Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Decks serving multi- floor accommodation outside the warehouse will also provide escape routes from the upper storage levels , but their structural integrity must be complete in an emergency , although allowing time for people to escape to safety in other protected areas and routes leading to the open air at ground level . |
| 2 | So straw-burning rather than using straw for animals is something which is bad for the environment and for welfare . |
| 3 | Unfortunately they are frequently little more than begging letters for money , tombola prizes and jumble or grumbles about late dinner money and parking too near the school entrances . |
| 4 | But , although making claims for Reason less ambitious than those of the seventeenth century , it still sets a problem of how causal powers can be known to exist . |
| 5 | Sam looked out over the flooding river and breathed in the damp smell of the morning as if testing wine for bouquet , and I thought that he lived through his senses to a much greater degree than I did and was intensely alive in his direct approach to sex and his disregard of danger . |
| 6 | European promoters are currently considering suing Ice-T for non-fulfilment of contract . |
| 7 | Belief in the freedom of the individual to choose his/her own destiny , while maintaining respect for others |
| 8 | We stayed at Makerstoun from 1966 to 1978 and then , while keeping Makerstoun for weekends , bought a property in Edinburgh ; a neat terraced Regency house in Upper Dean Terrace on the Water of Leith , just around the corner from Raeburn 's lovely Ann Street and a few hundred yards downstream from the house in Belgrave Crescent where I was born . |
| 9 | The second count alleged that , over a period of time , there had been a breach of the 1944 Regulations in respect of the safety precautions taken while testing ovens for leakage of microwaves . |
| 10 | A final statement on Sept. 10 expressed support for joint Arab action under the aegis of the Arab League , and for the Middle East peace process , for nuclear and chemical weapons non-proliferation treaties , for Iraq 's territorial integrity ( while criticizing Iraq for noncompliance with UN resolutions ) , and for the UAE in its territorial dispute with Iran . |
| 11 | This split barrier is an ideal solution for keeping out undesirables such as motorbikes while giving room for wheelchairs to pass through easily . |
| 12 | On April 27 , George Brizan , hitherto Finance Minister , was appointed Minster of Agriculture while retaining responsibility for Trade , Industry , Production and Energy ; Tillman Thomas became the new Finance Minster and was replaced as Minister of Works , Communications and Public Utilities by the former Agriculture Minister Phinsley St Louis . |
| 13 | Of 41 positive drugs tests by the Sports Council in 1990/91 , up to 21 are believed to have been accidental , sportsmen who absorbed banned substances while taking medication for illnesses of various sorts . |
| 14 | Asil Nadir , the former head of Polly Peck , an electronics-to-fruit group which was once Britain 's fastest-growing company , skipped £3.5m ( $1.5m ) bail while awaiting trial for theft and false accounting concerning £30m . |
| 15 | Edmund Dudley , Henry VII 's minister , composed The Tree of Commonwealth in the Tower while awaiting execution for treason . |
| 16 | Mandarin Hotel 's profits declined by 17 per cent for the year to 31 December whilst trading profit for Boddington 's hotel and restaurant division increased by 7.3 per cent to £2.6 million in 1991 from £2.4 million in 1990 . |
| 17 | However , the difficulties encountered in attempting to implement what is basically a Type I system whilst retaining choice for GPs and patients are demonstrated in a more comprehensive description of the proposed provisions . |
| 18 | If you know , or think you may be vulnerable to getting Thrush when using antibiotics for Cystitis , do mention this to your doctor , who may well prescribe treatment ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 19 | On the ground workers from the Oxford based relief organisation have set up camps as staging posts for refugees returning from Sudan . |
| 20 | Additionally , ‘ the move from development plans to structure plans itself allows a move to flexible and broad criteria for decision , which in turn allows the decision-maker wide discretion and hence room for manoeuvre when resolving applications for planning permission ’ . |
| 21 | Since then the serious pushing has taken place in Colombia where the cocaine cartels have literally ruined football by using Medellin and FC Cali as laundering centres for drug money . |
| 22 | It is useful to quote the size of the repeat when ordering fabric for curtains or blinds so that you do not cut off in the middle of a formalized pattern . |
| 23 | Alvarado was replaced by Norberto Castillo Perea on Dec. 28 as acting Secretary-General for Drugs . |
| 24 | These can range from the use of colour in the sanctuary to reflect the colours of the liturgical seasons , and what to think about when designing letterheads for congregations . ’ |
| 25 | A widget is a user interface component , such as a pushbutton or scroll bar , and the Widget Databook includes those commonly requested by developers when designing applications for OSF/Motif-based interfaces . |
| 26 | As well as providing space for workshops and conferences on various social , economic and political issues as they arise , the College is developing an alternative curriculum based on the issues and problems facing men , women and youth in working-class communities throughout Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | To retain the direct link between Livingston Bus Station and Livingston South Rail Station , as well as providing connections for Murieston , would greatly increase the cost of our contract to an unacceptable level in relation to the demand available . |
| 28 | The breakthrough will come when all these players in the tourism game begin to market themselves not just as providing value for money , but value for the environment . |
| 29 | The Society provides members with information about the UK and international nuclear industry , as well as providing opportunities for members to meet , attend lectures and to present and publish technical papers . |
| 30 | This alone would permit the evaluation of UK problems and policies in their international setting and clarify the implications of policy choices at the EEC level for the UK and the rest of the EEC as well as locating options for Europe as a whole in the global context by which it is powerfully influenced and constrained . |