Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun sg] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the entry says is what lies in store for the opener . |
| 2 | Appearing in court for the Corporation of Lloyd 's , Stephen Ruttle said : ‘ Mr Cameron- Webb is marginally short on merits . |
| 3 | The Quebec clause , giving Britain a veto over an American use of the atomic bomb against third parties , was dropped in exchange for the release of Britain from the clause restricting her commercial exploitation of atomic energy . |
| 4 | She would n't touch that glass again , not if Gerry were trapped in Purgatory for the rest of time , she would n't . |
| 5 | IT had been the intention to suffer in silence for the rest of the season while the mighty Quakers continued to plummet towards the familiar , comfy surroundings of Division Four . |
| 6 | The Mazda club , based in Hiroshima , want in time for the start of their season . |
| 7 | It has its own built in generator for the lighting . |
| 8 | This System Description has been prepared to assist the staff who will control and use the computer system during the period in which the text of the New OED is edited in preparation for the publication of the integrated , paper edition . |
| 9 | Jackie had a nasty puncture in practice on the 150-m.p.h. straight and though he was not injured , his Matra was only just repaired in time for the race . |
| 10 | The largely vertical tears , ranging from 20 to 60 cm in length , were successfully repaired in time for the opening of the exhibition . |
| 11 | The court reform is sometimes thought to have originated in concern for the peasantry . |
| 12 | That is what conductor Matthias Bamert has in store for the audience tonight when he leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Paul Hindemith 's When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'd . |
| 13 | The £1033 he received in sponsorship for the jump was supplemented by a further £1000 from the Forties field charity committee . |
| 14 | In order to confirm or disprove the phenomena , certain criteria have to be decided in order for the theory to have any value . |
| 15 | Is there a difference between requesting an act and specifying an act to be done in return for the promise ? |
| 16 | Everything that can be done in preparation for the survey should therefore be done ; there is precious little that can be done afterwards without distorting the accuracy of the survey . |
| 17 | On the death of Sir Harry Erskine in 1765 , the election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the District composed of the burghs of Anstruther Easter , Anstruther Wester , Pittenweem , Crail and Kilrenny , showed three of these burghs to be in the interest of Mr Alexander , Merchant in Edinburgh , and the other two in the interest of Sir John Anstruther . |
| 18 | 1 Help the patient to wash and dress in preparation for the journey . |
| 19 | Increasingly pupils who have prepared in advance for the visit may arrive armed with their own list of questions and topics that they wish to investigate . |
| 20 | As the Supreme Court had ruled that capping the amount which a candidate could spend would amount to an unconstitutional interference with the right of free speech , the bill aimed to establish voluntary spending limits in return for the receipt of benefits . |
| 21 | Expansion continued , with the famous Victoria Hotel added in 1862 but it was the intention of the MS & L to reach London with its own line and in 1897 the name Great Central was adopted in time for the opening of the main line to Marylebone in April 1899 . |
| 22 | We now wait in suspense for the banker to turn the cards over . |
| 23 | Would it clear in time for the band concert this afternoon ? |
| 24 | The doing of an act which there is a public duty to do — for example , attendance as a witness in response to a subpoena ( below , p. 217 ) has similarly been held to have no value in the law and to be insufficient consideration for a promise made in return for the doing of it . |
| 25 | Her orb , made in haste for the occasion by a French jeweller , incorporated precious stones from many sources . |
| 26 | According to most commentators the announcement of the deportations was made in retaliation for the killing by an unidentified gunman on Jan. 1 of a Jewish settler , Doron Shorshan , near the Dir Al Balah refugee camp in the Gaza strip . |
| 27 | Cheesecakes used to be made in quantity for the feast . |
| 28 | Finally , to use what is said in Parliament for the purpose of construing legislation would be a breach of article 9 of the Bill of Rights as being an impeachment or questioning of the freedom of speech in debates in proceedings in Parliament . |
| 29 | Blame for the attack was put on pro-government " death squads " operating in retaliation for the killing of government supporters by the JVP . |
| 30 | Orders placed during August are unlikely to be supplied in time for the start of the Session on . |