Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason .
2 The Food and Drug Administration has also hinted that it may revise a policy that does not at present require special safety testing or labelling for most biotechnology foods .
3 A local authority may be asked to provide a report from one of its own officers or to arrange for another person to provide a report as appropriate .
4 See CORROSION-PROOFING & DESCALING for more details .
5 ‘ There is no Gook or Kraut or Nip for this war ’ , he writes , ‘ and the only Iraqi jokes I 've heard have been on the telephone from back home ’ .
6 They may be precipitated locally ( Thompson , 1959 ) or carried for some distance in solution ( Bathurst , 1975 ; Wanless , 1979 ) .
7 In addition , orders may define circumstances in which the application of the National Curriculum provisions to individual pupils might be modified or lifted for any foundation subject … .
8 if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business
9 He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification .
10 From time to time , consultancies must organise not just a display by a client but must organise an entire exhibition or show for many exhibitors are on behalf of their client .
11 Laughton and his board have put faith in the players and they must repay that faith or look for another club .
12 At times the class will be sent away to get information or look for more evidence .
13 Smoothed or polished slices can also be observed directly under cathodoluminescence ( see Chapter 6 ) ; they may be etched or stained for this purpose .
14 ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill .
15 The Trust is also uniquely empowered , under its Act of Parliament , to declare its properties inalienable , which means that they can not be compulsorily acquired or used for any purpose against the Trust 's wishes without specific parliamentary consent .
16 On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level .
17 A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason .
18 Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm .
19 The main features of tabes are an inability to balance when the eyes are shut , numbness , and ‘ tingling ’ sensations , ‘ lightning pains ’ , which are sharp , shooting pains , usually in the lower limbs , which may come and go in a short time or last for several days without remission .
20 The prices of certain goods too — notably manufactured goods — appear to be ‘ administered ’ , or set for some time so that they do not respond immediately to changes in supply and demand .
21 And adults do not need to be on the verge of shouting or crying for these mechanisms to be involved .
22 Both Central News and ITN World News make full use of authentic material ; no story has been invented or truncated for these videos .
23 Many are incurable strays which wander off time and time again , many are untrustworthy or dangerously aggressive dogs who may have been thrown out or dumped for this reason .
24 Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) .
25 Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest .
26 The Breakthrough to Literacy materials ( published by Longman ) contain a useful piece of equipment which can be used or adapted for any age of pupil .
27 One problem here is that it is cold comfort to an individual citizen that he can use the political process to air his grievances , for example by writing to his MP or councillor or to the press or voting for another party next time round .
28 the business of his Employer excluding use for hiring commercial travelling racing competitions rallies trials ( other than road safety rallies or treasure hunts ) or use for any purpose in connection with the Motor Trade .
29 It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased .
30 ‘ Did Master Ruthven go down to the kitchen or buttery or ask for any victuals to be sent up ? ’ asked Catesby .
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