Example sentences of "[vb -s] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cedric and Dorothy had seemed a centre , even an essential one ; so many well-known people had been in and out with their politics , books , causes , marches for this and that , demonstrations . |
| 2 | There was an even larger turnout on May 14 when funeral marches for Kang were held in the capital and elsewhere . |
| 3 | This , of course , is a popular subject : it seems particularly attractive to the poet-turned-novelist because of the scope it offers for the tremulously sensitive probing of feelings . |
| 4 | THOUSANDS of students could have their studies disrupted following the decision by the largest lecturers ' union last night to reject the latest pay offers for staff in further and higher education colleges and polytechnics . |
| 5 | In a confused and confusing holiday price structure , it may be useful to translate these figures into pictures , do a Jack Horner on the holiday pie and pluck out some typical plums , pinpoint what the 1990 market offers for £250 per head . |
| 6 | What makes the new round of work potentially so profitable is the scope it offers for experiment . |
| 7 | Not least important is the constructive alternative it offers for alienated youth . |
| 8 | A big attraction of the West Country for many second home owners is the opportunity it offers for waterside living . |
| 9 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |
| 10 | Stated generally , the fundamental rationale he offers for having to do so is that he , either himself or as the agent of society , knew better than the patient what should be done to or for the patient . |
| 11 | In presenting the rationalisations and justifications a group offers for doing things as it does , we will seem to be accepting its rationalisations and justifications and accusing other parties to the transaction in the words of their opponents . |
| 12 | Some of the best-known big firms have special discount offers for those who are willing to purchase their double-glazing during the summer months . |
| 13 | Although the details of the prescriptions advanced in each case may vary , there is some similarity in the nature of the diagnosis which each offers for what it is that currently afflicts our ailing body politic . |
| 14 | ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . ) |
| 15 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 16 | Among sheets from different periods of his career , she offers for sale the series of six ‘ Cold Mountain ’ etchings ( 1991 ) inspired , as were the recent paintings , by Chinese calligraphy and Tang Dynasty poetry . |
| 17 | The capitalist buys the labour power which the worker offers for hire . |
| 18 | And we 've got a list of people who have responded to telesales offers for ambient music compilation albums — about three thousand on that one … |
| 19 | It is essential therefore , that you identify and appreciate the historian 's viewpoint , follow the individual steps in his arguments and pinpoint the specific reasons he offers for his views . |
| 20 | A had no proprietary interest in the farm but had transmitted earlier offers for it to the bank who were trustees of it . |
| 21 | In summary then , the reasons for choosing The Machine Gunners include the opportunities it offers for various aspects of personal involvement on the part of the reader and its curricular potentials with regard to related topic , theme , and language work . |
| 22 | This is an extremely important result , both because of its policy implications which we shall consider later in this chapter and because of the scope it offers for testing the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 23 | This system , devised by Rentokil 's Research and Development department , offers for the first time a non-chemical , twenty-four hour detection and protection system . |
| 24 | The amount which each farmer or other seller offers for sale at any price is governed by his own need for money in hand , and by his calculation of the present and future conditions of the market with which he is connected . |
| 25 | Consequently offers for unlisted public companies and even for private companies may be of interest to the Panel if the shareholder base is sufficiently wide for minority protection to be relevant . |
| 26 | The Report itself is , as it says , largely a description of the present situation ; its value is therefore the opportunity it offers for new proposals to come forward . |
| 27 | The main proof Van Laue offers for this argument is the polarisation of society between global conflict and a backward society that made a liberal constitution impossible . |
| 28 | At the weekend the Stall offers for sale the usual selection of Catholic newspapers and Catholic Truth Society publications , rosary beads and medals , prayer cards and candles . |
| 29 | In this regard , evidence of alternative third party offers for Target should be sought , as well as formal valuations . |
| 30 | ( b ) by an entirely new company , formed for the purpose , making simultaneous recommended share exchange offers for both companies , or |