Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I apply a multiplier of nine , it follows that the figure I allow for this period is five hundred and thirty four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence and the total cost of future care is therefore eight hundred and ninety four thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds and sixty four pence . |
| 2 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 3 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 4 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 5 | New tests have been introduced for candidates who apply for top council posts in Sefton . |
| 6 | Knowing what a talent you have for these things , you 'll probably have it sorted out in two ticks . ’ |
| 7 | The skills of salesmanship and political demagogy are virtually the only methods we have for changing perception . |
| 8 | Age is no longer the benchmark criterion we use for distinguishing people . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | pay policies which provide for just rewards ( individual or team bonuses ) for outstanding effort , achievements and innovation ; |
| 13 | There are a number of international schools in the London area as well as support groups which cater for different nationalities . |
| 14 | If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses . |
| 15 | One such was an Ajdabiyan municipal policeman , one of the body of men employed to enforce local traffic and marketing regulations , rules about the disposal of garbage — all those minor matters which make for such amenity as the growing towns manage to achieve . |
| 16 | And the figures would have been higher still , but for a smaller rise in car offences which account for three quarters of all reported crimes . |
| 17 | A good contemporary example can be seen in the typographers who work for British newspapers . |
| 18 | Choose the mat thickness you need for proper comfort level . |
| 19 | Hundreds of pensioners in the north and south of England who work for that company are about to lose their pensions , including a 79-year-old widow . |
| 20 | It is all about the work we do for each other on these occasions . ’ |
| 21 | The post-Comintern Communist Movement , the Socialist International , international Fascist organizations , and the Green movement ( about which more will be said below ) provide the only models we have for such organizations , and none of these can be currently regarded as successful in global terms . |
| 22 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 23 | The legal work they do for other clients gives them this experience . |
| 24 | It is contract it 's a monthly contract you work for three weeks for one pound sixteen shillings and at the end of the month they count all the slates you 've done during the month . |
| 25 | Since time is something I do n't have too much of these days I look for other solutions like hats , turbans , scarves or wigs and pieces . |
| 26 | Er , you will not the first year returns estimated at at ninety odd percent I think for this scheme . |
| 27 | Support those organisations which argue for better controls over pesticides . |
| 28 | Together with the London boroughs , the LAB attaches a high priority to helping to nurture the audiences , performers and producers of the future through its support for the arts in schools and for organisations which work for young people . |
| 29 | The council 's homeless hostels which cater for 25 families are full . |
| 30 | Individuals who work for such organisations tend to learn an expertise without experiencing risk ; many do their job adequately , but are not over-ambitious . |