Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 2 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 3 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 4 | In a society whose social and economic system had originally been , and to a certain degree still was , organised to provide for such eventualities , this was scarcely surprising . |
| 5 | The appeals panel is not expected to rule for several months . |
| 6 | The M two motorway remains closed between junctions five and six and is not expected to reopen for several hours . |
| 7 | It states that sex is not appropriate in every situation where a couple are mutually attracted , or even within a relationship that is expected to last for some months or even years . |
| 8 | He was expected to practise for several hours a day , but was entrusted to supervise his own timetable . |
| 9 | Ingres , which contributed 62% to ASK 's third quarter revenues , is expected to account for some $243m of ASK 's turnover of $430m anticipated for its year to June 30 . |
| 10 | The price the Jews were expected to pay for this help was cooperation and conformity . |
| 11 | He had not expected to pay for any drinks tonight . |
| 12 | 10.3 may request training and assistance in addition to that provided for in Clauses 10.1 and 10.2 above , in which case shall be permitted to charge for this service . |
| 13 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 14 | The meals themselves are designed to cater for all tastes . |
| 15 | Beginning this autumn , courses are designed to cater for all tastes and interests . |
| 16 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 17 | The long-term solution was reached in 1852 when local authorities were empowered to provide for all classes and denominations . |
| 18 | If he thinks recovery for emotional injury is unjust , he will have made the future less unjust in the only way that counts for him : fewer people will suffer the injustice of being made to compensate for this sort of injury , which is better than more people suffering that injustice . |
| 19 | LDP therefore decided to look for another manufacturer to supply its Axminster . |
| 20 | J. B. Watson in 1914 and other behaviourist thinkers ( Hull , Skinner ) believed that an acquired behaviour element , the conditioned reflex for example , could be made to account for all behaviour , because such an element could be treated as a ‘ building block in theory much in the same way that nineteenth-century physicists used ‘ atoms ’ to build up a theory of matter . |
| 21 | UK Birmingham-based IMI 's Uniplex Ltd office automation software outfit will next week announce the appointment of Margaret Gymer to the post of director of international services : she 'll head a new service and support unit the company is starting to look after that side of the business , which is now said to account for some 20% of the company 's revenue . |
| 22 | Not prepared to settle for this result , Gorbachev renominated Yanayev . |
| 23 | ‘ How far have we got to swim for this competition ? ’ |
| 24 | And in a sense Mao is saying that it 's , it 's not right to go straight for land reform , you , you 've got to go for this policy of rent reduction , interest rate reduction first . |
| 25 | I believe that we have got to go for this strategy if we are continue to fight the freedoms which are the root of our yachting . |
| 26 | Well he 's so badly parked you see , he 's got to wait for both traffics to go whereas I could go easily |
| 27 | Average rates of commission have tended to fall for all clients , but particularly for institutions ( see Figure 11.1 ) . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the SparcWorks compilers that are used to re-compile for both platforms are soon to get a re-working , including a name change , says Zander , but there will be no cross-compiler . |
| 29 | Spearman 's rank correlation was used to look for any relation between oxygen saturation and incidence of arrhythmias . |
| 30 | I have rarely seen the House so unanimous in warmth and affection , and especially in its understanding of the severe ordeal that one of our colleagues and his family have had to endure for many months . |