Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [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 | it to be rewritten we usually have one event after Christmas that pays for the extra gas and heating that we use . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | — 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He has suffered terrible injuries and he 's going to need a lot of help and care for the future . ) |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The barrage could have been a symbol of determination and hope for the Merseyside region . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Such was the sense of outrage and feeling for the family after the murder that collections were made in towns across the province . |
| 16 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 17 | It 's much better than switching the light on in the middle of development and hoping for the ‘ effect ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It took 19 litres of paint and cellulose for the coachwork , which matched the original perfectly . |
| 21 | On Sept. 23 the federal government adopted a draft law laying down the modalities of partition and providing for the reallocation of the federal state 's property , institutions , debts and obligations between the two republics before Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 22 | Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke while waiting for the rescue teams to arrive . |
| 23 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 24 | He stood just out of sight and listened for the lift . |
| 25 | But before she could do that , she thought , jumping out of bed and heading for the bathroom , she had a job to tackle . |
| 26 | In the next second there was a sound of metal hitting metal , and in the next instant , Fabia was out of bed and heading for the door . |
| 27 | He put her into bed and drew the sheets over her and Maggie came back to the reality of the lamplit room with a bang as he strode away , collecting his tools of mercy and making for the door without looking at her . |
| 28 | As the red-tipped bronze blade continued round towards her , Tallis struck it out of line and reached for the booted leg of the rider , pushing up so that he fell over to the side . |
| 29 | Overall , the two types of study each had its own areas of strength and compensated for the weaknesses of the other ; the neighbourhood studies were intended to obtain depth of linguistic and social information , while the telephone survey provided breadth . |
| 30 | John Carty , Scottish officer for the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , said last night that it was a case of wait and see for the plant , which employs just under 500 staff after the 67 recently announced redundancies . |