Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Democracy negotiators are due to start a two-day meeting in Johannesburg on 1 April in a fresh bid to thrash out terms for transition to democracy after more than 300 years of white rule . |
| 2 | Other changes include allowing banks , building societies and insurance companies to carry out conveyancing for home buyers ; ‘ no win , no fee ’ agreements between lawyers and clients ; and the creation of a legal services ombudsman . |
| 3 | The yacht will also host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour . |
| 4 | The Royal Yacht Britannia will be used for part of the tour and also to host a number of ‘ sea days ’ , used by the Government and trade associations to drum up business for Britain , before and after the tour . |
| 5 | The final result of Sugar 's plan to buy out Amstrad for 30p a share will not be known until this morning , but the board has already accepted defeat . |
| 6 | Svend Larsen had told him that the farm was becoming vacant and had offered to negotiate for it on the Colonel 's behalf , the islanders not wanting incomers to buy up farms for weekend occupation only . |
| 7 | The notion of ‘ policy ’ is insufficiently precise to indicate the role of members , for example in the consideration of the scope and content of cost-improvement programmes to free up resources for developments and unfunded elements of pay awards . |
| 8 | In an effort to produce a short form the JCT has not included specific provisions for many common situations , such as the need to open up work for inspection , or loss and expense suffered by the contractors due to default by the employer and supervising officer . |
| 9 | Lasers may later be used by troops to mark out tanks for attack . |
| 10 | Mr. Croucher said there was a need to build up funds for premises , which towns such as Alton already had . |
| 11 | Hence there is a need to seek out opportunities for creativity in the general fabric of daily life . |
| 12 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 13 | The show will also give you the chance to check out Paradox for Windows . |
| 14 | A commission to draw up proposals for changes to the 1947 Constitution was established on Sept. 9 . |
| 15 | Wanting to protect him , she took charge of the conversation then , turning it to subjects that could have no personal connotations for him , subjects like the efficient way that the British government had persuaded the Americans to take over responsibility for Greece and its defence against Communism , which they could no longer afford , and their less effective attempts to involve the Americans in the Palestine troubles . |
| 16 | One major problem has been the pressure on the Sherpas to cut down trees for firewood for tourists — previously tree felling had been strictly regulated . |
| 17 | In your desperate struggle to dig up hope for Africa in the 1990s ( NI 208 ) you gave naive solutions . |
| 18 | The demand from Labour was sparked by fury over plans to bring back charges for customers in credit . |