Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [noun] for [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The County Council , faced with making savings of around £2 million in its social services budget , is considering bringing in charges for using the centres . |
| 2 | NATO ministers promised humanitarian aid , and drew up guidelines for recognising the independence of the former Soviet republics . |
| 3 | This weekend 's meeting is the latest in a series of conferences over the past two weeks during which ministers , their advisers , vice-chancellors , polytechnic directors and senior officials have been thrashing out strategies for expanding the higher education system . |
| 4 | Firstly , set aside time for preparing the meal . |
| 5 | Demands for the NEC to draw up proposals for widening the party franchise were led by John Edmonds , general secretary of the GMB . |
| 6 | Music Week cites a bass player who receives about £800 for backing the likes of Paul Young and Julia Fordham . |
| 7 | Where accommodation is provided for a child ordinarily resident in the area of another local authority , the home authority may take over responsibility for accommodating the child within three months of receiving written notification of the situation ( s20(2) ) . |
| 8 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 9 | The risk of the Kantineservice decision is that , although there is no true transfer of an undertaking when the franchisor is changed , the person acquiring the franchise may be seen as taking over responsibility for running the undertaking and will normally retain the original employees . |
| 10 | Dad picks up £76,324 for running the country . |
| 11 | Without entering into the substantive details of the agreement or of the 1990 convention for its application , which appears not yet to have entered into force , it may be noted that it sets out rules for crossing the signatory states ' frontiers not just for their own citizens but also for citizens of all EC Member States , and the Convention of Application distinguishes between treatment at the internal and external borders of the signatory states . |
| 12 | Penge U.D.C. asked the Company to pay about £250 for widening the bridge at Anerley Station but it eventually cost £1,750 . |
| 13 | ‘ This is an exciting and challenging time to take on responsibility for leading the firm , ’ Mr Freedman said . |
| 14 | The tour set for twelve to eighteen months starting in summer 1993 and sales of a catalogue with colour reproductions of Barnes works , are expected to bring in funds for renovating the foundation 's gallery building and bringing its operations up to modern standards . |
| 15 | The faster US troops can turn over responsibility for keeping the peace to Panamanian forces , officials said , the better the US invasion would look to Latin Americans . |