Example sentences of "for [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art critics are being blamed for vandalising cast iron sculptures which have been likened to ice-cream cones or seashells . |
| 2 | Knowing what the Bushmen knew then — that the NEA was unpopular with conservative legislators and already the target of fundamentalist Christians for subsidising offensive art — they can hardly have seen this as a plum they could hand to a big contributor or a rising political star or , indeed , to anybody aiming to leave town alive . |
| 3 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 4 | An example from German would be : Because two ( or more ) changes are involved , something more than a simple substitution drill is required for mastering these features . |
| 5 | They are used in learning vocabulary as well as for mastering grammatical structure . |
| 6 | It had been announced , however , on June 26 that the trial of the former political leader Fadilj Hodza for instigating racial and religious intolerance [ see p. 37382 ] , had been adjourned indefinitely after defence claims of a mistrial . |
| 7 | The phenomenon of modifiable taste aversion is often taken as one of the prime pieces of evidence for doubting general principles of associative learning . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Subsequent chapters of this book will provide us with plenty of reasons for doubting that claim . |
| 10 | For earlier times , though , there are reasons for doubting certain simulations . |
| 11 | There are persuasive reasons for doubting this . |
| 12 | There are grounds for doubting this opinion . |
| 13 | Just two machines , four people and gradually that got up to a reasonable size er i it grew on the back of companies like , , , manufacturing what I call the coordinated look cos knitwear was utilized for bringing other things together . |
| 14 | THE RSPCA has been criticised for bringing two ‘ home alone ’ court cases , only one of which resulted in a successful prosecution . |
| 15 | And if demand was substantially reduced then the urgency for bringing new power stations on stream could equally diminish . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , over in Oxford , the man responsible for bringing such fainting lilacs as RIDE to public attention — MAC of the Jericho Tavern — celebrated his umpteenth birthday in fine style at that very infamous hostelry , beloved of so many hot young things . |
| 17 | Those who have worked so diligently on this exotic machine should be congratulated for bringing such a magnificent spectacle to the preservation world . |
| 18 | Thank you all for coming this evening , and for bringing such generous presents . |
| 19 | However closely it cultivated its links with the labour movement , the UDC was not simply a device for maintaining Labour politics during the wartime political truce or for bringing individual ex-Liberals into the labour movement . |
| 20 | The Panel is proving its worth as a forum for the discussion of new procedures and for bringing practical information to the attention of Lending Services . |
| 21 | Large-scale mining of copper began in Britain under Queen Elizabeth I , with the establishment of the Society of Mines Royal which had a monopoly in copper trading and was responsible for bringing many German miners to this country . |
| 22 | Thanks very much for bringing that to our attention . |
| 23 | Thank you for bringing that up . |
| 24 | And they 're using the principle of devolution and delegation , of participation in decision making , as a vehicle for bringing that about . |
| 25 | ‘ Silly idiot for bringing all that money in with her , ’ another of the girls muttered . |
| 26 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 27 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 28 | He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past . |
| 29 | The focusing device of this chapter will be the role of metaphor in the novels as a strategy for bringing specialized discourses to bear on the consciousness of the fictional character and for ‘ mobilizing ’ the discourses themselves . |
| 30 | The matter was considered by the Court of Appeal in Britton where a youth had left pamphlets late one evening in the porch of the house of a single member of Parliament whom he believed to be responsible for bringing coloured immigrants into Britain . |