Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason . |
| 2 | The Food and Drug Administration has also hinted that it may revise a policy that does not at present require special safety testing or labelling for most biotechnology foods . |
| 3 | Like Kant , he leaves theologians with two broad choices : either to accept this account of the situation , with its absolute distinction between the relativities and contingencies of history and the truth of religion , or to search for some other framework within which to set up the question . |
| 4 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 5 | Similarly , tenements given for maintaining a chantry or lights in some church or chapel , or given for some other alms , if they were alienated , were also to be recoverable by the donor or his heirs . |
| 6 | In October 1921 the Huddersfield unemployed sent a deputation to Herbert Chapman asking for admission charges ( raised from 6d to ls in 1919 ) to be waived or lowered for those with a dole card . |
| 7 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 8 | A local authority may be asked to provide a report from one of its own officers or to arrange for another person to provide a report as appropriate . |
| 9 | Dr. Thackeray had never seen or prescribed for any of the patients at the asylum . |
| 10 | See CORROSION-PROOFING & DESCALING for more details . |
| 11 | ‘ There is no Gook or Kraut or Nip for this war ’ , he writes , ‘ and the only Iraqi jokes I 've heard have been on the telephone from back home ’ . |
| 12 | They may be precipitated locally ( Thompson , 1959 ) or carried for some distance in solution ( Bathurst , 1975 ; Wanless , 1979 ) . |
| 13 | This applies particularly to stones designed for young people but because they are still growing and changing themselves , the moral and psychological lessons must not be rigid or overstrained for these young readers . |
| 14 | This compact volume offers great flexibility and whether used as the basis for a year 's study or recommended for some last minute cramming , the student will derive benefit from it . |
| 15 | In addition , orders may define circumstances in which the application of the National Curriculum provisions to individual pupils might be modified or lifted for any foundation subject … . |
| 16 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 17 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |
| 18 | if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business |
| 19 | He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification . |
| 20 | Though generally they are only out by one grade , that can be make or break for some . |
| 21 | From time to time , consultancies must organise not just a display by a client but must organise an entire exhibition or show for many exhibitors are on behalf of their client . |
| 22 | In the USA , for example , there is co-operation and co-ordination at all levels up to national level , but the widespread library instruction activity probably determines or allows for this . |
| 23 | Laughton and his board have put faith in the players and they must repay that faith or look for another club . |
| 24 | At times the class will be sent away to get information or look for more evidence . |
| 25 | Smoothed or polished slices can also be observed directly under cathodoluminescence ( see Chapter 6 ) ; they may be etched or stained for this purpose . |
| 26 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 27 | The Trust is also uniquely empowered , under its Act of Parliament , to declare its properties inalienable , which means that they can not be compulsorily acquired or used for any purpose against the Trust 's wishes without specific parliamentary consent . |
| 28 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 29 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 30 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |