Example sentences of "[vb -s] [det] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | No reliance on the imagined generosity of a mythical ‘ god ’ can provide escape from the natural order that ultimately insists that responsibility for the provision of the needs , for example of a family , lies primarily with the parents . |
| 2 | One gentleman goes each day for a drink in the pub , and one of the ladies wanders around seeing people who she knows , because she 's lived in the village all her life . |
| 3 | This kind of interpretation , not surprisingly , is the predominant type in civil-law institutions , because their formality offers little scope for construction . |
| 4 | It is hard to argue the point since no broad surveys have been carried out in Bangkok , but what is known offers little ground for hope . |
| 5 | Whatever may seem the case to a man chasing a bus , running involves little work for most vertebrates . |
| 6 | These grants equalled nearly a third of all EEC grants that year for uranium prospecting ( £416,000 ) . |
| 7 | As social life becomes increasingly organised at a global level , the sphere of employment perhaps offers least prospect for the assertion of autonomy and personal identity . |
| 8 | The existing provisions for public enquiries prior to construction offers some opportunity for the public to respond , but this feedback is likely to have only minimal impact on the chosen design , unless new procedures are introduced . |
| 9 | It is important , however , to realise that discipleship still involves this sacrifice for some . |
| 10 | Below this sits another push-button for selecting a pre- or post-EQ balanced out signal . |
| 11 | Oh well , there goes another theory for what did I find in one of my favourite swims but a handful of zander in the four to six pound weight range . |
| 12 | ‘ Nothing 's lost , ’ he says and bang goes another drawing for 2d. or nothing , while he dreams off to some café to borrow some paper . |
| 13 | To those Soviet generals determined to cling to the notion that the West remains a threat to Soviet security , the Gulf war represents another defeat for Soviet interests , whatever now happens to Iraq . |
| 14 | If he never kicks another goal for England SIMON HODGKINSON will have the consolation of knowing that nothing , least of all ball-doctoring , can damage his figures . |
| 15 | The use of volunteers constitutes another advantage for adult education . |
| 16 | Fitzpatrick ) offers another option for artists . |
| 17 | Richard Branson holds little appeal for them . |
| 18 | Section 674 deems that income for tax purposes to be the income of Mr A. The income of £50,000 is amalgamated with the £100,000 and Mr A is assessed accordingly . |
| 19 | He has little sympathy for the Arab nationalism that destroyed the Jews of Baghdad and the Christian Assyrians , and he quotes at length from Stephen Bloom 's ‘ almost lyrical ’ account of a Romanian childhood where Germans , Slovaks , Russians , Greeks , Turks , Armenians and Jews provided harmonious diversity . |
| 20 | He is persuaded to teach the talented Marin Marais but when he detects the young musician has little sympathy for his belief music is only an expression for sorrow , he returns to his hermit 's existence . |
| 21 | Therefore , the Unfair Contract Terms Act is helpful as far as contracts for hardware are concerned but has little relevance for software contracts . |
| 22 | Mr Waigel is a Bavarian born and bred who has little love for Bonn but none at all for the former Prussian capital . |
| 23 | Having no steady work means Texas has little money for such luxuries , anyway . |
| 24 | Movement helps dissipate the unpleasant feeling of anxiety , but the stabled horse has little opportunity for movement . |
| 25 | The suspect has little opportunity for demonstrating his or her innocence against any one of a medley of permissive street powers . |
| 26 | However , William Matteuzzi 's Almaviva is so weak that it requires a considerable stretch of the imagination to picture her preferring the young Count to the lecherous old Dr Bartolo ; and although the late Giuseppe Patane conducts the score with obvious affection , he has little flare for dramatic pacing . |
| 27 | Except for Sting and George Michael ( 'wonderful voice , writes great songs ' ) , she has little time for most modern pop . |
| 28 | Particularly , she has little time for a group called Yello , the Swiss electro-band with whom she collaborated on a single last year , much in the way Liza Minelli and the Pet Shop Boys or Gene Pitney and Marc Almond have . |
| 29 | He retains the influence , if not the constitutional power , of a feudal monarch , has little time for Dr Mahathir and is related by marriage to the leader of Semangat '46 . |
| 30 | The aggressiveness and competitiveness of capitalism has little time for his Christian sensibilities . |