Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums ’ . |
| 2 | Furthermore , this focus on child support does nothing to compensate women for the real inequalities that marriage and child-rearing brings . |
| 3 | Section 17(1) imposes a general welfare duty on local authorities and obliges them to provide services for a particular group of children identified as children in need . |
| 4 | ‘ I got permission for a symbolic statue , and this giant Pumpman is the result ! ’ |
| 5 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 6 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 7 | When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me . |
| 8 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 9 | ‘ You had those inhibitions — that 's why I needed Miguelito for a little while . |
| 10 | I take Thyroxin for an under-active thyroid gland . |
| 11 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 12 | The tier of local government which accepts responsibility for the major spending departments of education and social services becomes dominant in financial terms and consequently in status . |
| 13 | Brother Mark is no outsider to Continental markets , having done his MBA at Insead , the business school at Fontainebleu , which trained executives for the Single Market . |
| 14 | management accounts which provide data for the efficient and profitable operation of the business . |
| 15 | He became the first Earl of Iveagh , and set up the Guinness and Iveagh Trusts which provided homes for the poor in Dublin and London , and made substantial contributions to Trinity College and Dublin hospitals . |
| 16 | The Inter-Andean Depression of Ecuador is controlled by two terrane boundaries ( sutures ) , the Cainozoic reactivation of which provided channelways for the double chain of volcanic cordilleras , which form a caldera-graben . |
| 17 | In 1986 the International Whaling Commission , which has responsibility for the baleen whales , declared a moratorium on commercial whaling of the 11 great whales so that stock could be assessed . |
| 18 | One body which is not dragging its heels is the CBI , which wants space for an industrial design and enterprise centre — an idea backed by Westminster Council and the City Corporation . |
| 19 | The economy continued to suffer , however , from persistent inflation , balance-of-payments and budget deficits , and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves , the management of which posed problems for the incoming National Front government . |
| 20 | Breakdown truck which cost £3,000 for the basic truck and £600 to have the crane fitted . |
| 21 | If you are a small family , look for models with the sort of controls that allow you rinse-and-hold cycles — a short cycle which rinses dishes for a short time to get rid of dried-on food and any smells so that they can then wait till you have a full load to put through . |
| 22 | In Chalatenango a permanent Local Government Executive was elected in May 1983 , which administers affairs for the whole zone . |
| 23 | John and Stephanie used a kit home , which included plans for the traditional Scottish tower . |
| 24 | The 1966 congress of the CPNI adopted a ‘ Democratic Programme for Unity ’ , which included demands for the electoral law in Northern Ireland to be brought into line with that in Britain , except for the reintroduction of proportional representation and the abolition of cash deposits by candidates . |
| 25 | The total cost of the scheme would be £585,000 which included £60,000 for the Foreign Office , required during that year , and £30,000 for its site . |
| 26 | Thus Housman satisfies those provisions for " Englishing " which demand respect for the original content and the supplying of a prosody which at least conveys the organisation of the source poem and something of its interpersonal accent . |
| 27 | Mr McNamara said the bombing was in complete disregard of the Geneva Convention , which demanded respect for the wounded and sick . |
| 28 | Roll argues that the empirical investigations of the CAPM which use proxies for the true market portfolio are really tests of the mean-variance efficiency of those proxies , not tests of the CAPM . |
| 29 | Their immediate neighbours helped the Hauxwells with a willingness which speaks volumes for the selfless , caring attitude common among Dalesfolk . |
| 30 | The monitoring and evaluation completes the course of action for that year ; it also begins to produce fresh information on which to base action for the following years , and so the cycle can begin again . |