Example sentences of "for [v-ing] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The college wants to make the sale , sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners last summer , to set up a fund for maintaining and refurbishing its Founder 's Building , as well as caring for the remaining pictures . |
| 2 | On the one hand , Germany was provided with vital supplies of minerals it needed for its war industries , such as wolfram and lead , and with facilities for repairing and refuelling its submarines . |
| 3 | Major changes occurred in the course of time in the availability both of different substances and of the techniques for shaping and displaying them . |
| 4 | He was another senior photographer for Surfing and reminded me of a more weatherbeaten Errol Flynn . |
| 5 | The research will examine the feasibility for exploring the response of ‘ normal ’ people in the work force to opportunities for assisting and supporting their handicapped workmates and , perhaps , learning from them . |
| 6 | In his head they were trash too , for trusting and believing him . |
| 7 | Birds of prey which rely on the heather moorlands for nesting and rearing their young , such as merlin and hen harrier , can do so without the persecution which sometimes occurs when their existence is in conflict with grouse-shooting interests . |
| 8 | If it could be demonstrated that English facilitated ‘ objectivity ’ more than other languages , then users of it would have a powerful weapon for affirming and legitimating their rights to certain positions of authority in relation to cultures or sub-cultures in which language use lacked this quality . |
| 9 | Faint-hearted , they took his essays back for remarking and upgraded them , as an airline always will a seat for a vociferous passenger . |
| 10 | Reynolds ' strategy for developing and maintaining his prized elitist image was an obsessive attention to detail , high standards and team spirit ; but his practice of circulating all the office paperwork as a system of mutual quality-control , combined with Roche-style hands-on management on occasion , occasionally backfired and some consultants left . |
| 11 | Evidently he thinks of the distinction as being no more than a useful device for developing and explaining his claim , that all ideas derive from experience . |
| 12 | The Physical Chemistry Laboratory has been conspicuously successful in obtaining outside grants for sustaining and expanding its research from governmental , industrial , and international sources . |
| 13 | It cost me less than a tenner and for swingtipping and springtipping it was brilliant . |
| 14 | The second Python film , which was in ‘ 74 , we got £4,000 each for writing and acting it . |
| 15 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 16 | This comfy willow chaise longue gives you the perfect excuse for relaxing and putting your feet up . |
| 17 | He had claimed to believe in her innocence , but had not apologised for misjudging and insulting her . |
| 18 | A COACH , who became so incensed with his opposite number at an U8 match in New Zealand , has been banned for three years for punching and knocking him unconscious with the result that specialist surgery might be required for a fractured cheek bone and other complications . |
| 19 | But they will make a charge for disconnecting and reconnecting which may negate the saving unless you are out of the country for several months . |
| 20 | The fishmonger blessed her for calling and wished her a continued pleasant time in their beautiful city . |
| 21 | ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR POSITIONING AND BUILDING YOUR LATEST PRIDE AND JOY AND YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF TWO £1000 ROBINSON GREENHOUSES |
| 22 | Erm , that concludes the business of the extraordinary general meeting erm , thank you very much for attending and making it a lively meeting and , erm , my colleagues and I will be pleased to , erm meet you in the foyer er , where refreshments are being served . |
| 23 | Schools are responsible for devising and implementing their own policies and schemes and the role of the project team is to assist in this . |
| 24 | He thanked her for coming and saw her off the premises , but he was left wondering at her distress which seemed to arise more from fear than from grief . |
| 25 | ‘ We were preparing for what we thought might be our future and so we got back to the people who 'd singled us out , and a guy called Keith Wilson , who was eventually responsible for recording and co-producing our first Fleetwood Mac album , got us down and we put an album out , which kind of came and went . |
| 26 | Accordingly , all authorities must provide facilities for the initial and temporary reception of children with the necessary skilled staff for observing and assessing their physical , mental and emotional condition . |
| 27 | The possibilities for learning and change which emerge from socialization theories fit better with egalitarian feminist commitments to balance and justice , and put these theories at the centre of many western feminist accounts of subjectivity . |
| 28 | Dear Aura of Life , Thank you for jumping and kicking me in tender places cos it gives me something to cuddle — a bruised gut . |
| 29 | OSF says final contracts specifying who is responsible for re-working and integrating which pieces of DME have yet to be exchanged , although Tivoli Systems Inc boss Frank Moss says ‘ we now report to IBM , not OSF . ’ |
| 30 | It says final contracts specifying who is responsible for re-working and integrating which pieces of DME have yet to be exchanged , although Tivoli Systems boss Frank Moss says ‘ we now report to IBM , not the Open Software Foundation . ’ |