Example sentences of "for [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close attachments foster feelings of comfort and security , while investments in the well-being of others provides a rationale for one 's continued striving , a sense of continuity through time , and an opportunity for reliving and mastering unsatisfactory early experiences of one 's own . |
| 2 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 3 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | One working assumption might be that the rules governing conversation between persons can be extended in a natural way to cover the new situation , but there are grounds for doubting that this is what literally occurs . |
| 8 | Environmental Pollution reported in 1976 that ‘ there are very strong grounds for doubting whether dumping on this scale will be acceptable ’ . |
| 9 | There are , however , reasons for doubting whether financial objectives were quite as secondary as these points suggest . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But one might be forgiven for doubting if this is the most likely cause of the toxic side-effects of direct drilling ! |
| 14 | Liverpool is , in turn , blamed by Wirralians for bringing and spreading all manner of evil across the region . |
| 15 | Sir Colin , especially , was responsible for realising that airlines are a service business in which competitors use similar equipment and fly to and from the same places with costs that can be much the same . |
| 16 | Er that 's ring for repeat and wh what we 'd do is give you three monthly repeats , |
| 17 | The basic cakes need to be moist , tasty and firm , not only for eating but for cutting and shaping . |
| 18 | Faussone talks about ‘ the way we bent our elbows ’ — an expression ( for eating or drinking ) which I have heard spoken in English , but which I had never before seen written down in a book . |
| 19 | The overweight person , on the other hand , is usually not so mindful of internal sensations as a cue for eating or abstaining , and is less likely to take exercise as an antidote to excess indulgence . |
| 20 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 21 | If you want cold hard-boiled eggs for eating or playing with , use either natural dyes or edible food colourings . |
| 22 | Often it is better ( > ) for eating and comes on if they miss a meal ; headache with hunger . |
| 23 | Most elderly people like to make a cup of tea for a visitor , and this should always be accepted with pleasure ; for eating and drinking with somebody else is another of life 's important shared experiences , of which they are deprived if they live alone . |
| 24 | But over the past few years , what with one night stands and travel , there was little energy or time left except for eating and bed . ’ |
| 25 | SCIENTISTS have found a way to put ripe pineapples ‘ to sleep ’ so they are ready for eating when they go on sale . |
| 26 | This prevented the through draught which was valued for winnowing and meant that carts had to back out , so it was a less popular arrangement . |
| 27 | Cotton buds . for administering and wiping away surplus ointment , antiseptic washes etc . |
| 28 | Klein had been responsible for a controversial sale to the Daimler-Benz engineering firm of city-owned land in central Berlin , and had co-operated closely with the Treuhand agency responsible for administering and selling-off state-owned industrial property in eastern Germany . |
| 29 | Catarrhs travel down to the larynx and hoarseness , to the trachea with burning worse ( < ) for coughing and to the chest with constriction and a cough . |
| 30 | There are two principal strategies for proving that a collocationally unique item is a semantic constituent . |