Example sentences of "[to-vb] for " in BNC.

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31 All the same there is a strong argument that low investment in the British economy is not just a matter of funds being unavailable ; there is a reluctance to borrow for investment purposes on the part of many enterprises .
32 Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere .
33 They bridge the gap between the desire of lenders to be able to get their money back quickly , and the desire of borrowers to borrow for a long period .
34 Further to my letter of 3 September 1992 , I am most grateful to you for your permission to borrow for our forthcoming exhibition on John Slezer the Slezer drawings of Edinburgh held by Edinburgh City Libraries , and shall be in touch with Miss McDougall about practical arrangements in due course .
35 People want to be able to borrow for their homes or businesses in a currency where the interest rate is not exorbitant .
36 ‘ It is my wish that my Clerk Mr. Prince who is well acquainted with my business and affairs and in whom I place great confidence should continue in the management and conduct of the same … to sell and dispose or exchange all or any of my works on Ornithology and specimens of Natural History in the manner I have been accustom to do … to continue or complete as far as practicable the publication of any work or works of mine on Ornithology and to do all other [ illegible ] by issuing a Prospectus advertising the same … to purchase all necessary materials articles and things fit and proper for the carrying on of my business … to borrow for a temporary period any money from my Bankers , Messrs Drummond and Company … and if there by any surplus available for the purpose to invest the same in purchase of Stock … to pay the rent and taxes … make up , adjust and settle all and every or any Accounts … [ and generally ] to do perform and execute all and every or any other acts deeds matters and things whatsoever are necessary to be done in all other my concerns engagements affairs and business whatsoever during my absence from England as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do if I were personally present and did the same . ’
37 A Kenyan chartered accountant threatened to sue for loss of business .
38 Breach of promise suits , which allowed individuals to sue for damages if they had been injured by unenforceable marriage contracts and which became increasingly popular in the nineteenth century , provide one example of this development .
39 In order for the company to know who took the document , to sue for recovery and damages , ‘ disclosure is necessary in the interests of justice ’ .
40 Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages .
41 Do you know , the editor of the Observer has had six married men ringing him this morning , threatening to sue for libel ?
42 Malik , who rescued Rugby from extinction in 1986 by buying the clubhouse from the liquidators , has alleged breach of contract in commercial dealings with the club and has used his ownership of the drive and car park to sue for trespass .
43 Within a month , Valencia was virtually an island in the middle of El Cid 's forces ; by July they were ready to sue for peace , which Rodrigo granted , on condition that all Almoravid soldiers left immediately .
44 Depending upon the kind of problem that has arisen , it may be easier and safer for you to sue for damages for breach of your contract while remaining in your job .
45 In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job .
46 You may also be able to sue for damages if your employer , past or present , fails to take care to ensure that his comments are based on correct information .
47 It was asked , when the estate had been entered in accordance with the second will , whether the debtors who had been released in the first will could secure that they should be released even from debt which they had begun to owe after the first will , and if , should the heirs try to sue for it , they could be debarred by a defence of bad faith .
48 A GIRL of seven has become the youngest person ever to sue for sexual harassment .
49 Blonde , polo-playing Deborah Couples plans to sue for half of Fred 's £20 million fortune .
50 Since his shock sacking , Fry had promised to sue for unfair dismissal , and he urged his players to report Flashman to the local police for threats he had made against them .
51 We are taking details , legal advice and our rights to sue for damages are fully reserved .
52 She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea .
53 Where the term breached is a less important term , a warranty , breach merely entitles the victim of it to sue for damages and does not allow the victim to end the contract .
54 It is noteworthy that newly amended s.62 permits , inter alia , market professionals to sue for insider dealing violations .
55 It is quite anomalous therefore that SI 1991 489 regulation 3(c) makes specific provision for any person to sue for breach of Core Rule 28 ( or a comparable SRO insider dealing rule ) .
56 For example , who should have a right to sue for a 10b-5 violation ?
57 Judges initially were not amenable and denied sellers certain rights both to repossession and to sue for the deficiency .
58 Richard took hostages from them and then sent them and other members of their league to England to sue for mercy at his father 's feet .
59 Here , on 1 July , they were joined by the Young King and such was the overwhelming strength of their combined forces that both Aimar of Limoges and Élie of Périgord decided to sue for peace .
60 But Richard was in no mood to sue for peace .
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