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

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1 Instead of apologising for the article , the Mirror , in an act of ‘ pure undiluted hypocrisy ’ , published a second article ‘ Maggie 's Clay Test ’ and a leader on the subject the following day .
2 On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment .
3 It will clearly be in the interest of the headtenant if the service charge is left out of account for the purposes of the rent review under the headlease .
4 Historically , this arrangement provided a residual form of financing for the government — meeting any financing requirement not satisfied by sales of other forms of debt .
5 It was too much , even for the sake of cooking for the Prince of Wales .
6 Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel .
7 Three hundred years of catering for the City of London were celebrated by Ring & Brymer at the Museum of London last week .
8 Lazio 's manager , Dino Zoff , says that Gascoigne is all he needs to have a team capable of challenging for the title .
9 In urban areas , where the range of health professionals at the primary care level is still variable , a fully multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of cases is a valuable means of compensating for the limitations of particular general practices .
10 A final group of approaches see football spectator disorder as a way of compensating for the loss of community caused by post-war industrial and urban development .
11 Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them .
12 In brief , if schematic knowledge is in short supply on a particular occasion , then the more we need to invoke systemic knowledge as a means of compensating for the deficiency and if we are thereby able to convert symbol to index , then the act of meaning negotiation itself has the effect of extending or altering the schematic knowledge we started with .
13 Few at this conference were a-quiver at the prospect of bidding for the Tilbury to Southend line .
14 Develop this approach as the heart of any teaching you do : it stresses the visual and auditory side of spelling for the pupil , and also helps him to understand how the patterns of spelling work .
15 As each subsequent requiem repeated the ritual exhibited at the primary mass , the cycle proved an expensive way of praying for the repose of the dead .
16 Have you thought of applying for the police force ? ’
17 After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners .
18 The student living in lodgings is invisible in terms of qualifying for the council tax and does not add one jot to the amount that the widow or anyone else would have to pay .
19 The result severely dents Widnes 's chance of qualifying for the Premiership , in which they have reached the final for the last three years , but could prove a turning point in Salford 's survival battle , provided they are a little more circumspect .
20 The Sports Council recently awarded £200,000 towards the development of a British men 's team , with the aim of qualifying for the Olympics .
21 Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland 's chances of qualifying for the finals .
22 Bingham hit out after Charlton had written-off Northern Ireland 's chances of qualifying for the finals in the United States in two years .
23 Goals from Jimmy Quinn and Philip Gray — his first for the international team — were enough to see of the Baltic challenge although Denmark 's victory over Albania earlier in the day put paid to our last fading hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in America .
24 Beating Malta was one thing , in so much as it sustained the national team 's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals .
25 While the national coach catalogued a list of players rich in promise who will be seen ‘ down the line , ’ Roxburgh is mindful that a balance has to be maintained in the interests of qualifying for the World Cup finals next year .
26 Victory sent the Debmat Diamonds back to the top of the Gold Cup Northern Section , one point ahead of Berwick while Boro now have no chance of qualifying for the final .
27 The Bees hopes of qualifying for the semi-final now rest on Bari 's visit to Griffin Park next Wednesday .
28 A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority .
29 I regard it as a way of living for the future , but what I feel I have learned so far is just the tip of the iceberg .
30 In fact , he would like more people to enjoy his level of popularity : ‘ If this is a cult of personality , then I should like all the poorly developed countries to enjoy such personalities capable of ensuring a rising standard of living for the people . ’
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