Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | My excuse for the gap in my knowledge is that tufted ducks are rarely vocal except during the breeding period . |
| 2 | The accord follows a threat by the Greens to withdraw their support for the Socialists in the regional assembly unless consideration for environmental factors was built into development strategies . |
| 3 | Together with the London boroughs , the LAB attaches a high priority to helping to nurture the audiences , performers and producers of the future through its support for the arts in schools and for organisations which work for young people . |
| 4 | Those authorities which are classed here as adapting to the care programme approach either spend some of their Mental Illness Specific Grant to satisfy its requirements or present the elements of the approach ( assessment , key working and review ) as an integral part of their plans for the year in question . |
| 5 | Nor can the majority of the western left escape its responsibility for the situation in post-communist eastern Europe . |
| 6 | The Webbs , in particular , placed their faith for the future in the efficient re-engineering of society by ‘ unassuming experts ’ . |
| 7 | Journalists risk their lives for the truth in Yugoslav conflict |
| 8 | The Arts Council of the Netherlands has presented its advice to the Minister of Culture , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , with a policy document outlining its plan for the arts in the period 1993–96 . |
| 9 | She had previously won the Oloman-Ellis Award ( see page : 109 ) and been elected a Grand Councillor both for her work for the BDA in her own branch — Leeds — and region — North Regional Council — , on the national executive , As editor of a Newsletter and of hundreds of " Congress Bulletins " , and as fund-raiser extraordinary for deaf sporting activities . |
| 10 | As stated on p. 13 , research studies in the real world often use a variety of methods , chosen for their suitability for the task in hand . |
| 11 | All connected with the Scotland squad are anxious to convey their respect for the talent in English ranks : the common theme is that the defeat in Cardiff against Wales does not create a poor team . |
| 12 | A guest at the Los Angeles hotel where the £30,000 video was shot revealed : ‘ Sade kept on having to hold her breath for the scenes in the pool . |
| 13 | Two leading drug traffickers , Rafael Caro Quintero and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo , were on Dec. 13 , 1989 , sentenced to 116 and 144 years ' imprisonment respectively and deprived of their assets for the murder in 1985 of Enrique Camarena Salazar , a United States Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) official , and his Mexican pilot [ see pp. 33967 ; 36371 ] . |
| 14 | Loyalty to her clerical superiors , to the Church and all it stood for , battled with her contempt for the way in which the senior clergy had behaved both to herself and to Amy . |
| 15 | This favourite phrase of hers , meaning uninformed opinion , seemed to underline her contempt for the situation in which I had placed myself : the young , married woman , abdicating intellectual effort , doing nothing but washing and cleaning and caring for her baby . |
| 16 | J. G. spelt out his credo for the craft in a short note in his book An Outline of the Universe published in 1931 : ‘ … |
| 17 | By Friday she had arranged everything to Rob 's satisfaction , although as she handed Luke his notes for the meeting in York she still had some reservations about his reaction to his brother 's methods of expressing gratitude . |
| 18 | Inconvenience — the trials are liable to require the teacher to distort his plans for the course in order to accommodate the new material when asked . |
| 19 | In his opening address to the Supreme Soviet , Gorbachev admitted his responsibility for the coup in having appointed conservatives to head the organizations which controlled troops , and for " liberalism and indulgence " , despite warnings of conservatives ' discontent . |
| 20 | It was expected to improve Kim 's prospects in his bid for the presidency in the elections in late 1992 or early 1993 , by expanding his area of support , traditionally based in south-western Cholla province , to include Lee 's power base in Kyongsang in the south-east . |
| 21 | Theudebert I was reliant on his leudes to survive the threat from his uncles on his accession , and Chilperic I created an equivalent following through bribery in order to make his bid for the throne in 561 . |
| 22 | Edgar thanked the Danes for their support and allowed them to live under such laws as they might choose , and it must be significant that Swegen landed in Lincolnshire when he made his bid for the kingship in 1013 , and that in 1066 King Harald of Norway made for York , where he had hopes that the citizens would assist him in his endeavours . |
| 23 | Further withdrawals by Maronite and other candidates standing in the second round were reported , and Assad Shaftari , deputy leader of the Al-Waad party , withdrew his candidature for the seat in Beirut reserved for the Orthodox Christians . |
| 24 | Björn Engholm , chair of the SPD , announced on Jan. 20 that he would seek , at a party congress in late 1993 , the SPD 's endorsement of his candidacy for the chancellorship in the 1994 elections . |
| 25 | Analysts were agreed that the demonstration was part of Cárdenas 's plan to build a popular anti-government campaign to boost his campaign for the presidency in 1994 . |
| 26 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 27 | A letter from the Secretary of State had arrived withdrawing his approval for the closure in order to allow him to consider views brought to his attention by a Regional Councillor and by the local MP . |
| 28 | The WEA could take some comfort from the presence among the remaining six on the committee of Alan Bullock , who had expressed his sympathies for the movement in the previous year 's Highway , and of G. B. Thorneycroft of the General Council of the TUC . |
| 29 | He describes his fears for the future in his book , Architect or Bee ? |
| 30 | At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year . |