Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He 's served 6 years of a 10 year stretch for armed robbery . |
| 32 | After Johnson was jailed for 5 and a half years for armed robbery and the escape attempt , the Home Office said that a full inquiry had been carried out and they were satisfied there was no negligence by staff at Bullingdon Prison . |
| 33 | Writing from his prison cell in the Republic where he is serving 10 years for armed robbery , McGlinchey claimed he could easily tap into a central databank of RUC files . |
| 34 | The 35-year-old Bellaghy man , who was jailed in July in Dublin for armed robbery , strenuously denied that he was dismissed because of a financial dispute with his employers . |
| 35 | Stephen , a softly spoken Mike Tyson lookalike , had kicked someone into a coma , Michelle was serving an indefinite life sentence for torching her victim , Tony tried to blow up his father and Lizzie was in for armed robbery . |
| 36 | Trio in court for armed robbery |
| 37 | Det Con Bill Turnbull 's quick thinking helped obtain vital evidence to arrest four youths for armed robbery . |
| 38 | Yeah my dad is for armed robbery , for poundstretchers |
| 39 | A former Manchester policeman jailed for 17 years for armed robbery and firearms offences has been freed by the Appeal Court . |
| 40 | He had served ten years in jail in the Republic for armed robbery ; eight years ago his brother Seamus was killed by the R U C along with Roddy McCarroll , both members of the Irish National Liberation Army . |
| 41 | As with all the items listed so far , there will normally be compromises necessary in most schools as few of us work in ideal premises ; this calls for advance consideration of the possibilities and contingency planning . |
| 42 | Advance payment bonds : Many export contracts contain provisions for advance payments to meet the exporter 's costs . |
| 43 | We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around . |
| 44 | It is understood that a number of applications for advance clearance under s 707 for such arrangements have been refused . |
| 45 | Against this background many advisers would not recommend applying for advance clearance , as it may heighten the transaction 's profile in the Revenue 's eyes . |
| 46 | Great care must be taken in complying with the requirements for advance disclosure . |
| 47 | The rules for advance disclosure do not , of course , apply to ex parte applications . |
| 48 | Whether that office is a small centralised office of a medium-sized hotel , or the front office of a large hotel with clearly defined areas for advance reservations , cashier and billing , accounts , telephone and front desk reception , its function is to : |
| 49 | In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time . |
| 50 | FOR ADVANCE WEATHER DATA ! |
| 51 | They are in regular contact with the officials of the Commission , and so provide a ‘ listening post ’ for advance information . |
| 52 | From the spring of 1965 an understanding of a sort emerged whereby Britain would give general diplomatic support in return for advance information of major American military moves in Vietnam . |
| 53 | Mr Quarmby describes himself as going ‘ cap in hand to the recording companies and asking them for advance rental income ’ . |
| 54 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 55 | It is hard for foster parents to cope with very demanding and disturbed children and no less hard to part with them once they have learnt to love them . |
| 56 | You depict rare occurrences — like Westerners paying for foster children to visit their affluent country — as a major problem . |
| 57 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 58 | With evacuation and the Movement 's preference for rural settings for foster homes and hostels , younger children were often isolated in small village primary schools , where they were a curiosity to the other children and to the staff . |
| 59 | Even so , code switching in such conversations is the norm for British-born speakers in my sample . |
| 60 | By contrast , the report calls for professional investors to be exposed to the principle of ‘ caveat emptor ’ — ‘ let the buyer beware ’ . |