Example sentences of "[verb] for [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another issue which seemed to lead to few concrete proposals was language across the curriculum , where the school was also criticized for having few clear policies . |
| 2 | A RAILWAY clerk sacked for drinking half a shandy at his farewell do celebrated his reprieve yesterday — with the same tipple at his local . |
| 3 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that this stone was brought from the Cultoon circle but there is no evidence that it was ever there and no good reason has been given for making such a move . |
| 5 | Looking at the overall position , farmers might be forgiven for seeing little to cheer in these figures . |
| 6 | The people of Northern Ireland could have been forgiven for believing this to be no longer so . |
| 7 | In their farm kitchens and workshops you could be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still for 150 years . |
| 8 | But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic . |
| 9 | YOU 'D be forgiven for thinking that LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF ( Cert 18 ; W.E. ) — translated it means ‘ Lovers on the Pont Neuf ’ — would be all hearts and flowers . |
| 10 | SOME READERS may be forgiven for thinking that aeronautics began with the Wright Brothers . |
| 11 | He wrote : ‘ To judge by a lot of the stuff written about bands like U2 , you 'd be forgiven for thinking that rock starts are the new Messiahs . |
| 12 | Well so many of these songs have been done by so many people that you would be forgiven for thinking that , that . |
| 13 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 15 | You could be forgiven for thinking this might present Olivetti with a conflict of interest but the company sees it differently . |
| 16 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 17 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 18 | She will be pilloried for making this record , she will be told it is an ill-advised change of musical direction , foolish to do yet more cover versions when she has not established herself as a songwriter , madness to be so outspoken , dubbed Mrs Bonkers of Ireland — by people she cared little about . |
| 19 | Where by the Act or the rules the time limited for doing any act is seven days or less , Saturday , Sunday , Christmas Day , Good Friday , Tuesday in Easter week , Bank Holidays and any other day on which the offices of the court are closed must be excluded in computing such time . |
| 20 | Now the question is how much can I earn for doing that |
| 21 | Moorlands is also well placed for visiting many of the Highland attractions including Loch Ness , famous for its elusive monster ; the Sea Life Centre ; and the Highland Wildlife Park . |
| 22 | Easily Accessible : Kirkby Lonsdale is situated between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales , and is ideally placed for visiting both . |
| 23 | While she should be applauded for tackling such diverse subject matter — sadly , there is nothing really unique to mark her out from her peers . |
| 24 | Political scientists can not be blamed for reporting this particular division of labour between the sexes . |
| 25 | Single-parent families , that is mothers , are blamed for continuing this process , producing a culture of dependency and poverty in that their children are said to grow up with poor interpersonal skills , low educational achievement , and lack of marketable skills . |
| 26 | But there will never be an exercise as good as squats for working all of the muscles together . |
| 27 | Someone from a different culture , or world , visiting our society could be excused for thinking that crime was a basic , ever-present feature of our everyday lives . |
| 28 | That 's correct yes and I do n't blame them and er if Stuart Argyle thinks the same way we 'll we 'll certainly er see what we can do about pressing for keeping these trees . |
| 29 | I want for to do that |
| 30 | Amdahl Tuxedo Transaction Manager 4.2 , based on the Unix System Laboratories Inc product , offers support for migrating some transaction processing applications to UTS from IBM Corp MVS systems while maintaining links to corporate databases in the MVS/CICS environment . |