Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is , of course , a considerable difference between enjoying a passion for fashion and being a spendaholic . |
| 2 | The damage inflicted is particularly severe since Fonseca and Williams ( 1988 ) suggest that professional development teachers have been the most effective agency for stimulating a desire for change in schools . |
| 3 | Rifaat , the nominal Vice-President ( Security ) , was effectively exiled by his brother in 1984 after making a bid for power . |
| 4 | PC Hay went to investigate but raced back to the patrol car after receiving a call for help from Sgt Forth over his pocket radio . |
| 5 | ‘ Pure ’ proactive enforcement ( unguided , that is , by procedures for inferring a potential for deviance ) is rarely engaged in . |
| 6 | Pupils are capable of articulating a need for information and expressing that need in terms of curriculum-based concepts and keywords . |
| 7 | He contended that pleasure could only arise from the satisfaction of an impulse and that therefore there could be no pleasure , and no possibility of satisfying a desire for pleasure , unless there were impulses towards things other than pleasure . |
| 8 | Here again it is unrealistic to expect the law of any state to list modes of service which are not allowed ; the policy of the authors of the draft that only a positive prohibition should ‘ stand in the way of granting a request for service ’ gives inadequate weight to the interests of the state of destination . |
| 9 | The recording need not be a video recording but video is perhaps the most effective means of providing a basis for feedback sessions . |
| 10 | As well as enabling the delivery of flexible training programmes to meet the needs of employers and individuals , the National Certificate has proved capable of responding to new education and training initiatives ; for example TVEI and Employment Training ; of providing a basis for access to Higher Education courses ; and of delivering vocational education and curriculum enrichment in schools . |
| 11 | ‘ And drama has so much to offer in terms of equipping a child for life after school . |
| 12 | In most cases these people will have no training in the financial or legal implications of running a business for profit . |
| 13 | In 1976 ( Re S ) the principle of making a condition for access was set out by Cairns , L. J. as follows : ‘ Clearly no condition should be imposed which would be regarded as detracting from the rights and duties of the adoptive parents ’ . |
| 14 | If accepted , this somewhat paradoxical suggestion leaves the problem of finding a role for consciousness in voluntary acts . |
| 15 | There is no reason to suppose that either Wilhelm Roentgen ( 1845–1923 ) or Pierre Curie ( 1859–1906 ) had any thought of discovering a treatment for cancer when they first encountered X-rays and radium . |
| 16 | It is like supplying a circuit for electricity , or turning a liquid into a solid . |
| 17 | Chair , could I make , could I suggest maybe that in future when you ask organisations you make it harder for getting a license for street collection , that you tell them that you 'll want to know exactly the proportions , but I mean put it back on to them , rather than be you having to bother to it in the future . |
| 18 | The easiest method for punching a card for jacquard is to forget the background rows to start with , and punch only the pattern rows . |
| 19 | Great questions such as the way in which buildings may be rehabilitated , or private and council landlords forced to meet basic standards of health and safety within their properties , have been largely pushed into the field of what has been designated " Housing Law " , the latter being less concerned with providing a framework for operation than a means for intervening on behalf of the more vulnerable members in society . |
| 20 | There is also much to be said for having a target for completion from the outset and for planning in advance the sequence of meetings that will result in that target being met . |
| 21 | It only got us the £15 at The Marquee for doing a show for Radio London , the old pirate radio station . |
| 22 | erm and surely this , this is the implication that we were talking about last week , that erm if , if you are going to promote industrialization which is now the aim somebody 's got ta produce a surplus for investment for that . |
| 23 | We need to press the case for the Social Chapter , but above all else , we the Left need to take the initiative in pursuing a strategy for employment and growth in Europe . |
| 24 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 25 | At the February 1990 meeting Ordóñez and Douglas Hurd , by then UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , also agreed to co-operate in preventing Gibraltar from becoming a base for drug trafficking and its burgeoning offshore finance companies from becoming a centre for money laundering . |
| 26 | At the February 1990 meeting Ordóñez and Douglas Hurd , by then UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , also agreed to co-operate in preventing Gibraltar from becoming a base for drug trafficking and its burgeoning offshore finance companies from becoming a centre for money laundering . |
| 27 | They are often fiercely competitive , and have a vested interest in establishing a reputation for reliability to both employees and employers . |
| 28 | He added that ‘ this significant meeting of minds between responsible welfare organisations concerned for experimental animals and my profession , deeply involved as it is in the protection of all animals used by society , is a major advance in establishing a cornerstone for legislation in this field ’ . |
| 29 | She well knew Richard Sharpe 's reluctance to dance , which was why she had been surprised when the message came from the Prince of Orange 's headquarters informing her that Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe would be attending His Royal Highness at the Duchess of Richmond 's ball , in anticipation of which His Royal Highness took pleasure in enclosing a ticket for Madame la Vicomtesse de Seleglise . |
| 30 | CW to cost these developments , and to assist MP in writing a plan for implementation . |