Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [art] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was only in 1946 that he came up with a practical scheme for using the manyattas for higher purposes .
2 No Jan , I understand some information published from the company Double Day Research Association , erm including a leaflet and erm if you recall chair , we were asked about producing a leaflet for some time ago .
3 1719 for building an Schoolhouse for Killdaltan parish 20 0 0 1721 to the purchasing of the Communion Eliments 83 14 0 to the expences of an Express sent out to Mr. Anderson in Edinr. annent the Plague in Winter last , 12 0 0 to Abarew Innis for his services during that time 6 0 0 to harleing etc of the Schoolhouse of Killerow 6 0 0 1727 ffor the building of the Kirk of Kilnachtane 147:9:0 1728 ffor Schools in Islay 13:6:8 A note that the next stent is to pay £5 sterling to Allexr .
4 1719 for building an Schoolhouse for Killdaltan parish 20 0 0 1721 to the purchasing of the Communion Eliments 83 14 0 to the expences of an Express sent out to Mr. Anderson in Edinr. annent the Plague in Winter last , 12 0 0 to Abarew Innis for his services during that time 6 0 0 to harleing etc of the Schoolhouse of Killerow 6 0 0 1727 ffor the building of the Kirk of Kilnachtane 147:9:0 1728 ffor Schools in Islay 13:6:8 A note that the next stent is to pay £5 sterling to Allexr .
5 a bill for repairing the car for two hundred and thirty pounds and so
6 Or maybe that is an apocryphal story and she thought about delaying the journey for twenty-four hours because she had a hair appointment .
7 These arguments together with those of chapter 2 on the role of the state provide a framework for understanding the consequences for industrial relations of the current economic crisis in the advanced capitalist countries , and suggest some dimensions of variation that may account for differences between different national systems .
8 After using the car for 11 months , Butterworth discovered that he was not the owner .
9 Zimbabwe closed on 173–3 after dismissing the Kiwis for 335 , the last four wickets falling for 21 .
10 Bullen served in over twenty-five ships , rising to able seaman , and , after passing the examinations for second mate and first mate , in those capacities when such employment offered .
11 The Chief Superintendent is being posted to division after heading the department for some 2 years .
12 After fixing the gel for 45 min in 10% ( v/v ) acetic acid , 30% ( v/v ) EtOH , the gel was soaked in Entensify Part A ( Du Pont ) for 45 min and in Entensify Part B ( Du Pont ) for another 45 min .
13 After attending the class for two terms , including a little individual work , she reported :
14 After calculating the angles for each , a protractor is required to draw these angles .
15 After touring the provinces for eight years , Maskelyne and Cooke began a short season in 1873 at St James Hall , Piccadilly , with their ‘ entertainment of pure trickery ’ .
16 And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere saving of time in a library and taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or erm a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on .
17 And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere erm saving of time in a librarian taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on .
18 The librarian had to carefully plan aspects of the project , in which the students would create their own information database on local pubs and clubs using the MICROVIEWDATA software , to cover aspects such as the involvement of other staff , the amount of supervision needed by students , the appropriateness of using the software for this kind of information i.e. was the project information-led or technology-led ?
19 He enthused about the possibilities of using the technology for all sorts of other things .
20 The option of maintaining the hospitals for any significant strategic period was simply untenable .
21 Indeed , it may well have had the indirect , beneficial effect of encouraging the search for better methods .
22 A typical example of this was the subject of Saltman Engineering Co v Campbell Engineering Co ( 1963 ) 65 RPC 203 where drawings of tools for the manufacture of leather punches were placed in the hands of subcontractors for the purpose of manufacturing the tools for one of the plaintiffs .
23 The 1985 Report on Social Attitudes found that the most highly valued method of taking personal action against an unjust law being considered was to write to the local MP and , although the importance of contacting the media for this purpose has increased , the 1986 report found ‘ a widespread and growing self confidence on the part of the electorate to try to bring influence to bear on Parliament ’ .
24 The difference between them stems from the choices made in the context of organizing a provision for those who have challenged the authority of their schoolteachers .
25 Moreover , just as important as stressing the plurality of political resources , which form the basis for the exercise of power , pluralist approaches tend to stress the contingency of transforming the potential for political power offered by the possession of such resources into the actual exercise of power .
26 Lisabeth reluctantly agreed after I put her in charge of phoning the hospital for twice-daily reports , which was exactly the sort of thing she liked to take charge of .
27 When applied in a commercial or public sector decision making context , it typically consists of three elements : eliciting from the decision making body its view of the likelihood of different possible futures relevant to the project under decision : assessing its valuation of alternative ways of tackling the project for all of the possible futures envisaged : suggesting the most appropriate course of action in the light of the two previous steps , using explicit and theoretically justifiable evaluation procedures .
28 Mr Van den Broek said in March that the Community ‘ should fix a date midway through this decade when together we can review progress … towards satisfying the conditions for eventual membership . ’
29 Not only , apparently , was it based on a misguided assumption about the nature of human action , but it also stands accused of paving the way for nefarious political ideologies !
30 Dr Michael Balls , chairman of FRAME , believed that ‘ the long term prospect of eliminating the need for live animal experiments altogether must rely on the development , validation , acceptance and adoption of alternative methods ’ .
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