Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 2 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 3 | None of Offa 's immediate forebears had been king of the Mercians and Offa himself is another example ( like Aethelbald ) of an aetheling competing successfully for the kingship from outside the innermost core of royal power . |
| 4 | No fast should be undertaken against an opponent ; it should be undertaken rather for the good of those near and dear to the person who fasts . |
| 5 | By contrast , in the Rose Theatre case the judge seems to have been influenced to deny standing partly by the fact that the Trust had been formed only for the purpose of campaigning for the preservation of the remains of the theatre ; whereas the same judge in another case accorded standing to challenge a grant of planning permission to a representative of a snake-preservation society which had been active on the site in question for many years and had ‘ put money into it ’ . |
| 6 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 7 | Writer Brad Darrach , who had flown down for an interview with Hopper , described the scene that developed : ‘ By mid-afternoon , the games became serious . |
| 8 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 9 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 10 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 11 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 12 | More so at that time when companies were culled from post-war part-blackout part-music hall Britain to cling together for a while on what usually became the wreckage of a production . |
| 13 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 14 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 15 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 16 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 17 | IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds . |
| 18 | Many old galvanised cisterns will have rusted sufficiently for the water to be leaking through and showing damp patches on the ceiling . |
| 19 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 20 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 21 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 22 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 23 | An aliquot was examined daily for the appearance of cholesterol monohydrate crystals with their typical rhomboidal notched and plated structures under the polarised microscope for 21 days of study . |
| 24 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 25 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 26 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 27 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 28 | He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) . |
| 29 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 30 | So far ethics committee approval has been given only for the treatment of individual patients as a debate continues about the risks of genetic-medicine misuse . |