Example sentences of "[verb] to [pos pn] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she did n't make a stand now he would expect her to jump to his bidding for the rest of the voyage . |
| 2 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 3 | As it was , she went down so badly with flu that she had to be confined to her room for the duration . |
| 4 | The addition was believed to relate to his passion for the music of the 1960s protest singer . |
| 5 | If you are charged with , or convicted of , an offence you must report this immediately to your manager , whether or not the incident is related to your work for the ES . |
| 6 | Applications must be processed Assuming that the company requires a range of different skills , the applications must be divided into groups according to their suitability for the different posts Some applicants may appear in more than one group , in which case some account will need to be taken of their preferences Managers involved in the selection process must choose those to be invited for initial interview . |
| 7 | He was educated at Dulwich College and was taught Greek there by A. C. Pearson [ q.v. ] who in 1921 was preferred to his pupil for the regius chair at Cambridge . |
| 8 | I refer to your application for the above post with this Council and write to inform you that you have been included in the list of candidates who are to be invited for an interview . |
| 9 | I refer to your application for the above post in the Unit of this Department of the Regional Council and to your interview on |
| 10 | Soviet officials were gratified by the reaction of the radical Arab states to their plan for the Persian Gulf but they could anticipate a less forthcoming response from the conservative Gulf states . |
| 11 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 12 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 13 | Chinese support for CENTO activities in the Middle East was linked to its support for the idea of a ‘ Red Sea bloc ’ involving countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt as members . |
| 14 | The artist for this year was Helen Chadwick whose exhibition Of Mutability held at the ICA in 1986 led to her nomination for the Turner Prize in 1987/ The critic selector was Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton , formerly editor of Artscribe International . |
| 15 | That led to his selection for the 1990 district championship in the North and Midlands side and also this season he has played twice for Scotland ‘ B ’ , scoring a try in each match . |
| 16 | The exceptionally high quality of his work and his strong interest in conservation and historic work practices led to his nomination for the Fellowship . |
| 17 | Er Mr has referred to his preference for the release of lots of small sites on the basis that erm they will be er Leeds residents would be less aware of them than if all the sites are collected together in the form of a new settlement . |
| 18 | As a result of those two meetings , we now have resolutions that support the line that we have consistently taken — that aid will be dependent on the trends shown by all countries — and I mean ’ all countries ’ — with regard to their respect for the rule of law , human rights , the development of good government practices and of an independent judiciary , and the following of sound economic policies . |
| 19 | With regard to your order for the above tape , I understand from a conversation that I had with Sue Atkins on her return to this country that you were tracing the Agreement documents before returning these to us for signature by the Press and despatch of the tape . |
| 20 | I write with regard to your order for the above tape , as I am unable to trace having received a reply to my letter to you of 14 February last . |
| 21 | I have apologised to your master for the regrettable error . |
| 22 | Applying both trust and agency principles , the court concluded that an insider who traded on the basis of material nonpublic information was liable to account to his corporation for the profits . |
| 23 | Dexter was irritated by Blanche 's love of the difficult and complicated as opposed to his preference for the simple and straightforward . |
| 24 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |