Example sentences of "for [verb] " in BNC.

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31 According to reports on Dec. 7 , the victim of the alleged rape , Farhana Hayat , had named Irfanullah Marwat Khan , a close adviser to the Sind provincial government and a son-in-law of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan , as responsible for instigating the attack against her .
32 He blames " European and American neo-XXXX colonialists " for instigating the complaints .
33 The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years .
34 A second reason for doubting that genes were made of DNA was that proteins are chemically much more interesting , and it was already known that at least some genetic abnormalities are caused by the absence of specific proteins .
35 But one might be forgiven for doubting if this is the most likely cause of the toxic side-effects of direct drilling !
36 ( b ) A name is provided , but the police officer has ‘ reasonable grounds for doubting ’ that it is genuine .
37 ( c ) A ‘ satisfactory address ’ is not provided or , if one is supplied , the constable has ‘ reasonable ground for doubting ’ it .
38 In one extraordinary case in July 1988 , the reason the officer gave for doubting the name and address of the person arrested was that ‘ suspects usually gave false names and addresses ’ .
39 We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) .
40 Environmental Pollution reported in 1976 that ‘ there are very strong grounds for doubting whether dumping on this scale will be acceptable ’ .
41 They disparage themselves for doubting and in the same breath defend their doubt like a treasured possession which nothing could persuade them to give up .
42 The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction .
43 But there are further grounds for doubting that — even given full disclosure — more than a small minority of this one in five will be able to make practical use of their alertness to APR and credit cost information .
44 So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement .
45 The phenomenon of modifiable taste aversion is often taken as one of the prime pieces of evidence for doubting general principles of associative learning .
46 There are , however , reasons for doubting whether financial objectives were quite as secondary as these points suggest .
47 There were genuine reasons for doubting its accuracy — the issues of joint cost allocation were ( and remain ) problematical — hut the senior management response to it ( they insisted it be withdrawn even from internal circulation ) betrayed a greater devotion to the cause of suppressing criticism than it did to that of searching for the truth .
48 For earlier times , though , there are reasons for doubting certain simulations .
49 During the rebellion both Rent and Norfolk had given Mortimer grounds for doubting their loyalty .
50 However , probably because of the demonstration that preceded the classroom observations , the children completely ignored the researchers and their equipment , and there were no grounds for doubting the naturalness of their behaviour .
51 In 4.2 I gave reasons for doubting the existence or if not the existence the usefulness of infallible beliefs .
52 It must be different from those mentioned already , since they show no reason for doubting our ability to understand propositions about other minds .
53 Subsequent chapters of this book will provide us with plenty of reasons for doubting that claim .
54 That his choice is contrary to what is to be expected of the vast majority of adults is only relevant if there are other reasons for doubting his capacity to decide .
55 This power existed where , as the statute provided , it appeared to him that there were reasons for doubting whether the trade union members , in taking part in industrial action , were acting in accordance with their own wishes .
56 It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons .
57 In the event the union leaders were wholly justified , as the result of the ballot showed , in their claim that there were no reasons for doubting that the industrial action was in accordance with the wishes of the workers .
58 There are persuasive reasons for doubting this .
59 This massacre of the innocents I blame on The Silk Plant Company whose trees , plants and flowers are so lifelike , one can be forgiven for doubting the real thing .
60 Surely , if you have serious reasons for doubting the police conclusions , you should approach them ? ’
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