Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among sheets from different periods of his career , she offers for sale the series of six ‘ Cold Mountain ’ etchings ( 1991 ) inspired , as were the recent paintings , by Chinese calligraphy and Tang Dynasty poetry . |
| 2 | The amount which each farmer or other seller offers for sale at any price is governed by his own need for money in hand , and by his calculation of the present and future conditions of the market with which he is connected . |
| 3 | At the weekend the Stall offers for sale the usual selection of Catholic newspapers and Catholic Truth Society publications , rosary beads and medals , prayer cards and candles . |
| 4 | Recent contracts have included the Forth Port privatisation ; the Scottish Television and Grampian TV franchises ; the Kenwood and Country Casuals offers for sale ; and the Evode and RHM defence documents . |
| 5 | The capitalist buys the labour power which the worker offers for hire . |
| 6 | A big attraction of the West Country for many second home owners is the opportunity it offers for waterside living . |
| 7 | In this regard , evidence of alternative third party offers for Target should be sought , as well as formal valuations . |
| 8 | What makes the new round of work potentially so profitable is the scope it offers for experiment . |
| 9 | One of the men in the physiology department of the university here is taking them tomorrow as he is to stay with for a week , who is due home c. 13th and then the judge in whose house I so often stay in London IS coming for a long weekend c. 19th and then I have two or three B&B bods for Festival , giving up our bedroom ( UGH ) . |
| 10 | It is usually to relatives that the peasant migrating to the city turns for help in the new and frightening environment . |
| 11 | The advantages to the reader are that he ‘ turns for help to the professional staff ; he learns to appreciate that his needs are not restricted by the limitations of the bookstock of one library . |
| 12 | He is advising on a draft bill for a new law to protect Britain 's archaeological heritage better , but he is the kind of academic to whom the government turns for advice on all kinds of matters , not just his own specialisations : last year , for example , he was responsible for the Report on the National Curriculum in art education in schools . |
| 13 | For the gesture of revolt begs for understanding . |
| 14 | 1942 Articled to firm of Johannesburg solicitors ; enrols for law degree at Witwatersrand University |
| 15 | There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can . |
| 16 | Nowadays , he says , he just plays for fun . |
| 17 | Sidney Deane ( Snipes ) , a black street basketball player in Los Angeles , plays for money . |
| 18 | Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . |
| 19 | The disciplinary commission of the Italian League will consider disciplinary action against the Argentinian , who plays for Napoli . |
| 20 | You get the child who plays for safety and draws what he has drawn before . |
| 21 | Other items from oop north , there 's still a ramp in the Church , Chris Lonergan aka Noodles is now sponsored by Nidecker for snowboards , and Jamie Blair now rides for Cockroach . |
| 22 | I would like to make a few comments , as a mainly urban cyclist who also rides for recreation and covers about 9,000 miles a year . |
| 23 | His enthusiasm was shared by Seville superstar Diego Maradona , who described the irrepressible Keane , happier in midfield than the centre back role he sometimes fulfils for Forest , as an ideal team-mate . |
| 24 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which has n't said yet if it 's using NT , has Microsoft helping it support HP 's 4mm digital audio tape ( DAT ) drives for backup and archiving : Microsoft Corp will make it an icon on the NT screen . |
| 25 | Escom GmbH , Peripherals Europe 's parent , signed an OEM agreement with Conner to buy disk drives for use in Escom products over five years ; separately , Conner said that it will open a new European logistics centre alongside its manufacturing facility in Irvine , Scotland . |
| 26 | For instance , we have gain , treble , middle and bass , drives for Lead 1 and 2 modes plus master volume and presence controls , and one other control called Dynamic Voice . |
| 27 | Jerry , who drives for contractor Denby Transport , covers up to 2,000 miles during each five-day round trip , using the Dover-Calais ferry crossing . |
| 28 | The defendant formed a company to lease builders skips for rubbish . |
| 29 | The question as to what covenants for title should be implied in the conveyance may be in issue . |
| 30 | Also included in the pack are specimen compensation fund covenants for completion by either a recognised body or an individual solicitor or registered foreign lawyer . |