Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Baker also sought support for the USA 's opposition to a Malaysian proposal for an East Asian trade grouping which excluded the USA [ see p. 38535 ] .
2 On Jan. 26 a single-paragraph statement by Mandela , dated Jan. 25 and reaffirming support for the ANC 's policy of nationalizing the " mines , banks and monopoly industries " , was released to refute rumours that he now favoured a mixed economy .
3 As chairman of Airbus in the UK , Mr McKinlay has responsibility for the company 's Broughton factory .
4 Since 1974 Niue has been a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand , which in addition to providing economic assistance , has responsibility for the territory 's defence and foreign policy .
5 Since 1965 the 15 Cook Islands have been a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand , which in addition to providing economic assistance , has responsibility for the territory 's defence and foreign policy .
6 Customer Smythe was to accept liability for the Queen 's Royalty of one-fifteenth part ; to pay the company a one-ninth part of the production ; and a money rent of £433 : 6s. 6d. , providing thereby funds to be distributed as a dividend .
7 The purchaser is unlikely to want to accept liability for the vendor 's actions when it has had no control .
8 For example , the purchaser may consider that certain supplier contracts are essential to the business but at the same time is not willing to accept responsibility for the vendor 's debts to the supplier .
9 The Social Secretary was encouraged by fellow members of the preservation group to obtain sponsorship for the group 's funds and succeeded in raising an amount which , when all payments are collected , should exceed £40 .
10 UN officials had reportedly been negotiating with Somali clan leaders to obtain approval for the troops ' dispatch .
11 Current efforts are aimed at finalising the gas price and sales contracts and gaining approval for the field 's development plan .
12 ( 5 ) The offeror may wish to use the assets of the target to help pay for the bid or to provide security for the offeror 's borrowings .
13 Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) .
14 Information which places guilt for the patient 's illness on the family might only serve to reinforce their overprotective and critical communication styles , which may have arisen in the first place for just this reason .
15 A favourable monsoon season and a record harvest in 1988-89 of 172,000,000 tonnes of food grain were not enough to prevent the need to continue to import rice and wheat in order to maintain distribution and to provide food for the country 's growing population ; however , the improvement in the agricultural sector did contribute to a major increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , of 9 per cent in real terms in 1988-89 , helped by increases in industrial and manufacturing production .
16 The Commissioner states in his report : ‘ Because it seemed to me that the Minister 's letter implied that the NHS had an absolute duty to provide care for the complainant 's father once it became clear that he could no longer meet the nursing home fees , I asked the DoH for clarification of the legal position and invited their general views . ’
17 All policies provide cover for the Policyholder 's liability : —
18 MPs gathered in the House of Common on Sept. 24 for an emergency debate on the government 's handling of the currency crisis , and voted by 322 to 296 in favour of a motion expressing support for the government 's economic policy .
19 The hirer sued the owner of the excavator as vicariously liable for the driver 's negligence , and the owner set up clause 8 of the contract as a defence , on the basis that it transferred liability for the driver 's actions to the hirer .
20 In 1251 Geoffrey of Liston , warden of Windsor Forest , was granted as part of his farm the herbage of the whole forest , including ‘ the herbage and hay of Kempton park , saving maintenance for the King 's deer there ’ .
21 The Queen Alien was built in two versions , a full-size mechanical one also using two stuntmen inside , and a quarter-sized puppet , operated mechanically , since Cameron , who had accepted stop-motion for the Terminator 's final stage , did not like it for an organic creature .
22 The Pattani United Liberation Organization ( PULO ) , an outlawed group seeking independence for the country 's four southern provinces , claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion at a railway station on Aug. 13 in the southern city of Hat Yai , 40 km from the Malaysian border .
23 There hardly seemed room for the Party 's official policy .
24 dressing Tiger for the dolls ' pram .
25 Cost documentation for the company 's own plant and transport will be produced internally by the plant and/or transport department .
26 He visited Exeter in June 1313 to choose timber for the bishop 's throne there , made with characteristic details for which Witney must have been responsible .
27 He has been at the centre of California politics too long to escape responsibility for the state 's deeper sicknesses .
28 Also the exact date of signing the report should appear at the end , under the signatures of those who accept responsibility for the report 's findings .
29 ‘ As manager I accept responsibility for the team 's position and both parties agreed it was time for a change . ’
30 Matthei had welcomed the Rettig human rights report in March and had offered support for the government 's policy of national reconciliation [ see p. 38095 ] .
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