Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * The government is to host a further meeting in Tunis in April , when representatives of Western donors and multilateral agencies will consolidate plans to continue support for the environmental programme . |
| 2 | She writes : ‘ As a paradigm for encountering terror , this story offers sustenance for the present journey … . |
| 3 | During the North-East ABA Select v London and Home Counties match , Spennymoor 's Stephen Hodgson will meet London 's Barney Doherty , who pipped Hodgson on a majority points decision for the national schools title in the finals at Derby recently . |
| 4 | In contrast , Section 11 grants available since 1966 to some authorities to provide funding for the special needs of ethnic minority pupils , have tended to marginalize spending on black pupils . |
| 5 | In studying Epicurus , Gassendi found confirmation for the embryonic idea of the Exercises , that sense-experience might give us something worthwhile and valuable even though it can not give us knowledge of necessary causes and of the natures of things . |
| 6 | The first charity began in 1659 , when Simon Smith gave by his will £5 , the interest of six shillings to provide bread for the poor on Easter Day . |
| 7 | Requisitioned by the Home Office at the start of the Second World War the Manor provided accommodation for the Canadian Air Force who flew from the nearby air base of RAF Linton . |
| 8 | The fact is that the clothing ( Carhartt and its ilk ) and the footwear ( Blundstone , Red Wings , Georgia Boot ) — traditional US , Canadian , Australian and even Japanese labels producing clothing for the outdoor worker — have only recently gained proper agents to represent them around Britain . |
| 9 | They are designed to ensure that authors receive recompense for the free provision of their books to the public by libraries . |
| 10 | According to the report , the USA was " pouring millions of dollars into north-western Cambodia " in an attempt to win support for the non-communist rebels ahead of any peace settlement . |
| 11 | On the same day that the article appeared in The Saturday Review , Hofland , perhaps prompted by the tone of the article , wrote to Manners commending Italian for the Foreign Office design and asking when the architect was to be appointed . |
| 12 | Its initial investment includes finance for the new Ford Cellular Airtime Operations Centre in Swindon . |
| 13 | The FBI have identified a screenplay touting suspect for the 1990 robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 14 | Proposals for a merger of interests in the Medlock patent with the French company Reynard Frères — in an attempt to satisfy demand for the magenta dye — were unsuccessful . |
| 15 | Spain and Portugal took part for the first time , having signed accession protocols on Nov. 14 , 1988 ( see pp. 36105-06 ; 36429 ) . |
| 16 | Tomorrow the journey continues ; as the aircraft unloads hope for the hungry . |
| 17 | Two custom-built stairways have also been made for the rear of the seat scaffolding to allow access for the 546 people who will see the performance . |
| 18 | In 1879 she visited repealers in Plymouth to canvass support for the new bill , which proposed that the courts should remove children living in the society of depraved and disorderly persons and place them in industrial schools . |
| 19 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |
| 20 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said turnover for the first quarter of 1993 fell 2.7% to the equivalent of $537m . |
| 21 | ( 10 ) Throughout Stages 1 and 2 , DCSLs may be involved in advising schools , librarians , or library committees on practical matters , from suggesting trends in library layout ( for schools relocating or refurbishing their libraries in anticipation of , or as a result of , receiving a project grant ) to advising on precise requirements of order forms , the need to " weed " old stock to make space for the new acquisitions , and the desirability or updating or devising a new catalogue . |
| 22 | Mr d'Ancona admits : ‘ It was probably harder to get British industry to respond to the legitimate requirements of the oil industry than to get the oil industry to make allowance for the legitimate interests of the supply industry . ’ |
| 23 | It was the destruction of thirty churches and monasteries in Bucharest to make way for the Civic Centre which aroused Western criticism of Ceauşescu 's rule on a grand scale . |
| 24 | Two extreme right parties gained representation for the first time in their respective Länder , the Republicans ( led by Franz Schönhuber ) in Baden-Württemberg and the neo-Nazi German People 's Union ( DVU ) ( led by Gerhard Frey ) in Schleswig-Holstein . |
| 25 | once the strength of the new week 's material has been assessed , the next move is to decide which records will be removed from the present playlist to make room for the new ones . |
| 26 | Alison MacKenzie , second year student of Maths and Computing at Stirling University played hooker for the Scottish national team in the first ever full international women 's rugby match against Ireland . |
| 27 | Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices . |
| 28 | It is also confusing to the inhabitants in that it is often difficult to ascertain which council has responsibility for the particular matter which concerns them . |
| 29 | We 've already used , improved the supporters ' hut to provide shelter for the many people who watch the matches , from which to serve teas . |
| 30 | The Community Health Council says care for the elderly is now desperately underfunded . |