Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the third month running . |
| 2 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the fifth consecutive month . |
| 3 | Neither the government nor the consortium has consulted the area 's Indian peoples about the concession ; at least seven Indian communities of Caribs , Arawak , Warau and Akawaio lie within the concession and the Amerindian Peoples ' Association of Guyana has appealed for the concession to be suspended . |
| 4 | Crime in Strathclyde has fallen for the ninth consecutive month . |
| 5 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
| 6 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Britain has fallen for the first time in almost three years . |
| 7 | The boom in buying second homes in Europe has ended for the time being — the buyers wo n't be back until the UK economy recovers |
| 8 | New Barns School at Toddington in Gloucestershire has closed for the summer holidays 3 weeks early and the last of 22 children withdrawn , following the arrest of the vice-chairman of Governors , Peter Righton , a leading authority on the treatment of disturbed children . |
| 9 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 10 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 11 | Higgins among others has called for the abandonment of the term ‘ community care ’ and for the identification of practical alternatives . |