Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He warns us against being seduced by ‘ a new and … illiberal ‘ liberal ’ orthodoxy' designed to accommodate demands for a law protecting Islamic sensitivities . |
| 2 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares jumped almost 8.5% on Friday on hopes that the government will spend heavily on a major new communications network : Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said on Thursday that an economic stimulus package , widely expected to include funds for a network of high-speed fibre optic cables , would be even larger than 1992 's supplementary budget ; if the government steps in with new funding , the state-controlled phone company would likely end up laying the cable and providing services ; the project is the one first mooted back in the early 1980s to connect every home and business in Japan . |
| 3 | As the right hon. Gentleman referred to action in the Security Council , and in the light of the fall of Vukovar and the continuing horrendous threat to Dubrovnik , will he seek to obtain agreement for a Security Council resolution imposing comprehensive sanctions , including an international oil ban , on the whole area , as a way of exerting pressure to bring the fighting to an end ? |
| 4 | I promise him that I am endeavouring to find time for a debate . |
| 5 | In addition , if you want to choose words for a spelling test , your book provides them for you . |
| 6 | ( If you have an approved degree but not in law , you will first need to study law for a year at the Polytechnic of Central London or the City University , and pass an appropriate examination ) . |
| 7 | Previously , after six weeks the students would teach one ( heavily prepared ) lesson ; now , in theory , at least , they could be expected to take responsibility for a class for six or seven weeks . |
| 8 | These are sometimes designed to take place for a period of time such as a day or a week . |
| 9 | Here , of course , you will also need to make provision for a bed and clothes storage . |
| 10 | The already weak accounting department has to produce accounts for a multitude of projects , often with different systems . |
| 11 | This interdisciplinary course for linguists is designed to prepare students for a career in the business world of post-1992 Europe . |
| 12 | Stirling thus decided to abandon operations for a while and send a strong party back to base to collect stores and the new vehicles he had requested . |
| 13 | It provides the stock of examples and analogies which politicians can plunder to justify policies for a novel and complex situation . |
| 14 | Cos she 'd been wanting to do Aladdin for a couple of years but it was on at The Playhouse |
| 15 | And then his iron control seemed to give way for a moment , his fingers clenching as he pulled her roughly against him . |
| 16 | Other Japanese companies-Hitachi , Toshiba , Matsushita — have treated LC TVs more as a design exercise , and do not expect to market models for a while . |
| 17 | Prokofiev , in the final piece of the evening , showed what to do with that kind of thing : his Overture on Hebrew themes , written in 1919 for a group pretending to raise funds for a conservatory in Jerusalem but in fact trying to feed themselves , just sets the tunes in a concise sonata form , and preserves all their humour and charm with hardly a suspicion of the composer intruding . |
| 18 | Berwick was well placed to withstand siege for a time ; but two score thousand people take a deal of feeding , and provisions began to grow short despite severe rationing . |
| 19 | Should you want to escape reality for a while , £12 would buy you the skills of a trained , uniformed chauffeur for an hour . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps you would like to nurse Harry for a while ? ’ |
| 21 | The remaining space afforded by the removal of the existing kitchen was used to provide areas for a Computer Room , two Business Studies Areas , Typing and Office Procedures . |
| 22 | The mill was originally run as part of the adjacent farm and , not surprisingly , was used to provide power for a number of other uses . |
| 23 | If the system is used to derive advice for a professional to use in the execution of his duties , the ultimate recipient of the advice may find that he has a right of action against the professional or the system developer ( or even the independent experts and knowledge engineers engaged by the system developer ) . |
| 24 | Maybe this is all that is needed to re-ignite calls for a review of the welfare benefits which single parents receive — a review actually under way earlier this year , but thankfully kicked into touch by Tony Newton when he took over from the hapless John Moore as Social Security Secretary last Summer . |
| 25 | PROTESTERS have occupied an 18th century thatched cottage due to be demolished to make way for a by-pass . |
| 26 | They like to see people for a cup of tea , and they like popping round to Karen 's for company . |
| 27 | Returning to America he began to write features for a newspaper called the Toronto Star Weekly in 1919 , and in 1921 was married of his own free will to a woman he had met and fallen in love with earlier . |
| 28 | Try as the commission might to smooth things over , the ’ social dimension ’ seems bound to arouse passion for a while yet . |
| 29 | The first meeting of the Governors was held on 12th August 1881 and the seven present decided to appoint Mr. Edward Walmsley to the Chair before proceeding to make arrangements for a Clerk , to deal with the accounts ( for which proper books were now to be kept ) , and to inspect the Deeds of the School with the Town Clerk . |
| 30 | ‘ The bus really fulfils a need and I would hope to make arrangements for a return visit in the near future . |