Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] for [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nuffield hospital says sessions on the scanner are allocated first according to urgency , and then according to who 's placed contracts for scans with the hospital . |
| 2 | For instance , the chairman of an Italian company that Morton acquired in the 1970s has been given responsibility for adhesives throughout the region . |
| 3 | March : March 5 : United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major had talks in Moscow with Gorbachev on the Gulf conflict and the situation in the Baltic states ; March 7 : the RFSFR and Czechoslovakia signed a trade co-operation agreement ; March 12 : it was announced in Moscow that the withdrawal of the 50,000 troops stationed in Poland would begin in April , although the process would not be completed before 1994 ; March 14-16 : following a tour of the Middle East , US Secretary of State James Baker visited Moscow for talks on the situation in the Gulf and the presentation of a six-point US plan for peace and stability in the Middle East ; March 18-20 : UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd visited both Kiev and Moscow for discussions on British-Soviet relations ; March 22 : Soviet-Romanian treaty of friendship and co-operation initialled in Moscow ; March 28 : Bessmertnykh held further talks in Tokyo in connection with Gorbachev 's forthcoming visit . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ So far as this court is concerned it must be taken as settled that the proper construction to be given to [ s.14(2) of the Water Act 1973 ] is to exclude liability for escapes in the absence of negligence ’ . |
| 5 | FIFE councillors have attacked plans for changes to the region 's train timetables . |
| 6 | The Teenact Theatre Company , based in York , exists to provide opportunities for youngsters in the performing arts . |
| 7 | They swopped roles for deaths in the street . |
| 8 | Shortly after the exercises , in early May , the Prime Minister of Singapore , Goh Chok Tong , visited Brunei for talks with the Sultan . |
| 9 | In the fifties Khomeini attempted , vainly to obtain clemency for members of the Islamic fedayeen ( the precursor of Islamic jihad and Hezbollah which came to prominence in Lebanon in the 1980's ) who had been sentenced to death for assassinating prominent members of the Shah regime . |
| 10 | It is of interest for example that Ruether , as she has increasingly wanted to find models for women in the past , has been forced to look outside the ancient Hebrew and Christian tradition . |
| 11 | Customers are being urged to demand compensation for blunders at the same rate as the charges on their accounts . |
| 12 | Both these cases involved applications for orders to the Italian courts ; it may be that an English court would resist a contractual fetter on the power to grant injunctions under section 37 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 13 | In late November the Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister , Farooq ash-Shar " , visited Japan for talks on the peace process . |
| 14 | The $250m Emerging Eastern Europe fund will endeavour to provide capital for businesses in the region and offer Western banks a form of debt-for-equity swap . |
| 15 | She asked me to have two trees planted in the school playing field in her memory to provide shade for children in the summer . |
| 16 | These courses could be used to improve existing skills as well as to provide training for newcomers to the industry — be they school leavers or persons purchasing a farm . |
| 17 | However , the two dozen or so people in these departments who did relocate had sufficient skills and experience to provide training for newcomers as the business gradually transferred . |
| 18 | Yachting journalists Barry Pickthall and Bob Fisher Ocean Conquest 24th June , £20 First printing : 12,000 PR : official tie-in for the Whitbread Around the World Race , promoted jointly by Little , Brown and Whitbread ; launch at Southampton Yacht Club with TV coverage ; competitions in yachting and boating press for copies of the book and a Whitbread product Serialisation : national press |
| 19 | It has many red-roofed old houses , is the centre of colourful processions , has facilities for children in the Kinderparadies , a nature reserve , peaceful walks by the Gubensee and fine views of the Santis range . |
| 20 | For that reason , is not one of the most important elements of the draft treaty now under discussion the proposal to tighten penalties for nations within the Community that fail to meet their obligations ? |
| 21 | He used the opportunity to issue charters for places across the whole duchy , he rave judgements and established lasting friendships with one or two important lords from which he was later to reap benefits . |
| 22 | The manager submits proposals for changes in the nursing establishment , based on the establishment profile . |
| 23 | Staff should watch Microvitec for updates on the situation . |
| 24 | It is doubtful , indeed , whether the difficulties it faced in 1861 and 1862 were as great as they look , and it is highly unlikely that the tsar decided in 1861 to substitute conservatives for reformers at the heart of the imperial administration . |
| 25 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 26 | Such was their condition — they were pulled off the ice last week ‘ more dead than alive ’ — that Sir Ranulph and Dr Stroud were off to the Army Personnel Research Establishment for tests on the way their bodies held up to it all . |
| 27 | It could simply be a requirement for a bond or an insurance policy that would ensure repayment for depositors in the event of a collapse . |
| 28 | It was purely financial considerations that led Asquith to set eligibility for pensions at the arbitrary age of 70 ) even though 65 was the age used by most occupational and charitable pension schemes . |
| 29 | He included measures to restrict MIRAS for homeowners to the new low rate instead of the current 25p level as well as limiting the tax credit on company dividends to the 20p rate . |
| 30 | The pupils , both 19 , were expelled from the £2,600-a-term Norland Nursery Training College , which grooms students for jobs with the world 's wealthiest families . |