Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | motor vehicles owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for the purposes of the disposal of bombs or explosives |
| 2 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 3 | ‘ I pay enough tax on my first job ’ , Mike said , and did n't accept the connection between taxes and help for the unemployed . |
| 4 | Details of provision can be obtained from social services and from organisations such as Counsel and Care for the Elderly and GRACE . |
| 5 | it to be rewritten we usually have one event after Christmas that pays for the extra gas and heating that we use . |
| 6 | Such a corporation , it was held , should have the same power to maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured as the law allowed to a corporation at common law , and the power to sue for libel or slander for the protection of its reputation in the carrying on of its business . |
| 7 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 8 | Whatever level of public expenditure proves practicable , and however it is distributed , the primary source of support and care for the elderly people are informal and voluntary … |
| 9 | During night missions inside Iraq , the laser shines from the belly of the bomber , and is kept on target by the pilot or the weapons officer , with the help of electronics that compensate for the aircraft 's movements . |
| 10 | A year later a second note was among another smuggled group of notes that arrived for the relatives . |
| 11 | — But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him . |
| 12 | Some fundamental steps in the constitutional development of the country were the Bill of Rights 1689 which limited the power of the monarch to rule by virtue of the royal prerogative and the Act of Settlement 1700 which further strengthened the power of Parliament and provided for the succession to the English throne . |
| 13 | The Duchess of Gloucester , as Patron , visits the offices of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 14 | 11 October : The Duchess of Gloucester , Patron of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , today visited the Counsel 's new offices at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 15 | The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces . |
| 16 | He has suffered terrible injuries and he 's going to need a lot of help and care for the future . ) |
| 17 | Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open . |
| 18 | The barrage could have been a symbol of determination and hope for the Merseyside region . |
| 19 | They swarmed on board with the agility of rats and leapt for the defenders . |
| 20 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 21 | She felt them go round her , strong and decided against her dress , beneath her coat , and then he put his mouth on hers and began to kiss her , and for a moment she felt that she was flying , and the next minute she was clawing herself free with the superhuman strength of panic and stumbling for the door . |
| 22 | The requirement that homes should be a haven of peace and rest for the male breadwinner has set up a tension with an architectural notion of " rationality " which proclaimed bare simplicity , tidiness , and the importance of cooking and cleaning as work processes . |
| 23 | Next I had yet another idea , I wrote to the American Women 's Club of Thailand and asked for the donation of a video player . |
| 24 | Such was the sense of outrage and feeling for the family after the murder that collections were made in towns across the province . |
| 25 | Bert Midgeley watched him disappear over the hill towards Wanswell and wished for the millionth time that Simon was still with him . |
| 26 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 27 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 28 | DEC , Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM have yet to agree to adopt the software , but USL is trying to get their representatives there in a show of solidarity and support for the operating system . |
| 29 | Fiedler 's analysis can be described by a 3-dimensional cube in which one dimension represents the level of respect and trust for the leader amongst subordinates , a second dimension is the degree to which the tasks of the group are clearly defined , and a third dimension is the degree to which the leader has power and authority to reward or punish subordinates . |
| 30 | It took 19 litres of paint and cellulose for the coachwork , which matched the original perfectly . |