Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These may include definitions of the classifications to be used , suggestions of what type of information is required in the DESCRIPTION field , and naming conventions for modules . |
| 2 | Chapters cover areas such as production , script writing , project design and using video for development education . |
| 3 | The Temiar transplant young petai ( Parkia speciosa , Leguminosae — grown for their edible seeds ) seedlings into their gardens after the rice harvest and are reliant on bamboo for many purposes : house building , blowpipes and cooking pots for example , as well as knives to cut the umbilical cord in childbirth . |
| 4 | This can be produced in less than 12 hours , when previously designing and producing molds for prototypes could have taken weeks , if not months . |
| 5 | Pausanias took all the seated and kneeling figures for grooms . |
| 6 | They worked steadily for the rest of the morning on the management medicals , Rachel and Nina checking weight , testing urine for any signs of sugar diabetes , taking blood samples to test haemoglobin , thyroid function , liver function and cholesterol levels and checking blood-pressure for hypertension . |
| 7 | The union achievement in establishing and applying standards for design and safe use of VDUs is more striking when one considers that these policies had already been formulated before the Government Health and Safety Executive had to issue information and advice on the subject . |
| 8 | The firm could improve its trading cash flows by reducing the credit given to customers and delaying payment for purchases . |
| 9 | Before rising population and inflating prices for necessaries began to increase the burden on rate-payers from the last third of the century , the relief of the village and small-town poor seems to have been based on humane assessment of need and sufficient relief . |
| 10 | An example is the ‘ social plan ’ package of protective and compensating measures for workers made redundant , originally negotiated in the coal and steel industries ( Günter and Leminsky , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | Since then the CIOB has played a leading role in developing and launching qualifications for construction managers and supervisors — namely the Site Supervisory Certificate , Site Management Certificate and Site Management Diploma . |
| 12 | Their tasks on landing are to check the drop zones and landing sites for enemy activity , and mark them for the incoming aircraft , as well as performing detailed reconnaissance tasks of key targets and objectives . |
| 13 | The 1963 Act also relates to the facilities available at premises covered by the Act , e.g. sanitary conveniences , washing facilities , drinking water and seating facilities for staff . |
| 14 | Controlling ammonia emissions and ending tax-breaks for commuters who drive their cars to work are not usually the kind of issues which sends voters raging into the polling booths . |
| 15 | Yachting journalists Barry Pickthall and Bob Fisher Ocean Conquest 24th June , £20 First printing : 12,000 PR : official tie-in for the Whitbread Around the World Race , promoted jointly by Little , Brown and Whitbread ; launch at Southampton Yacht Club with TV coverage ; competitions in yachting and boating press for copies of the book and a Whitbread product Serialisation : national press |
| 16 | The Becks have been digging up and potting plants for months now . |
| 17 | The general reason is that the book aims to show why a philosophical question about Explaining and Understanding matters for theories of international relations . |
| 18 | Barbara Stocking , author of the King 's Fund report The Future Shape of Acute Services , points out that pumps which deliver measured doses of cancer therapy , antibiotics , drugs for pain relief and clotting factors for haemophilia could now be used at home . |
| 19 | Three other forms of Astro Gelande are being manufactured to produce artificial nordic ski jumps , cross-country ski tracks and tobogganing slopes for children . |
| 20 | But the training of surgeons and operating teams for keyhole surgery is n't keeping up with demand so Trent Health Authority is spending a hundred and fifty thousand pounds on a training centre at Leicester General . |
| 21 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |
| 22 | John Major was speaking in the Commons in the wake of Monday 's boycott , which left the Government 's English reading and writing test for 14-year-olds in tatters . |
| 23 | There followed a series of laws setting up separate schools for Sri Lanka 's different language-groups and establishing quotas for Sinhala-speakers in universities . |
| 24 | The IPP is a system for mapping out individual goals , specifying means of achievement and assigning responsibility for progress . |
| 25 | Whether it 's a knitted or fabric item , suitable fillings will be required so we thought we would tell you about a couple of products from Abbey Quilting Ltd , a company which specialises in wadding and filling products for craftwork . |
| 26 | HOLLYWOOD has stopped being the dream factory and instead become the poison factory , challenging conventional notions of decency , undermining the family , ridiculing religion and promoting contempt for authority . |
| 27 | Soon he was writing and directing plays for television . |
| 28 | The definitive work , A Manual of Standardized Terminology , Techniques and Scoring System for Sleep Stages of Human Subjects , gives a detailed account of the internationally agreed system of recording of sleep stages . |
| 29 | A few years later , Ralph Berger discovered the loss of neck muscle tone which accompanied REM sleep.9 These two findings , linking EEC patterns with eye movement and neck and throat muscle activity , have formed the basis of the recording and scoring methods for sleep in humans now in use all over the world . |
| 30 | For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry/exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception/waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub-section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . |