Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This group of people was recognised by the meeting in Tokyo over a year ago , and this is an issue that many people — both my friends and strangers that I come across in collecting or canvassing for Amnesty — ask me about . |
| 2 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 3 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 limits the extent to which liability can be excluded or limited for breach of contract , or for negligence , or under the terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and other legislation containing similar provisions , such as the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 . |
| 4 | 3.2 Module descriptors which have been revised or developed for session 1989–90 are identified in the National Certificate Catalogue by a first digit 9 . |
| 5 | The volume of the utterance may be loud to express anger or whispered for secrecy . |
| 6 | A Go-Kart is in a similar position , but both a dumper truck and a Go-Kart can become ‘ motor vehicles ’ if it can be proved that they have been adapted or intended for use on roads . |
| 7 | Ant colonies often entertain a variety of parasitic arthropods such as beetles and mites , and some that are merely commensal ; that is they merely co-habit with the ants , and thereby perhaps gain protection , or scavenge for scrap food , but do no obvious harm . |
| 8 | The survey of 866 dentists in the dental journal The Probe , says : ‘ When dentists were asked whether they had extracted , or referred for extraction , any teeth which they might not have done before the introduction of the 1990 contract , 61 per cent said they had , while nearly 37 per cent said they had not . ’ |
| 9 | And apart from certain specialised domains ( the lexicon of skateboarding or knitting for example ) you will also find few words whose source is a text written by somebody working class , or black , or for that matter female . |
| 10 | A ‘ first ’ was a Day of Movement & Dance for S.E. Essex at Rayleigh . |
| 11 | These emerged as the movement represented by the Enlightenment itself became more self-critical and less brashly confident in its own rationalism ; but that does not make them any the less significant or challenging for theology . |
| 12 | Those who refused to do so could be removed from office or fined for neglect of duty . |
| 13 | For as long as the ‘ English ’ synthesis was adequately functioning there was no need or place for theory . |
| 14 | The death and injury toll was expected to rise , but some families of demonstrators were believed not to have reported their dead or wounded for fear of reprisals . |
| 15 | Have the fruit or yogurt for dessert on a second day each week . |
| 16 | Or swap for stereo power amp . |
| 17 | The company claims to have reached an agreement in principle either to lengthen the terms of its loans , or swap for debt for equity , and until detailed plans are presented on April 6 , the firm announced that it will suspend capital repayments on its loans . |
| 18 | Or swap for Fender The Twin amp , cash adjustment |
| 19 | CHARVEL Avenger Randy Rhoads shape , Floyd Rose trem , as new condition , still boxed , £250 ono or swap for Fender Strat . |
| 20 | GORDON Smith , new and unused , cost £360 , will accept £200 , or swap for Fender Superchamp . |
| 21 | FENDER Twin Reverb , silverface , £275 or swap for Ovation Breadwinner . |
| 22 | Or swap for quality combo . |
| 23 | YAMAHA Attitude limited edition bass , DiMarzios , D-tuner , stereo etc , mint condition , £850 ono , or swap for Trace Elliot AH250 head and 2 cabs . |
| 24 | It banned all political parties , social organizations or mass movements involved in inciting ethnic or racial hostility , using violence on ethnic , racial or religious grounds , or agitating for violation of the territorial integrity of the USSR or any of its union or autonomous republics , autonomous oblasts or okrugs . |
| 25 | Diesel engines can be converted to run on a gas/diesel mixture [ dual fuel ] or modified for spark ignition . |
| 26 | The instances of large numbers of birds having been shot or trapped for food , or rare specimens collected , is well documented , and in Sussex was often carried out on a very considerable scale . |
| 27 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 28 | In order to get full compensation the buyer will have to look to tort , as in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation , or sue for breach of contract . |
| 29 | In this chapter we will chiefly be concerned with three of the most crucial sets of decisions for which the courts are responsible : remand decisions ( whether accused persons are freed on bail or remanded in custody ) ; jurisdiction decisions ( whether they are tried in the magistrates ' court or committed for trial in the Crown Court ) ; and sentencing decisions . |
| 30 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |