Example sentences of "[vb base] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | When choosing your magic try to anticipate your troops ’ shortcomings and compensate for them . |
| 2 | There is no easy way for the receiving equipment to recognise such distortions and compensate for them . |
| 3 | All change for them at Crewe . |
| 4 | ‘ The future of the capercaillie will depend on how good a habitat we provide for them in our new forests , ’ he said . |
| 5 | In summer 1986 it is planned to take two HND or degree students : their training schemes provide for them to understudy intermediate departmental managers ( including the Head Housekeeper ) for six-week periods . |
| 6 | We pour much time , money , anxiety and effort into our children simply for the pleasure of seeing them grow into the kind of people we long for them to be . |
| 7 | I long for them not to be there . |
| 8 | Take a dozen men , and if more can serve you , send for them . ’ |
| 9 | Psychologists theorizing about animal Umwelten need to ask what such inferences might be , what is the perceptual evidence in which the animal 's concepts are anchored , and what are the motor activities which test for them or which are carried out on the basis of conditional tests defined in terms of them . |
| 10 | For example , when the forty days of mourning a death are over and the women in the family who have foregone food or combing their hair can start a normal life again , it is their female friends and sisters who cook for them and comb and oil their hair . |
| 11 | When world leaders sit down to dinner at home they prefer simple fare , according to the people who cook for them . |
| 12 | ‘ Best place for them , the dustbin . ’ |
| 13 | It degrades the women who pose for them , it degrades the men who look at them , it degrades sex . ’ |
| 14 | They listen for them , cocking their heads to one side to catch the sound of the grub chewing its way through the wood which , since wood is its food , it does most of the time . |
| 15 | Listen for them on radio and television and look for them in the newspaper . |
| 16 | The government should express the will of the people — ; act for them and with them . |
| 17 | If despite your gloomy forebodings your client nevertheless instructs you to proceed , confirm your advice and his instructions by letter , and advise your client 's mortgagees , if you act for them , or if not , advise their solicitors of the provision and do n't agree the draft until you know that the term is acceptable to them , too . |
| 18 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 19 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 20 | Therefore , you , or other members of your group , have to become these characters and speak for them . |
| 21 | And we did n't go there to cut them at all because they were right open , right in the open and there was ho hope for them anyway . |
| 22 | Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives . |
| 23 | To increase the labour force will require that the potential of minority groups , including those with disabilities and learning difficulties , is recognised and that appropriate training and support for them is made available . |
| 24 | The children then dive for them and see how many items of treasure they can catch . |
| 25 | Will serving dishes , cutlery , table linen be kept in the kitchen or is there space for them near the dining table ? |
| 26 | We make them at just under a pound but what the record companies charge for them in the shops is up to them |
| 27 | ‘ I babysit for them about once a fortnight while Graham stays at home with our own children , and she or her husband do the same for us , ’ explains Sally . |
| 28 | let me read those verses again , he says my flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill , and my flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth , there was no one to search or seek for them . |
| 29 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ Wait for them to do so first , if possible . |