Example sentences of "to [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These men were taste-makers , whose judgements were important ; but the time available to them for writing was limited by the demands of negotiation and administration , so that they tended to write essays more than books , catalogue entries rather than articles . |
| 2 | Also please note that any Training Fund applications submitted within the last four weeks for courses organised by the Training Division have already been forwarded to them for attention . |
| 3 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 4 | Our grateful thanks go to them for their support of the Association . |
| 5 | ‘ We are grateful to them for helping to liberate Belgium , ’ he says . |
| 6 | You 'd do ‘ tie-ins ’ with the local shops : you 'd sell the Paris idea to them for instance . |
| 7 | In the same way , therefore , as they had turned to primitives for finding the opposite of capitalist relations of production , they turned to them for a form of family which was the opposite of the capitalist family . |
| 8 | A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style . |
| 9 | The Fund is very grateful to them for their help . |
| 10 | They will give the theatre back to us for the opening and then we will give it back to them for the Summer during which they should solve the problem . ’ |
| 11 | The societies woke up to the threat and realised that the public was no longer naturally coming to them for mortgages . |
| 12 | You ca n't expect a man to walk around thinking he 's got to be grateful to them for the rest of his life — it 's ludicrous . |
| 13 | Seek not after new light for the searching into the private records of God … the event is registered in heaven , and we can expect no other certain notice of it , but that it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared by the Father of mercies . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 15 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 16 | The banks ' role in the economy is thus crucial , and this was underlined when Chancellor Kohl turned to them for help in rebuilding East Germany . |
| 17 | There are two aspects of the lift to which comment and criticism constantly return and , before leaving the technological issues to the mercy of future critics , we should return to them for a moment . |
| 18 | Operational planners viewed L Detachment as a parachute force pure and simple , which should be available to them for short-term aims . |
| 19 | However , as we saw , this type of personality hangs on to others , looking to them for affirmation and praise . |
| 20 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 21 | All fears are of the material world and we have to give some thought to them for the sake of our ambition and our dependants and our own physical well being , but they are not transcendent things and have no meaning there . |
| 22 | Pupils look to them for advice , encouragement and support . |
| 23 | People react in different ways to odours , for example most people would probably describe rural odours or odour from a brewery , perfumery , or fish and chip shop as pleasant , but not all , some would find them unpleasant , pungent even , especially after being subjected to them for any length of time . |
| 24 | People wanted to be the next model to sit and she 'd chat to them for about an hour and draw , and they 'd get a picture at the end of the session , just like you get in the street . ’ |
| 25 | Large numbers of laypeople from all walks of life resort to them for back disorders , often after having tried conventional medical approaches unsuccessfully . |
| 26 | Since , as we shall see later , a large number of appeals are actually delegated to them for decision , they are an important part of the process . |
| 27 | The owners feel spurned , wondering why their cat has not come to them for help when it feels seriously ill . |
| 28 | One can be emotionally dependent on a parent , calling home daily , looking to them for decisions or allowing parents ’ wishes and desires to come before one 's partner . |
| 29 | Then we are likely to seek out people who can be close to us , sometimes clinging to them for support , as if our own security was dependent upon their actual and continued physical presence . |
| 30 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |