Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [noun] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them .
2 A failure in an information systems project may be more due to a lack of recognition of or respect for the culture of the organisation than because of the technology itself .
3 A carer can request a separate assessment of his/her own needs if the assessment of and plans for the user are judged not to address these .
4 It stated that ‘ the first objective for all sentences is denunciation of and retribution for the crime ’ but continued : ‘ Depending on the offence and the offender , the sentence may also aim to achieve public protection , reparation and reform of the offender ’ ( Home Office , 1990a : 2.9 ) .
5 However , his Lordship considered the second submission , that a contract had been created in respect of the provision of and payment for the valuation report , to be well-founded , because the declaration in question consisted of an offer by the society to provide a copy of the report to the pursuers in exchange for payment , which they accepted by signing and returning the form .
6 In addition , United States bankers , and beneficiaries of and applicants for the issuance of letters of credit remained concerned that unless the solvency and reliability of the NVOCC could be established by the FMC prior to the issuance of an NVOCC bill , cases of non-existent goods or of unpaid freight or related charges would multiply with the growing number of issuances .
7 Where Conservatives seek to enhance a sense of and opportunities for the discharge of civic obligations , the SLD has stressed empowerment , to use the jargon word , as I suppose we must .
8 Hard cash will be the measure of whether Climb for the World develops into an annual jamboree or gets consigned to the drawer marked ‘ heroic failure . ’
9 It was as if marks for the day 's work were being displayed in the school classroom , and they had a similar effect of inspiring competition .
10 if the other party shall commit any act of bankruptcy , shall have a receiving order made against it , shall make or negotiate for any composition or arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or , if the other party being a body corporate shall present a petition or have a petition presented by a creditor for its winding up or shall enter into any liquidation ( other than for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation ) , shall call any meeting of its creditors , shall have a receiver of all or any to its undertakings or assets appointed , shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts , or shall cease to carry on business
11 With several hundred delegates from 16 states , including a group from Germany led by Konrad Adenauer , as well as observers from the United States and Canada , the Congress was an impressive display of the widespread interest in and enthusiasm for the idea of unity .
12 May they take realistic action as well as being open to and expectant for the provision of God .
13 They reckoned that they had already entered into their reign with Christ : they were already rich already filled with the powers of the Age to Come ( 1 Cor 4:8 ) Paul comes down immediately like a ton of bricks on this attitude which regards the Spirit as a medium of religious experience or an embodiment of supernatural power , rather than as the vocation to and equipment for the role of the Servant .
14 As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be .
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