Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeat for each stitch to be embroidered and after last stitch of row , bring needle up through stitch below instead of stitch to left ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 2 | He was also closely involved with George Birkbeck [ q.v. ] and the popular education movement , contending for each child to ‘ have that given to it which nobody can take away ’ . |
| 3 | Could not he have arranged for that report to be leaked to the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) , because that might have prevented the hon. Gentleman from making the foolish pledge that Labour will abolish the excellent reforms ? |
| 4 | Moreover , far from ‘ planning out ’ non-conforming industry ( which was a worthy planning aim in earlier years ) such industry ‘ substantially eases the problems of starting and maintaining small scale businesses if permission can be given for such uses to be established in redundant buildings such as disused agricultural buildings , industrial , warehouse , or commercial premises , on derelict sites , or in unsuitable housing ’ . |
| 5 | If the secretary of state approves , the compensation is assessed on the assumption that neither planning permission nor listed building consent would be given for any works to the building except for those for restoring it to , and maintaining it in , a proper state of repair ; in short , all development value is excluded . |
| 6 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 7 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 8 | to arrange for that information to be channelled to the appropriate targets . |
| 9 | It is sometimes possible to arrange for both ministers to be at the ceremony , sharing the responsibility between them . |
| 10 | IL to arrange for these items to be ordered . |
| 11 | The city is well placed for many excursions to well known Swiss beauty spots and cities because of its excellent road and rail communications . |
| 12 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 13 | Some companies , such as Amway , manufacturers of the world 's first biodegradable household cleaning product , LOC ( Liquid Organic Cleaner ) , have been committed for many years to environmentally sound principles in the formulation , manufacture , packaging and distribution of their products . |
| 14 | One of the advantages claimed for this approach to separating off productivity measurement is that it can be done from conventional accounting statements , thereby providing , as Hayzen says , the link between productivity and profit calculations . |
| 15 | There were moments when the sun almost burst through the mist and I kept on driving , waiting and hoping for a first glimpse of the cordillera , my mind groping for some answer to the enigma of Iris Sunderby 's behaviour . |
| 16 | Much will depend on how it seeks to solve the long-running debate about merging income tax and the national insurance system ; whether benefits , including pensions , are to be universal or selective ; and , if selective , how the state is to deal with obligations to people who have been contributing for many years to what they were told was national insurance . |
| 17 | Perhaps the time has come for another name to be engraved on the trophies . |
| 18 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 19 | The gall bladder epithelium has been considered for many years to be an excellent model for the study of the physiological properties of epithelial cells and in particular ion transport . |
| 20 | To provide for these services to be provided efficiently and to avoid the Assistant Director being involved in detailed matters in these areas to the detriment of his managerial responsibility it is recommended that an Office Manager be appointed who would co-ordinate all these activities . |
| 21 | We readily accept that management of the Ministry of Sound takes unprecedented and most stringent measures to prevent drugs being taken into the club and we apologise for any implication to the contrary . |
| 22 | In contrast with earlier discussions and orders , which treated all " Cossacks " and " Russians " as an entity , it certainly allows for some distinction to be drawn between those who were liable for repatriation and those who were not — hence , for instance , the ruling that the White Russian Schutzkorps was to be excluded . |
| 23 | The romantic grave on that rocky promontory ; the great man lying there , his head pointing out to sea , listening for all eternity to the comings and goings of the tide ; the young writer , with stirrings of genius inside him , kneels by the tomb , watches the pink drain slowly from the evening sky , reflects — in the way young men are wont to do — on eternity , the fugitive nature of life and the consolations of greatness , then gathers a flower which has rooted itself in Châteaubriand 's dust , and sends it to his beautiful mistress in Paris … |
| 24 | The board applied for that order to be set aside on the ground that there was no jurisdiction to make it . |
| 25 | Recently ethnolinguists , deriving their inspiration in England from the work of J. R. Firth and his disciples at SOAS ( The School of Oriental and African Studies ) , have also challenged ‘ universalism ’ and have argued for more attention to ‘ language-specific ’ descriptions before more general claims about language can be made , Fought , for instance , writing of attempts to analyse traditional Mexican languages , argues : |
| 26 | Originally , France had argued for these plans to be confirmed by popular referendum ( de Gaulle 's favoured electoral ploy ) , but this was strongly opposed by West Germany on constitutional grounds . |
| 27 | If ADAS wishes to continue to provide the service that it has done for many years to our industry , and as an ADAS spokesman said ‘ not to price itself out of the market ’ , then it needs to join the real world . |
| 28 | Mr Acres appealed for any witnesses to the Sunday night attack to ring police on a special hotline on 051 777 3574 . |
| 29 | In a partnership any adjustment to original provisions and submitted computations would need to be communicated to each partner and his or her adviser , and adjustments made for each partner to payments on account . |
| 30 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |