Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 2 | Valerie Schwartz had already , with her father Georges , a doctor from Geneva , climbed the Breithorn and Mont Blanc du Tacul as preparation for the big day . |
| 3 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 4 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 5 | The unrest , which killed 11 people , spread elswhere in the south , the traditional base for support for the Hashemite regime ; first to al Hassaniyeh and al Tufeila , and then up to Kerak , Madaba and Salt . |
| 6 | Brockway , Dutt , Gallacher , Jowett , Maxton and Pollitt for the Communists and the ILP appealed for support for the new committee . |
| 7 | To re-appoint Miss Dorothea Vaughan as auditor for the coming year . |
| 8 | That 's what the work force would like as rewards for the desired behaviour , was consumer durables . |
| 9 | In early 1987 Richmond CAB , with the help of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants ( JCWI ) applied to the Commission for Racial Equality ( CRE ) for funding for a new project based at Latchmere House Remand Centre . |
| 10 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 11 | The News of the World was one paper obliged to apologise , and pay full legal costs , after printing untrue reports of a disagreement between Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman during rehearsals for The Phantom ofthe Opera . |
| 12 | He had taken the job on the strict understanding that he could be released during rehearsals for the expected arrival . |
| 13 | In the following year he published An Observer in the Near East , and in 1911–12 returned to journalism as correspondent for the Daily Mirror covering the Balkan war . |
| 14 | I enclose a cheque for £34 as payment for the outstanding balance on my last instalment of the Community Charge . |
| 15 | You can insure personal items worth £1,000 for the whole year AND get holiday cover , for just £12 to £15 on your home insurance . |
| 16 | I have been looking for ages for a Victorian birdbath , without much success . |
| 17 | Peter Ustinov says of us : ‘ They search for ages for the wrong word which , to give them credit , they eventually find . ’ |
| 18 | However , there is a distinction between admiration for the productive capacity of capitalism , the sense of which has always lain behind working-class hopes for the future because of a realization of the enormous capacity of the forces of production , and a kind of shocked acceptance of the innovative capacity of capital as a social force in creating conditions for its continued reproduction . |
| 19 | This is simply an agreement by each creditor to hold off and not to press his claim for settlement for an agreed period as long as the other creditors do likewise . |
| 20 | These synthetic chemicals were first generally introduced in the late 1940s and early 1950s , and are mainly used in two stages in arable operations — as protection for seed at sowing , and as protection for the growing crop . |
| 21 | It served as excuse for a quick survey of the choppy water below . |
| 22 | Following the public consultation exercise in 1978 there was an overwhelming preference for the western alignment around Newcraighall Village , involving removal of Newcraighall Bing as fill for the new road embankments . |
| 23 | The military importance of the islands in safeguarding the Soviet fleet 's access to the Pacific , together with the potentially rich fishing rights , the past Soviet stance on the issue , and the precedent which it could set for those wishing to revise the Soviet Union 's post-1945 boundaries , were all cited as reasons for the Soviet government 's reluctance to surrender the territory . |
| 24 | It was also planned to rationalise operations in the UK , but Mr Heneaghan gave an assurance that Edinburgh , where his company employs five people , would remain as headquarters for the combined operation . |
| 25 | GROUPS as diverse as the Royal Fine Art Commission and the National Union of Mineworkers have joined the controversy about plans for a new supermarket . |
| 26 | DAVID KILSBY David Kilsby joined the retail sales force in September as Merchandiser for the Southern area which covers from Cornwall to East Anglia . |
| 27 | But he later acted as agent for the chief minister , Robert Cecil , first Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] , over private bills , and supported the great contract to put government finances on a sounder footing . |
| 28 | The purchaser must be the person suffering loss unless it can be shown that the purchaser was acting as agent for the injured customer . |
| 29 | The final French losses were seven ships of the line , with about 2500 men killed in action or drowned , and another four vessels , trapped in the Vilaine , unfit for action for a long time . |
| 30 | The only classy Lions ' back move of the second half came when Tony Underwood and Gibbs made sharp breaks and gave Clement the chance to burst through tackles for a converted try . |