was not contentious during most of the twentieth century . |
| 21 | Since in general ‘ politics ’ should not be discussed in school , it is easy for teachers to claim that they have no strong opinions about subjects like , say , the National Front . |
| 22 | We also use those homes as centres for day care , and the financial effects of that are estimated and taken out of these calculations , but I think it 's important for members to remember that your residential homes are n't purely and simply providing only residential care , they are also centres for day care in that particular area . |
| 23 | Yes Chair , th th that 's right , as I understand it , there is no reason why C should not be discussed next session , indeed it 's probably right that it should be , but it 's a matter for members to decide whether they can usefully do so before considering B. |
| 24 | We are aware that this is not an easy task for colleges to undertake and we hope to provide assistance for those colleges which are selected to develop pilot proposals for full validation . |
| 25 | They and the school together planned ahead in order to make it possible for pupils to feel that they , too , knew themselves better . |
| 26 | A new playroom has opened for children to use while they wait to have artificial limbs fitted . |
| 27 | The general election was an opportunity for voters to say that they do care about the future . |
| 28 | As to the former , Galileo deduced , it was necessary for divines to show that they did not contradict the Scriptures . |
| 29 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
| 30 | The problem with such an approach is of course that if one 's starting-point is ‘ what are the scriptures fundamentally about ? ’ ( and not ‘ what is a priori right ? ’ — which would be an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position ) it is perfectly possible for others to contend that they consider some quite other theme to be ‘ fundamental ’ to the scriptures . |