Example sentences of "for [noun prp] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no alternative for Gould but to suppress the 20 plates he had published , refund his subscribers , and go straightaway to Australia to find out what they looked like . |
| 2 | Yeltsin argues that his aim , contested by parliament , of holding the referendum on who should ultimately rule the country and also on a new constitution , is in fact to save democracy for Russia and to safeguard economic reform . |
| 3 | In 1874 the Bishop of Beverley adopted it as a public institution and the Bishops of England passed a resolution to recognise St. John 's Institution as a Catholic Institution for England and to assist in the cost of its foundation . |
| 4 | Meanwhile on Oct. 13 the UN Security Council endorsed a proposal from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to appoint an interim Special Representative for Mozambique and to dispatch 25 military observers . |
| 5 | The US House of Representatives , after a rare public debate on Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) funds , in mid-October rejected a proposal to cease " covert " CIA support for UNITA and to require the administration to detail the request for aid before Congress . |
| 6 | What greater respect for God than to make an offering of a golden calf ? |
| 7 | ‘ To save souls for God and to get very rich , ’ was his straightforward answer . ) |
| 8 | The Portuguese came to Brazil to win souls for Christ and to win gold for the king . |
| 9 | Compact should make it easier for schools to find industrial advisers for Mini-Enterprise and to increase the range of activities undertaken . |
| 10 | But the machine worked for about two centuries , from about 280 to 100 B.C. : and the way it worked was that Rome passed from war to war without giving much thought to the very metaphysical question of whether the wars were meant to gain power for Rome or to keep the allies busy . |
| 11 | Innocent 's main aims were to win the support of Philip for Otto and to enforce the marriage law . |