Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children .
2 To work out quickly what your RC will indicate at the point where you arrive on track , use the following method : When you turn Left to intercept ( or to allow for drift on track ) consider Left as Minus
3 Any shares which have not been taken up will go into a trust for new starters or to allow for people who are promoted to be allocated more shares .
4 The reason for this is traditional : Roman friends were often called on to look after property or to care for members of a family .
5 No shaman was present to preside or to ask for God 's blessing upon Artai 's reign , Alexei saw , for it was a fact that there was no such thing as organised religion on this world , and even casual superstition was not permitted to interfere for long in the affairs of men .
6 ( In such door to door visiting programmes it certainly seems right to be open to talk , to lead people to Christ or to pray for healing .
7 He therefore gave authority to one Edward Sawyer to make inquiries , and to search for evidence in all houses and places in Kettering and five miles around .
8 Royal household men were sent against Edward Woodville and to search for Dorset .
9 Royal household men were sent against Edward Woodville and to search for Dorset .
10 In this first study , the European-ness of the 1989 elections will be explored in depth to see whether there are differences between EC countries , and to search for clues about likely future changes .
11 With reference to Jim Brunton 's letter ( 17 February ) , I would like to support Professor Ronald Girdwood 's remarks in an earlier letter and to confirm for blood donors and other readers the facts about blood for private hospitals .
12 Though it is meant to be used to keep out the cold , we had brought six of them to cover the tents and reflect away the sun 's heat , and to signal for help if needed .
13 This prompted Gorbachev on May 27 to make a televised address to the country to try to calm fears about the market reform plan and to appeal for support .
14 The results of the study should enable prison managers , policy-makers and Parliament to monitor prisons more efficiently and to plan for prison reform more effectively .
15 As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion .
16 Centuries after their creation , we intervene to limit the deterioration of frescoes , painted panels , canvases or marbles , and to preserve for posterity not just an empty shell but the enduring substance of a work of art .
17 Women are more likely than men both not to be members of such schemes and to work for employers without them .
18 Swainson 's and Forbes ' energies were diffused in their own struggle for existence ( though both hoped to live like gentlemen rather than just exist ) and the need to write fast and to lecture for money and reputation .
19 Political citizenship rights , notably the right to vote and to stand for election , were won in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth as the Representation of the People Acts extended the franchise by stages until universal adult suffrage had been achieved .
20 The response of the companies is that such prices are necessary to recoup the costs of R&D , and to compensate for risk , since only a small proportion of R&D generates innovations that are commercially viable .
21 On Feb. 7 Sharif announced a programme of economic reforms to encourage foreign investment and to compensate for losses resulting from the Gulf crisis .
22 Attempts by Irish women , lesbian and heterosexual , to voice our oppression and to struggle for support were largely ignored .
23 Due diligence will be undertaken by a number of different advisers to Newco and the investors , and in certain transactions it is advisable for these parties to meet before the exercise in order not to duplicate work and to provide for cross-fertilisation of ideas .
24 Some system might be adopted ( Clause 13.06 ) for coordinating applications for new certificates ; ( 2 ) to maintain bank accounts in accordance with the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules and to provide for restrictions on drawings from such accounts ( Clauses 6.0.4 and 6.0.6 ) .
25 As chairman Reg Brealey explains in his statement , changes have been made to provide depreciation on buildings and equipment , to accrue retirement gratuity payments , to write off to p&l account the exchange adjustment on foreign currency loans and to provide for interest payable — ‘ all to help in the cause of a clean auditor 's report ’ .
26 He was able to complete his conquest of his brother 's duchy without interruption , and to imprison for life — perhaps to blind — the only member of his family who deserved the protection of the Church .
27 The BMC 's response has been to offer to install abseil points and lower-off stations on the Horseshoe Bend area and to apply for assistance from the Sports Council for stabilising work
28 Silent films , projectors and silver screens were purchased , and branches were encouraged to raise money and to apply for grants for the acquisition of necessary equipment .
29 This too was the strongest argument offered in favour of one Sandy Forbes , who hoped for the office of surgeon 's mate of the Sutherland Fencibles in 1779 , though in his case he clearly intended to be an officer in name only for he intended to apply for leave to complete his degree at Edinburgh University and to sail for India as an officer of an East Indiaman at the first suitable opportunity .
30 If the 17 keV neutrino were proved to exist , far more detailed surveys of beta decay would start to pin down its properties and to look for others .
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