Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 2 | ‘ They said it looks OK but they 've towed it off somewhere to search for clues . |
| 3 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 4 | That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor . |
| 5 | tenant of area of sea has right to sue for nuisance where pollution killed larvae even though at the time they were killed , tenant had not acquired a proprietary right of action . |
| 6 | We ca n't go on leveraging for ever . ’ |
| 7 | The ornaments recovered from Neolithic cemeteries in the Rhine and Danube basins show that the shells most favoured for personal adornment were those of the mussel Spondylus gaederopus from which were fashioned necklaces , pendants and bracelets . |
| 8 | The larger falcons are among the birds of prey most favoured for the sport of falconry . |
| 9 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 10 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 11 | The fifth , sixth and seventh words are the most widely favoured for deletion . |
| 12 | He looked at his master rather anxiously as he spoke , and Cornelius Fennell , catching that warning eye , perversely asked for another piece . |
| 13 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |
| 14 | It had also successfully lobbied for a prestigious residential development under the Community Development Block Grant programme , although the sale prices far exceeded the borrowing capacity of the majority of local residents ( median income was less than $7,000 in 1980 , whilst unemployment stood at three times the city average ) . |
| 15 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 16 | Any creditor ( other than a secured creditor ) is eligible to be a member of the committee provided that he has lodged a proof of debt and his proof has not been wholly disallowed for voting purposes nor for the purposes of distribution and dividend ( r6.150(2) ) . |
| 17 | People rarely asked for your invitation card . |
| 18 | Zborowski supplied the charcoal , paints , canvas , and brushes ; he also hired the models ( Modigliani insisted that they must be paid three to five francs an hour ) and any accessories , although the painter rarely asked for anything but the human figure for his work . |
| 19 | But the social tact of the Masai was most impressively demonstrated by the fact that they rarely asked for anything . |
| 20 | A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September . |
| 21 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 22 | Both vehicles are eventually intended for works and storage purposes . |
| 23 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 24 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 25 | PRESIDENT Clinton 's forthcoming healthcare reforms hold little fear for the SmithKline Beecham , its chief executive , Bob Bauman , said yesterday . |
| 26 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 27 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 28 | Supt Peter Durham from Newcastle city centre will address staff on how contingency plans can be properly arranged for Newcastle . |
| 29 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 30 | It was a rickety old piece of work ; presumably intended for servants banished from the regular stairs . |