Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many purposes it is convenient for biologists to focus their attention at the level of the vehicle . |
| 2 | Industry does not stand still and the trend nowadays is for employers to expect their employees to respond positively to the demands of the enterprise . |
| 3 | They offered the chance for specifiers to turn their imaginative ideas into reality . |
| 4 | To meet this requirement , it will be necessary for weighers to keep their own record of tare weighings carried out , including time of taring and where removable parts , eg. sides , rear boards , tarpaulins , sacks , etc. are in use , whether these parts are included in the tare . |
| 5 | It was the tradition in the family for sons to serve their time at sea , and then to command the company 's ships . |
| 6 | Rostov thought about Alexei 's behaviour and wondered if it was human nature for sons to hate their fathers , even when they did not know them very well . |
| 7 | With the advent of GIS , it will be increasingly possible for non-cartographers to produce their own maps . |
| 8 | Assistance in all these areas would provide the chance for musicians to develop their own potential and to discover whether there is an audience for their music . |
| 9 | Bernard would lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle with carnality , slapping it down , groaning . |
| 10 | We 'll be here for hours bet your life upon it |
| 11 | British custom string manufacturers Newtone will talk to you for hours explaining their new range of Burns strings . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll have to look for hours to find our spaceship . ’ |
| 13 | The simplest way around this is for artists to get their assistants to sign over the reproduction rights before work begins . |
| 14 | We then did n't have enough materials for the wall so we had to shorten its length , which in turn meant there was not enough room for media vehicles and not enough space for VIPs to manoeuvre their cars in , and that meant altering security arrangements . |
| 15 | While it was clear that as long as unanimity or qualified majorities were required , it was possible , as several of the member states were to do , for states to drag their heels and delay a programme . |
| 16 | This will take time to catch soaring turnover — up from £72million to £142million — as the group pays fees to BT and other international carriers for calls using their lines . |
| 17 | John Louis is still searching for riders to complete his 1993 team . |
| 18 | It is an area full of opportunities for surveyors to demonstrate their skills and knowledge . |
| 19 | Philip Redfern suggested it should become standard practice for statisticians to put their professional advice on the record . |
| 20 | Founded by merchants William Wilson and Benjamin Lancaster , it was named after one of Lancaster 's aunts ( industry was deemed too demeaning for merchants to lend their names to ) . |
| 21 | At present there is a tendency for researchers to define their field of study at the outset as being , for example , ‘ An investigation of the social representation of X. ’ They then include uncritically beliefs and dialogues about X as being aspects of the social representation . |
| 22 | It can be very valuable in such situations to provide opportunities for researchers to share their experience of particular data . |
| 23 | ‘ The value per share of the players comes to £2 — a useful figure for shareholders given our fully prudent accounting policy . ’ |
| 24 | ONE way for savers to boost their income is by purchasing an annuity from an insurance company . |
| 25 | He argued ( 1989:14 ) that since institutions , largely regardless of the wishes of their members , have retained a bureaucratic organization , it is important to use the bureaucracy well , to maximise opportunities for institutions to achieve their objectives and for individuals to succeed in their careers . |
| 26 | Complete renewal , while providing a stage for experts to display their knowledge would deflect this limited resource from the true maintenance of historic houses , which is clearly a more valuable outlet for their talents . |
| 27 | It also offers unrivalled opportunities for operators to utilise our unique base services . |
| 28 | Through this we aim to develop and heighten the drama experience of youngsters within the education service , to link the curriculum work with performance in a professional theatre and the experience which this brings to youngsters , and for groups to share their work with others , often from different backgrounds and cultures . |
| 29 | The former was the obvious clash between Britain 's need for exports to pay her way in the post-war world and the requirement of the rearmament programme , both of which competed for the same scarce skills and resources of the metal-working industries to the detriment of the export trade . |
| 30 | That allows time for clients to settle their accounts . ’ |