Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they want to plan for organic change or reap the fruit of a retail giant that might , no matter what the quality of the architecture , be redundant in another 25 years ? |
| 2 | His wife Doreen said : ‘ I do n't want to comment for obvious reasons but I 'm happy with what my husband says . ’ |
| 3 | They will recognise it too in terms of higher charges than perhaps ideally we would want to impose for certain services which the city operates , whether it be sports pitches or whether to be brutal , it 's the cost of actually burying the dead . |
| 4 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 5 | While I appreciate that some married mothers do need to work for financial reasons , there are many who do n't . |
| 6 | Nothing near as tasty and tender as our … ’ and , her mouth overflowing with steak , beans and croquette potato , Mitzi named an Austrian breed Elisabeth had never heard of ( and did not imagine she would need to remember for future use ) . |
| 7 | If the patient has problems with his employer , he may need to apply for professional help through his social worker . |
| 8 | ‘ We hope Mr Stein will be working for us long into the future and obviously in that case we would need to apply for another permit for him . |
| 9 | If current cultivars do not adapt , breeders may need to look for new varieties which cope better with milder winters . |
| 10 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 11 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 12 | So always buy more flowers and foliage than you think you will need to allow for some spares . |
| 13 | If you keep soft water fish you would need to test for general hardness . |
| 14 | By this means a male pensioner could choose to provide for any dependants after his death ( Rhodes , 1965 , p. 51 ) . |
| 15 | They did n't appear to care for each other greatly . |
| 16 | Yes , about what amount of money would a purchaser expect to pay for that kind of cover ? |
| 17 | The " self-scrubbing " coal will sell at a premium , but the overall cost will be a fraction of the sum which power generators can currently expect to pay for scrubbing technology . |
| 18 | We had one free day each week — any one of our choice — and we could also elect to work for twelve days consecutively and then have two days off . |
| 19 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 20 | I would be happy to hear from any priest who feels he would like to volunteer for five years or from suitably qualified people who might have some skill to offer . |
| 21 | Furthermore the British people might begin to clamour for drastic changes in foreign policy if they were asked to undergo yet more austerity . |
| 22 | It is also now an independent body , and can begin to look for new ways to finance itself and improve its amenities . |
| 23 | But when it became known that someone ostensibly in the top echelon of the regime was no longer seen at the Ceauşescus ' palace at the nightly film shows or for chess , then whatever the victim 's ostensible rank , his own hangers-on would begin to look for another patron . |
| 24 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 25 | ‘ There are no trains Eastbound on the Central Line until further notice , this is due to inaudible inaudible London Underground would like to apologise for any inconvenience . |
| 26 | Unfortunately we did not make this clear and we would like to apologise for any embarrassment caused . |
| 27 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 28 | Ianthe was trying to imagine what the room would be like and where exactly the house would be but somehow did not like to ask for further details . |
| 29 | The public profile of the CBI 's director general mainly derives from his willingness to pronounce in public on issues of political interest , his fluency and persuasiveness in doing so and the fact that he can claim to speak for British industry . |
| 30 | ‘ No , but Nick ( Logan ) would send you on jobs you did n't want to do for various misdemeanours . |