Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 2 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 3 | In 1978 the Mariana Islands ( excluding Guam ) had opted for status as a self-governing commonwealth of the USA , and in 1982 the FSM and the Marshall Islands had signed compacts of free association which provided for internal sovereignty and US economic support in return for continuing US control of their defence and foreign policies . |
| 4 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 5 | One of a new generation of slow down utilities which caters for high speed 80386 and 80486 computers . |
| 6 | This is accomplished through the ordering of edges on the Agenda , and through the direction-independent nature of the Fundamental Rule which looks for possible extensions to hypotheses . |
| 7 | Fifteen years of one-party rule ended formally on Nov. 30 when a new Constitution came into effect which provided for multiparty democracy and a free-market economy . |
| 8 | Just prior to the flight a 300-hour inspection had been performed on the aircraft which calls for full travel of the horizontal stabilizer in both directions . |
| 9 | Meetings on Thursday night and Friday morning also ended without a decision to accept the deal which provides for Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho . |
| 10 | Cakici and Chatterjee ( 1991 ) examined daily closing prices for the S&P500 from 1982 to 1987 , and compared the mispricings calculated using a no-arbitrage condition which allowed for stochastic interest rates and one which did not . |
| 11 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 12 | That was David who works for Fast Forward . |
| 13 | New tests have been introduced for candidates who apply for top council posts in Sefton . |
| 14 | The pictures she shot for the cinema were negligible compared to the pictures she shot for pure publicity . |
| 15 | The skills of salesmanship and political demagogy are virtually the only methods we have for changing perception . |
| 16 | Age is no longer the benchmark criterion we use for distinguishing people . |
| 17 | Living up to other people 's signalled expectations is often a pleasure/pain experience : pleasure in the recognition we receive for satisfying others ' expectations , pain in the sense that we lose some of our independence and freedom . |
| 18 | MORE than 60 people have died and 600 are ill after eating poisonous toadstools they mistook for wild mushrooms in the Ukraine . |
| 19 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 20 | In summary then , the reasons for choosing The Machine Gunners include the opportunities it offers for various aspects of personal involvement on the part of the reader and its curricular potentials with regard to related topic , theme , and language work . |
| 21 | Partnerships should look at the case for an education service , in terms of the opportunities it presents for sensible planning , provision for population migration and demographic change , best use of scarce and expensive resources , effective curriculum and professional development , smooth transition between the ages and stages of education , and quality education for all those with special educational needs . |
| 22 | Little by little , however , the force of this long glen beneath the austere greyness of the Five Sisters touched Johnson , and he moved his position from that of first considering the political role of such remoteness , and the opportunities it gave for military strategies and subsequent escapes — Glenshiel had been the scene of a battle fifty-four years earlier in which local Highlanders unsuccessfully reinforced a Spanish invasion force — to being lulled by the sight of so many waters , brooks , burns , and silver rivulets , ‘ which commonly ran with a clear shallow stream over a hard pebbly bottom ’ . |
| 23 | Not least important is the constructive alternative it offers for alienated youth . |
| 24 | This has profound implications for the regimes of institutions which care for old people , or indeed others needing a high level of physical care , as well as for all who provide such care in the community . |
| 25 | As we can now see this is exactly what has happened and what will continue to happen as we continue to expand educational activities alongside the many practical projects which compete for scarce resources . |
| 26 | pay policies which provide for just rewards ( individual or team bonuses ) for outstanding effort , achievements and innovation ; |
| 27 | The software also includes ViruSTOP which looks for virus-like behaviour . |
| 28 | There are a number of international schools in the London area as well as support groups which cater for different nationalities . |
| 29 | If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses . |
| 30 | This is a scene which calls for imaginative lighting The tree and its decorations should sparkle against darker backgrounds . |