Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) To require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) To require any other person ( a ) to produce documents appearing to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation , or account for their absence , and ( b ) to provide an explanation for any such document . |
| 3 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
| 4 | If you are considering a new boat or retrofit rig you 'll want to know more , just write , phone or fax for our product literature , to arrange a meeting or to organise a tender . |
| 5 | Or send for our brochure . |
| 6 | oh , what you going to try some of this or wait for your whisky and lemon ? |
| 7 | Great literature is only partly the reflection of a particular year or generation : it is also a timeless thing , which can never become old-fashioned or out of date , or depend for its importance upon historical considerations . |
| 8 | The employee therefore see his involvement in a union , or support for his union , to be the best means of securing his personal objectives ( eg. through extra pay or shorter working hours ) or the employee may consider that his own goals would be furthered better by loyalty to senior managers in the organisation and acceptance of the organisation 's goals . |
| 9 | She had the feeling she must either give in to that showy and heady beatification or run for her life . |
| 10 | The UUUC coalition informed each of the 8 Official Unionist members from the dissolved parliament that he had either to align himself with it or fight for his seat . |
| 11 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 12 | The prosecution need only prove that the physical action took place , and after that the defendant is expected to put forward a good reason or excuse for his action to escape conviction . |
| 13 | The heroine in her scenario is , for example , ‘ often carried away by the anti-hero , but rescued either by her Father or the Hero — often reduced to support herself & her Father by her Talents & work for her Bread ; — continually cheated & defrauded of her hire , worn down to a Skeleton , & now & then starved to death ’ . |
| 14 | But they are ideally cast as Captain von Trapp and Max Detweiler respectively , and their imposing stage personalities more than compensate for their limitations as singers . |
| 15 | It is a difficult concept , for it raises questions about the forces that account for its formation , as well as its modification and change . |
| 16 | Yet the quicker they become local the greater the risk of degrading themselves to the styles and practices of their local rivals , losing the differences that account for their superiority . |
| 17 | For many programmers , this is their first taste of trying to sell houses in a buyers ' market , of static wages and of finding that demand for their skills no longer outstrips supply . |
| 18 | The Sun , on the eve of the Gulf War , had quoted Jason as saying that he would rather be buried alive that fight for his country . |
| 19 | The Great War and those more recent conflicts were put together and ‘ paid-for ’ on behalf of politicians who could not make up their minds or bring the problems to the debating-table ; who preferred the shouting and smearing , the innuendo and hate for their opponents ' parties , to the welfare and the good of their people . |
| 20 | Fear for my family and hate for my monster were with me day and night . |
| 21 | when she had been all hugs and trust for her father . |
| 22 | She felt sure that one of those burning houses was her own and fear for her mother drove her on . |
| 23 | I watch chalky earth plains give way to natural forest and fear for their future . |
| 24 | Therefore we need to recognise our creative practices as survival and press for their development from that position . |
| 25 | ‘ But I can never go into my kitchen and cook for my husband . |
| 26 | I therefore summarise the proposals for our discussion next week and apologise for its lateness chiefly due to my being off sick at a crucial point . |
| 27 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 28 | Clear duties were imposed on local authorities to protect children and provide for their needs in certain circumstances . |
| 29 | Their own losses in the battle may have been heavy , and they possibly wished to honour their dead and provide for their salvation . |
| 30 | Choosing the best mix and match for your racket takes skill . |