Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie could not have supported a laughing , singing Victoria for breakfast and Uncle Philip might have struck the baby , which would have been dreadful . |
| 2 | Each neighbourhood was assigned a planner who was responsible for notifying neighbourhood residents of planning decisions which were likely to affect them and for channelling requests for action through the appropriate city departments . |
| 3 | ‘ They were producing plans for expansion , Ed said . |
| 4 | Those preparing or using illustrations for publication should be trained in computer graphics , to spread the expertise as widely as possible . |
| 5 | Scanner technology , linked to graphics software , offers benefits in handling illustrations for publications , and Publications should make use of the colour scanner currently used by scientific staff . |
| 6 | The device chosen was a carefully designed , small , speed table surfaced with distinctive flat cobbles , with gaps on each side that would allow buses and large trucks to pass without generating noise for residents , discomfort for passengers , or damage to the road surface as a result of impact by heavy vehicles . |
| 7 | Repeated cases have convinced SAVE that allowing permission for development in the grounds of country houses must be strongly resisted . |
| 8 | The government has at last acknowledged that ‘ disappearances ’ do take place and that it is a problem which needs addressing , and Amnesty International expects to be submitting cases for investigation by the Commission . |
| 9 | For example , one of the things I 've been doing today is submitting titles for Waterstones ’ summer reading promotion ; they are sponsoring a 32 page supplement in Elle , and are doing a run-on . |
| 10 | And for a great range of hair grooming products for guys , look out for Silvikrin 's Active Care , this range of styling products is popular with boys in the bathroom . |
| 11 | Now , consistent with her previous practice of using Creole for comments in Creole on the other players , she begins to describe the players ' code words in turn — " ( you ) slap down , he says " pin " , he slaps down , he says " needle " , he slaps down he — " . |
| 12 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely next parliamentary session . |
| 13 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely in the next parliamentary session . |
| 14 | Now that Tandy Corp has abandoned its plan to spin off its manufacturing arm as a separate company , the company is looking for buyers for three other manufacturing businesses : Memtek makes tapes and other products for Tandy stores under the Memorex brand name , the second is Lika , making circuit boards , the third is O'Sullivan Industries , which makes flatpack furniture ; Tandy will now keep 13 manufacturing units and three product engineering groups — factories devoted exclusively to producing products for Radio Shack will be folded back into Tandy , the company declared . |
| 15 | It must be stressed , however , that , if the potential dysfunctional effects of ROI use are to be avoided , financial controllers must make it very clear throughout the organization exactly how supervisors are using ROI for evaluation and exactly how it is to be used by SBU and divisional managers . |
| 16 | He was jeered and booed out of Red Square by angry demonstrators demanding freedom for Lithuania and an end to communist domination elsewhere . |
| 17 | The SUBJECT AS AFORESAID proviso reminds the haulier that Overdrive 's rates are not based on accepting liability for matters which the prudent haulier should insure against . |
| 18 | how far the review had been useful in producing proposals for change ; |
| 19 | Two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme is useful in producing proposals for change in schools . |
| 20 | For primary schools the review is also more of a whole-school effort , is more thorough and more useful in terms of producing proposals for change than middle schools and secondary schools ( the least ) . |
| 21 | Teachers who claim to have been highly involved also claim to have used a wider variety of methods and feel more competent to conduct the review , believing it to have been more of a whole-school effort , more thorough and more useful in producing proposals for change . |
| 22 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |
| 23 | Significantly , given this generally positive response to the Oxfordshire scheme , it is perhaps surprising that only a fifth judge that it was very useful in producing proposals for improvements in educational practice : one of its prime purposes . |
| 24 | Teachers who see the scheme as useful in producing proposals for changes were again significantly positive in their attitudes whereas those not doing so were negative . |
| 25 | These closures have to be seen in the context of changes in the number of children of primary school age ; this is illustrated in Figure 5.7 , using data for England . |
| 26 | These closures have to be seen in the context of changes in the number of children of secondary school age ; this is illustrated in Figure 5.11 , using data for England . |
| 27 | This is illustrated in Figure 5.12 , again using data for England . |
| 28 | The technique can be illustrated using data for polyisobutylene at several temperatures . |
| 29 | In both cases , the nineteenth century witnessed movements for the cultural identification and assertion of many of the subject peoples , without these inevitably producing demands for secession . |
| 30 | But in practice , bullying takes place around the stalls ; there are mor difficulties in handling animals for routine inspection ; or the electronics break down and the key wo n't work . |