Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recruits refused to search for these food sources , even when we put a food source in a boat in the lake at the indicated spot . |
| 2 | Again there are several explanations posited to account for these gender differences in health status . |
| 3 | Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas . |
| 4 | Birth rates began to decline for all social groups as a consequence of changing attitudes towards economic conditions and opportunities . |
| 5 | Fellow passengers had to wait for another train to continue their journey because the original train 's safety mechanism had jammed . |
| 6 | Court cases and the resulting media responses given to these new ‘ drug fiends ’ ( to use the phrase coined by Stanley Cohen ( 1973 ) ) verged almost on the hysterical ( see Young 1977 ) , and moral entrepreneurs began to press for more controls and increased action . |
| 7 | In October 1922 , employees ' wages were reduced by three shillings a week ! conditions at that time were severe ; men had to serve for several years on the seasonal staff before being taken on as a regular . |
| 8 | In their efforts to reduce surplus food production in the EC , the ministers agreed to maintain for another year the virtual freeze on farm prices ( when expressed in European currency units — ECU ) which had been in effect since 1987 [ see pp. 35534 ; 35915 ; 36493 ; 36599 ; 37209 ] . |
| 9 | After 1893 the crime declined in Kurunagala , but not in the Low Country , where organized networks of thieves continued to operate for another fifteen years . |