Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has its advantages for the mother . |
| 2 | Not that this affected his appetite for the bottles on Franco 's highest shelf . |
| 3 | This concerns your responsibility for the accuracy of the parliamentary record . |
| 4 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 5 | He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title . |
| 6 | If Hastings ' performance did much to underline his candidacy for the Lions captaincy — no one else of his individual stature has a similar gift for bringing players together on and off the field — it also made a significant contribution in bringing the new Murrayfield to life . |
| 7 | So if you had a word with Liz I bet she 'd be delighted to give you permission for the kids to visit the old family home . ’ |
| 8 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 9 | The Bank of England Task Force for Securities Settlement is due to announce its proposals for the replacement system by the end of June . |
| 10 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
| 11 | They all sat around , reminding each other of things they all remembered , each waiting his cue for the next reminiscence to be slotted in . |
| 12 | It will be hard to match its success for the return visit in 1994 . |
| 13 | After a heavily-publicised week on the slopes of Lech with their mother , the Princess of Wales , the princes are likely to join their father for the next part of their Easter holiday . |
| 14 | Education plans are made well in advance and for each intake of learners it should be possible to predict their whereabouts for the whole of the training period . |
| 15 | Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 made their bids for the title of Cleveland 's Young Consumer of the Year at Middlesbrough town hall last night . |
| 16 | Fresh from his defeat in the gubernatorial election in Louisiana in November [ see p. 38566 ] , David Duke on Dec. 4 announced his candidature for the Republican nomination . |
| 17 | Forlani , 66 , had on May 17 withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency after up to 60 members of parties participating in the former ruling coalition , including many DC deputies , had failed to vote for him in the fifth , sixth and seventh rounds . |
| 18 | In 1216 it was Eustace who commanded the fleet which ferried Philip 's son , Louis , across to England when the latter mounted his bid for the English throne . |
| 19 | The Moroccan Organization of Human Rights on Aug. 3 denounced the government 's policy of " political detention " and " inhuman prison conditions " , while on Aug. 7 Amnesty International renewed its call for the " immediate release of all army personnel held in secret beyond the expiry of their sentence , for over 17 years " , a reference to some 60 people said to be still detained under conditions of " rigorous imprisonment " at an isolated fortress in Tazmamart . |
| 20 | Vaclav Havel , who had been federal President from June 1989 until July 1992 [ see p. 39015 ] , on Nov. 17 confirmed his candidacy for the post of president of the Czech Republic . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I had made that clear , ’ said Wheeler with no attempt at all to disguise his contempt for the Archdeacon . |
| 22 | The Department of Education and Science remains unwilling to declare its criteria for the recognition of overseas qualifications ; one suspects that the decisions are not based on any defined criteria , when one considers that British degrees are recognised irrespective of the class and subject in which they were taken , whilst a first degree in a community language from an overseas university will not generally be recognised . |
| 23 | The Articles shown in this catalogue are intended for all to show their support for the ANC 's principled stand against Apartheid and for a new unitary democratic non-racial South Africa . |
| 24 | In 1990 a major supplier failed to complete development of an important microprocessor in time to deliver parts during the year — this was the time when Tadpole was to bring Intel Corp 80860 boards on stream — so it was unable to fulfil US orders for the board . |
| 25 | Alun Carter and Kevin Withey is an inspirational one which seems able to lift its game for the big occasions . |
| 26 | The French are as committed as the British to the concept of a privately financed Channel Tunnel but are also concerned to maximise its benefits for the surrounding region , and the economy as a whole , by the judicious use of public investment . |
| 27 | Their only hope was to find a farmhouse where a friendly farmer might be able to offer them shelter for the night . |
| 28 | The defeat of Redgrave and Pinsent is unlikely to prevent their selection for the Olympic coxless pairs and it could prove to have been a useful warning to the world champions to raise their performance for Cologne in two weeks ' time , when all the potential Olympic crews will have their first try-out . |
| 29 | Here he first developed his love for the sea , which influenced so much of his later life . |
| 30 | But promising newcomer Victor Ubogu has taken his shirt leaving the older hand desperate to push his case for the Barbarians against the world champions , Australia . |