Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Richard , Olivier 's son by his third and last wife , Joan Plowright , has decided to talk about his unusual relationship with his father and his own involvement with the Men 's Movement , which uses dance , drumming and storytelling to try to compensate for absent fathers . |
| 2 | As you will see from this description of the account executive role in your account group , the agency has to try to allow for different levels of contact with your own organization . |
| 3 | On May 1 he questioned the need for Israel 's request for US$400,000,000 loan guarantee to provide housing for Soviet Jewish immigrants . |
| 4 | In late July 1990 Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Sharon presented the Cabinet with a US$13,500 million five-year programme to provide housing for Soviet immigrants . |
| 5 | A statute created an obligation on the defendant council to provide housing for homeless persons . |
| 6 | The managing director of the International Monetary Fund , Michel Camdessus , agreed on Aug. 17 during a three-day visit to Tallinn to provide backing for Estonian economic reforms with financial credits and other support worth up to US$40,000,000 . |
| 7 | Generally , though , they are credited with believing , like the rest of us , that life is too short to go looking for unnecessary trouble . |
| 8 | ‘ There was no need to think she 'd noticed anything , and whoever he was , he was n't mad enough to go looking for extra murders . |
| 9 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 10 | The club is taking over a second-floor suite of offices on a short-term lease , but it is to continue searching for new premises , almost certainly still in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | The hope is that it could be possible to agree to look for alternative possibilities for Mrs Falconer . ’ |
| 12 | The government announced this week that it planned to send 53 Japanese soldiers there next month , to help prepare for UN-sponsored elections . |
| 13 | The LF control raises or lowers the level below around 160Hz over a range of +4 to -6dB , making the sound correspondingly fuller or thinner ; the HF offers a similar shaping above 1kHz to help compensate for dull ( overly absorptive ) or bright ( highly reflective ) rooms . |
| 14 | However , the fact that the child has language difficulties is probably a good indication that exposure to the kinds of language which enable most children to learn will not be sufficient to enable this child to make progress ; she may require adult input which is specially tailored to help compensate for particular areas of weakness . |
| 15 | Some participants on EA have requested that they carry on after their 12 months course finishes , only to be told they ca n't as that might be using this to avoid looking for full time employment . |
| 16 | The government 's proposals for regulation of the water industry , announced in August 1989 , provided a £4.9 billion debt write-off and an injection of new funds to the tune of £1 billion , referred to as a Green Dowry , to help pay for environmental improvements . |
| 17 | There are no longer any weekly heating additions to help pay for extra heating expenses , but extra weekly amounts called premiums may be paid on top of income support to people with special needs . |
| 18 | Money to help pay for ambitious future plans was at least one motive for seeking publication . |
| 19 | For much of time he been joined by his wife Joanne , who has worked tirelessly with the country 's zoo to help care for captive chimpanzees and a small collection of other African animals . |
| 20 | They should have increasing opportunities to use writing for private purposes , such as reviewing their own experiences , reflecting on their own ideas and formulating hypotheses . |
| 21 | The split editions also make it possible to use Streamline for short courses . |
| 22 | Staff were asked to consider applying for subsequent rounds . |
| 23 | The transmitter substances which we described in chapters 4 and 6 provided a valuable basis from which to start searching for new drugs . |
| 24 | He had to keep looking for new places he had n't fouled up . |
| 25 | In some cases when a property is to be monitored for a lengthy period , i.e. over 12 months , we are prepared to consider paying for temporary cosmetic repairs to keep the property more presentable internally . |
| 26 | It is also trying to change its image , become more responsible and to start asking for realistic returns . |
| 27 | The criticism relates to the proposal that a single standard can be used to determine weeding for large sections of stock . |
| 28 | At the same time , the findings are sufficiently inconclusive for members of CLEAR , the Campaign for Lead Free Air to continue to battle for lead-free petrol . |
| 29 | Walters knows well enough not to promise to deliver for general practitioners . |
| 30 | In a BBC interview during his brief period of freedom he had promised to continue campaigning for multiparty democracy even if it meant a death sentence for sedition . |