Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun sg] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission continued during this period to press for the creation of a single EC market in energy , particularly in response to appeals from France , which sought larger export markets for its nuclear-generated electricity . |
| 2 | The geographer L. Dudley Stamp fashioned his land use survey in this context to capture for the first time since the Domesday Book an impression of how the land of Britain was used ( or misused ) . |
| 3 | HOSPITAL staff were not in any way to blame for the tragic death of a nine-day-old baby boy from west Belfast , an inquest has been told . |
| 4 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 5 | He 's come to this country to work for the former England star , Mike Burton , who runs a local sports agency . |
| 6 | Nevertheless I am convinced that where , as here , a party can satisfy the court that there is a genuine risk of prosecution for some offence which is not within the scope of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 ’ — e.g. conspiracy — ‘ or any similar statutory provision , it is not open to this court to substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination some other protection based on an order restricting the use of disclosed material . |
| 7 | A man who spent four heady years as an undergraduate was often advised to go to another place to train for the ministry . |
| 8 | ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’ |
| 9 | But er , we were not successful in putting up an er and er to have a member of Wales elected on this occasion to serve for the next seven years unfortunately ! |
| 10 | These are necessary for any business to provide for the proper management of its finances . |