Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun pl] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They saw the sense of the plan and agreed to find refuges for the boys in the thick forest between Bolfracks and Kenmore . |
| 2 | This is the man behind it all , Ralph Reader , a successful composer in the thirties who agreed to write songs for the scouts to perform and his material is still used today . |
| 3 | Ronald Li , the former chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange , was convicted on Oct. 24 on two counts under the colony 's Bribery Prevention Ordinance of accepting preferential offers of shares in Cathay Pacific Airways and Novel Enterprises in 1986 and 1987 in return for helping to obtain listings for the companies on the stock exchange . |
| 4 | Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) . |
| 5 | More than 400 people are expected to attend auditions for the Sainsbury 's Choir of the Year competition at York 's Barbican centre on March 21 . |
| 6 | If a government wants to impose standards for the efficiency of new buildings , then it must also ensure that the materials are available , and that people are trained to use them . |
| 7 | The French government has cancelled plans for the building of two of five dams planned for the upper Loire valley . |
| 8 | The imposition of a war economy has frozen plans for the development of manufacturing , and shortages of electricity , spare parts and labour have disrupted existing industries . |
| 9 | And to try to create jobs for the women so that even if their men are out of work they can provide at least some income . |
| 10 | DRA itself has done installers for the Transputer , 386/486 , MIPS , 68K , VAX and is looking at HP 's PA-RISC . |
| 11 | Family has adopted principles for the protection of children and dependent spouses which could apply equally to the unmarried . |
| 12 | No candidate may leave his place until an invigilator has made arrangements for the collection of his script . |
| 13 | The US has imposed quotas for the catching of sharks in American waters in the Atlantic , Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean . |
| 14 | Fiona has worked on set designs for the Royal Ballet Company in Dublin , and Donna has produced pieces for the Belfast Denver exchange . |
| 15 | It is also worth asking the supplier to provide fixing screws for the drive . |
| 16 | It has reiterated demands for the closure of all ex-Soviet nuclear facilities . |
| 17 | In other words , the Board of Trade could more or less control the Service , co-operating with other agencies when and where it thought necessary , although those LEAs which had or might have in the future statutory powers for dealing with juveniles were permitted to submit schemes for the exercise of these powers , provided they could obtain the permission of both Boards . |
| 18 | And a recent trip by the mayor of Las Vegas has raised hopes for the sale of the train as a gamblers ' special to link the city with Los Angeles . |
| 19 | He rose to give thanks for the thanks . |
| 20 | This is because they 're no good fur falconry proper — you can train them to fly free and return to you , but as they 're nocturnal it 's difficult to train them to hunt under ‘ controlled conditions ’ , particularly if you want to do displays for the public . |
| 21 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 22 | Dewey established the Lake Placid Club Education Foundation which has provided funds for the continuation of the scheme . |
| 23 | At the same time the democratisation process in Eastern Europe has provided opportunities for the churches for which they have neither experience nor expertise . |
| 24 | The British Army has provided troops for the UN all over the world . |
| 25 | Welcome back : The hot weather has brought calls for the government to introduce water metering , to stop us using so much . |
| 26 | The Indian Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources has announced plans for the installation of the country 's first solar power plant . |
| 27 | * The Laotian Agriculture Ministry has announced plans for the semi-settlement of a quarter of a million families of shifting cultivators , in an effort to restrict the effects of " slash and burn " farming on the country 's forests . |
| 28 | The Department of Transport has announced plans for the improvement of Junction Twelve of the M-Five motorway in Gloucestershire . |
| 29 | Some pieces of bogwood and floating plants can also be added to the tank to give shade and provide hiding places for the fry . |
| 30 | We tried to get witnesses for the defence , but they ail confirmed that he had killed the DO on purpose . |