Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 4,000 12 to 16year-old members of the Halifax Building Society Quest Club filled in questionnaires for the latest survey . |
| 2 | In 1628 , now established as chief minister , he drew up proposals for the systematic preservation of official papers of all kinds , including those relating to foreign affairs ; but nothing came of this . |
| 3 | The family drew up plans for the four-bedroom house after their previous home on the same site in the village of Meopham , Kent , was destroyed by fire . |
| 4 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |
| 5 | We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme . |
| 6 | The actual assessment process is modular and candidates can build up credits for the individual units [ above and below ] which make up the NVQ . |
| 7 | As the Republic seems set to qualify for America , they are drawing up plans for the biggest television sports blockbuster ever . |
| 8 | Copy the cashing-up slip on page 76 , and fill in details for the following . |
| 9 | It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic . |
| 10 | Existing agreements lay down guidelines for the maximum credit period and the minimum interest rate . |
| 11 | We took Des with us and put up notices for the other dogs , which were replied to by various other units . ’ |
| 12 | Phil toppled from a stepladder as he was putting up decorations for the big day — and a spike went right through him . |
| 13 | The class I go to on Monday evenings erm we do warming up exercises and I 'd be quite happy if they just stayed warming up exercises for the whole hour . |
| 14 | They also gave out presents for the funniest person on skis and the person who fell the most . |
| 15 | Prescriptivism is , in essence , the view that it is possible to lay down rules for the correct use of language . |
| 16 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 17 | They looked to be all one way traffic as Abingdon 's mid-field dominated the game , setting up chances for the front runners , but the final touch was always missing . |
| 18 | Sutton had recruited Bill Packford , who had worked with him on the Evening News in the old days , to lay out pages for the 7 December dummy edition . |
| 19 | This is the document which spells out proposals for the future shape of Gloucestershire . |
| 20 | In his annual report to the nation on Nov. 1 setting out goals for the second three years of his six-year presidential term , President Carlos Salinas de Gortari proposed radical reforms of agriculture , the education system and the status of the church based on changes to the 1917 Constitution . |
| 21 | As earnest of its intentions , the new Soviet government established a People 's Commissariat of Nationalities ( Narkomnats ) under Stalin 's direction , and this set up commissions for the main nationalities . |
| 22 | Work out gestures for the responsorial psalm and practise these as a group . |
| 23 | Buchan fitted the bill perfectly ; he was an experienced , thoughtful player who was always seeking to improve his performance and working out moves for the next game . |