Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 In such a case the mortgagee acts for the benefit of the equity of redemption as much as for that of the security .
2 In addition the time taken for the phase current to decay becomes important at high speeds , because the phase current continues flowing ( through the freewheeling diode ) beyond the excitation interval dictated by the drive transistor switch .
3 B the mean peeking rate and T the time taken for the cat to complete its final dash .
4 Of course the moth went for the light , Jay went under the pillow , and the moth settled on a huge picture she had of a golden African dawn .
5 One man was a ‘ queen ’ , who deserved all that ‘ she ’ could get , and as Ken told the story the man prayed for the floor beneath him to open up .
6 In the tenth and eleventh centuries the texts produced for the education of parish priests were still in English .
7 ‘ Shake ’ could be taken as the fear the poet has for the ‘ cold ’ of oncoming death and ‘ ruined ’ illuminates the idea of deterioration .
8 Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days .
9 Within social work the quest continued for the best way to organize a service that could be responsive to community need .
10 The beams of light from this lighthouse turn round completely once every few second The time taken for the beam to turn a full circle is different for every lighthouse .
11 Of course , these trips are not compulsory , but as one Eton parent put it : ‘ Few parents would want to deny their child the opportunity to play for the school under these circumstances . ’
12 It is generally assumed that the rise of more widespread educational opportunities has given children of working-class parents the chance to study for the qualifications necessary to enter middle-class occupations .
13 In Matthew the disciples stand for the Church , as does the phrase ‘ the kingdom of heaven ’ .
14 electoral pacts between Liberals and Unionists to resist municipal Labour created the same direct contacts and in some places the pacts remained for the rest of the inter-war years .
15 An order requiring the third , fourth and fifth defendants , who were not parties to any Euramco transaction and who did not receive anything under any Euramco transaction , to repay the investors the money paid for the Euramco shares , is , he submits , a compensatory order , not a restitutionary one .
16 Yes , well that 's just the name the astronomers use for the mean distance , the average distance , of the earth from the sun .
17 On the other hand , in the WHO collaborative studies the investigation provided for the study of the effect of spacing on both still births and abortions .
18 In Jesus the Spirit destined for the messianic days , the days of salvation , had come to stay .
19 In Albert v. Lavin the question posed for the House of Lords was ‘ whether a constable who reasonably believes that a breach of the peace is about to take place is entitled to detain any person without arrest to prevent that breach of the peace in circumstances which appear to him to be proper . ’
20 When the sun went down and the evening turned chill the cider-heads made for the warmth of the Wheel Tapper bar .
21 On Dec. 26 a previously unknown group , the Strugglers for Freedom , released a video cassette of the two Germans , and in a message accompanying the video the group called for the release of the two Hamadei brothers .
22 This week The Economist appears for the first time in its own new type-face — known as Ecotype .
23 On the seventh of September the clouds broke for the first time , the wind subsided , and the sun came out .
24 After consulting knowledgeable friends the couple opted for the top-of-the-range timber-framed Hedlunds Swedish House .
25 A very wide range of l.e.d.s is now available , and after some experimentation the l.e.d. chosen for the prototype was a red 3mm low-current type .
26 After rehearsals , Sir calls us together And each group performs their play , But just as it comes to our turn The bell goes for the end of the day .
27 With the crescendo of the closing music the audience scrambled for the exits , leaving national servicemen and isolated royalists standing to attention .
28 When the new basilica of his church was consecrated late in the reign the day chosen for the event was not his own feast-day on 20 November , but that of St Luke on 18 October — the anniversary of the battle of Assandun in 1016 .
29 Although there is fairly general agreement on the terms to be applied to sediment particles of various sizes the definitions used for the bounding sizes is not uniform .
30 To this end the TUC calls for the negotiation of technology agreements ( TAs ) which would establish new procedures for discussing technological change and a comprehensive framework for bargaining over the effects of change on working conditions .
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