Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whig lawyers , such as Treby and Somers , served as counsel for the defence in the bishops ' trial , a curious development considering the mutual antipathy between bishops and Whigs during the Exclusion Crisis . |
| 2 | President George Bush had appealed for support for the agreement in a national television broadcast on Oct. 2 in which he described the deficit as " a cancer gnawing away at our nation 's health " . |
| 3 | The wide margin between support for the Conservatives in the South of England and Labour in the North and Scotland is shown in Table 5.7 and in Map 5.1 . |
| 4 | ‘ In both cases it is an essential first step for the wife to be able to show that the husband was acting as agent for the creditor in procuring her signature . |
| 5 | ‘ Mrs. Perry contends that Mr. Colin Perry , in his dealings with her in relation to the execution of the charge , was acting as agent for the bank in obtaining Mrs. Perry 's consent to the giving of the security . |
| 6 | There were no significant differences between the two groups in the time taken to establish a diagnosis , the mean duration of preoperative treatment , or the length of stay in hospital ( after allowance for the decline in average length of stay of all hospital patients between the two periods ) . |
| 7 | The collapse of the Husayn-Arafat accord led to a new phase of cooperation between Israel , the United States and Jordan aimed at objectives similar to those of the early seventies : the erosion of support for the PLO in the territories , the reinforcement of the normality of occupation by a programme to improve ‘ the quality of life ’ , a term coined in this context by US Secretary of State George Schultz . |
| 8 | The fourth major indication of the increasing scale and complexity of the CNAA 's validation role was its acquisition of responsibility for the Diploma in Management Studies . |
| 9 | Write down further examples of where you yourself are aware of episodes of caretaking for the addict in your life in order to diminish the damaging consequences of his or her addictive disease and give " just one more chance " for him or her to get straight . |
| 10 | but also of course for the way in which he always put it . |
| 11 | This is necessarily a source of weakness for the banks in the competitive struggle against the building societies . |
| 12 | Even during the height of enthusiasm for the monarchy in the first half of the 1680s , Anglican polemicists offered hints that their loyalty to the Church came before their loyalty to the Crown . |
| 13 | A cash flow forecast , showing the sources and uses of money for the period in question is as important as the balance sheet in this situation . |
| 14 | A cash flow forecast , showing the sources and uses of money for the period in question is as important as the balance sheet in this situation . |
| 15 | Perhaps , like Meredith Jones , Lloyd 's natural interest and generosity were spurred on both by the obvious scarcity of opportunity for the children in that industrial beehive and by the war which had just broken out . |
| 16 | The first thing to notice about Figs. 5.2(a) and 5.2(b) is that the value of beta for the market in each case is shown as 1 . |
| 17 | This was achieved whilst maintaining an appropriate level of investment for the future in design , manufacture and plant . ’ |
| 18 | The Association proved once again to be a formidable field force when helping the appeal , and provided an excellent point of reference for the media in respect of both the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the work of the Association . |
| 19 | The party 's most important electoral commitment was the creation of 800,000 jobs over four years , and although it was to fall lamentably short of the aim , the reduction of unemployment remained an important point of reference for the party in power and for its political allies ( see , e.g. , PSOE 1983 : 43–4 ) . |
| 20 | Anyhow , I married her out of lust and a sort of snobbism for the theatre in general and pretty actresses in particular . |
| 21 | Morocco was also said by various sources to have prevented the full deployment of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ( Minurso ) personnel and the unloading of equipment for the mission in the port of Agadir . |
| 22 | Beyond those possible tasks lies a heavy load of work for the UN in what several Security Council resolutions call ‘ restoring peace and stability to the area ’ — that is , trying to prevent the next Middle East war . |
| 23 | Textbooks published by the Institute/Faculty are available to tutors free of charge for the subject in which they are tutoring on application to the office of the Education Service . |
| 24 | A change of livery for the Coronations in the Sixties . |
| 25 | A three-door hatchback car may be more practical for the patient , because the front doors tend to be slightly bigger than in four-door cars , and there is plenty of room for the wheelchair in the back . |
| 26 | He alluded , however , to the military administration 's complicity in the Luchaire arms exports and criticized the Defence Ministry 's use of " defence secrecy " in the selection of evidence for the trial in which it was the prosecuting party . |
| 27 | The winners go on to the national finals in York , the winners of that may have a chance of selection for the Paralympics in Barcelona . |
| 28 | Now I might have extra players so that there can be some moments of rest for the players in one of the very long symphonies ; but in Bruckner 's day it was often a matter of re-scoring a passage because you knew that the third horn was not a very good player and that is all you had . |
| 29 | Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall . |
| 30 | Although funding " crises " are endemic to the NHS , the crisis of 1987 raised more than the usual political storm , and plenty of ammunition for the Opposition in the election campaign of that year . |