Example sentences of "[noun] for [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The core of Plant 's argument is a careful statement of the case for social citizenship and the reasons for preferring it to the philosophy of the New Right . |
2 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
3 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
4 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
5 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
6 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
7 | Each local authority was required to estimate the needs of primary , secondary and further education in its area , and to submit plans for meeting them to the ministry . |
8 | He 'll introduce proposals for abolishing it by the end of the year . |
9 | Of Malcolm McLaren 's collaborators at the time of the Sex Pistols , Jamie Reid gets a mention for persuading him of the importance of situationism , and Vivienne Westwood for producing a t-shirt slogan proclaiming how boring Derek Jarman 's Jubilee was . |
10 | Again , many thanks for providing me with the opportunity to meet the Committee , it was very helpful . |
11 | Thanks for putting me in the picture , Patrick . ’ |
12 | We are therefore exploring opportunities for divesting it from the group and have already successfully negotiated a number of disposals , including the sale of its processed meats division . |
13 | Archaeology is the principal source of data for informing us about the manner in which these changes took place , and how man adapted-to the revolutionary changes occurring in society . |
14 | And he blamed another girl for getting him into the drugs scene . |
15 | Guest teacher was Joan Daniels , and we thank Kent display team for joining us despite the miserable weather . |
16 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
17 | A traditional device for drawing us beyond the possibility of sweetening by sadism , right to the viewpoint of the dying man , is the death speech , at its starkest when Agamemnon cries offstage that he has been struck his mortal blow . |
18 | Er I think er if the honourable gentleman checks the record he will find that my right honourable friend said that America did not have a national statutory minimum wage but I 'm most I 'm most grateful to the honourable gentleman for reminding us of the international comparisons because he will know that the country in Europe which has embraced his policy of a statutory minimum wage is Spain and Spain has twice the level of unemployment of the European average and twice the level in this country . |
19 | The Statute of Limitations itself does not affect the right to payment , but only affects the procedure for enforcing it in the event of dispute or refusal to pay . |
20 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
21 | To hurt Thérèse back for robbing her of the lady in the woods . |
22 | Man needs to have some understanding of how this , and other atrocities , are possible as one of the major ways for avoiding them in the future . |
23 | Suspended for a week by the club , fined £2,000 and dropped following misbehaviour at a supporters ' dinner , Merson spoke of the 89th-minute winner that restored Arsenal to the top as a personal thankyou to Arsenal 's players and staff for assisting him on the road to recovery . |
24 | These negative or unenthusiastic reactions from the primary Gulf states showed that the prospects for involving them in the proposed neutralised area were poor . |
25 | One Harvard dealer on his way to London & Norwich Investment Services Ltd left a carrier bag of leads at a nearby sweetshop , giving £10 to the silvery haired owner for hiding them behind the counter . |
26 | Nadirpur spoke to his office in Monaco and left instructions for contacting him at the IAP offices in London . |
27 | The rules began by clarifying the ‘ special advisory committees ’ for juveniles and spelt out in some detail the procedures for registering them at the exchanges . |
28 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
29 | Severe overcrowding in the urban areas was usually cited as the reason for keeping them in the countryside , but there were probably underlying political motives . |
30 | The fact that she had been the ship that had sunk the Rawalpindi and killed my father did not seem to me to be a valid reason for omitting her from the series , for apart from the utter impersonality of a modern sea battle , she was by far the most successful of all the major German surface ships as well as being the happiest . |