Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp . |
| 2 | Request : In the guise of pop-group ‘ The Howlers ’ ( ‘ We play loud modern rock music not entirely lacking in melodies ’ ) , we contacted the portly football fan to request his consent for a song ( and concept album ) to be titled ‘ Mad Hattersley 's Tea Party ’ . |
| 3 | The jazz scene confirmed his liking for youthful excitement and the importance that his student friends now had in his life is registered in a series of portraits . |
| 4 | The PUSD assembly declared its support for a state-regulated market economy and democratic pluralism . |
| 5 | President George Bush had then favoured amending the Constitution in order to prohibit the practice ( and withheld his signature from the Flag Protection Act to emphasize his support for a constitutional amendment ) . |
| 6 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 7 | Wall Street yesterday finally woke up to what we have been saying since January — that IBM Corp sets its dividend for one quarter at a time , and that there is no guarantee that the level declared for fourth quarter 1992 will be maintained quarterly this year : market dealers in Europe say a rumour surfaced here yesterday morning that another cut may be coming . |
| 8 | Crawford 's big production number , It Only Takes a Moment , came during the film 's last half-hour , as Cornelius Hackl declares his love for Irene Molloy , played by Marianne McAndrew . |
| 9 | PETRA KRONBERGER begins her campaign for a fourth consecutive title when the women 's World Cup Alpine ski season opens in Park City , Utah , this weekend . |
| 10 | The till girl mouths her request for identity . |
| 11 | DES Walker and Chris Woods , two of the foundation stones of Graham Taylor 's 35-game reign , could find themselves dug up and dumped as the England manager builds his team for World Cup survival . |
| 12 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 13 | TEC directors have already persuaded the Home Office to hand them responsibility for smartening up the employment prospects of black and brown Britons . |
| 14 | The group of councillors from across the political divide were selling appeal raffle tickets in Darlington town centre to show their support for the day centre . |
| 15 | Tom Kite revamped his swing for more distance and then his putting touch deserted him . |
| 16 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 17 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 18 | In terms of the process erm we are the first er major service committee to consider its budget for next year and I think everyone will be looking at us to set a pattern for the rest of this week . |
| 19 | The action arose out of a Privy Council hearing of his appeal against his dismissal from the Singapore bar following his conviction for fraud , when the Privy Council had found that he had been the victim of " grievous injustice " and expressed " deep disquiet that by a series of misjudgments [ he had ] been fined , imprisoned and publicly disgraced for offences for which [ he was ] not guilty " [ see p. 37086 ] . |
| 20 | On Jan. 10 Lewandowski told a Sejm committee assessing his candidacy for the post of Minister of Ownership Transformations that the performance of the share offer indicated that a different approach to privatization was needed , and he said that he favoured distributing to all Polish citizens free vouchers to be exchanged for shares . |
| 21 | A source of particular vulnerability for the agencies is that in its reorganization of the water industry the 1973 Water Act gives them responsibility for the management of the great majority of sewage treatment works , which in many areas are themselves significant — often principal — sources of pollution . |
| 22 | Eagle Star launched it strategy for the older market last April , with a range of special policies sold by a mature salesforce . |
| 23 | FAMILIES of victims of the Hove arson tragedy take their fight for justice to the High Court next week . |
| 24 | AI research awakens our desire for greater self-understanding ’ . |
| 25 | The Layfield Committee recommended its adoption for domestic property ( Layfield 1976 : 171 ) and the government appeared to accept the point ( DOE 1977e ) . |
| 26 | ’ The IoT examination is widely accepted as being of a uniquely high standard , and the revised syllabus for 1994 , incorporating a new paper on Tax Ethics and Administration , will ensure that the IoT examination retains its relevance for the future . |
| 27 | The Arts Council of the Netherlands has presented its advice to the Minister of Culture , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , with a policy document outlining its plan for the arts in the period 1993–96 . |
| 28 | Patients were assessed in a special gallstone clinic to determine their suitability for the various treatment techniques available in our unit . |
| 29 | Ibsen 's Peer Gynt compared his quest for identity to the process of peeling layers off an onion ; but after shedding all the ‘ false selves ’ , he found that there was nothing inside , no ‘ core ’ . |
| 30 | He was at the Cotswold Wild Life Park to lend his expertise for Kids Out — an annual fun day for children with special needs . |