Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun sg] for the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mr McNamara said the bombing was in complete disregard of the Geneva Convention , which demanded respect for the wounded and sick . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The second was the rhythm of the war itself , which gave time for the detailed discussion of post-war policy . |
| 8 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 9 | No-one claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated series of explosions across Bombay during a busy afternoon . |
| 10 | I know people get tired of appeals , but I urge them to organise fundraising for the echo-cardiograph equipment as undoubtedly a great number of people will follow me through the coronary unit and the machine will surely be of great help to them . |
| 11 | The decision has been attacked by Health Service watchdogs who say care for the elderly is now chronically underfunded . |
| 12 | The poor were the landless who provided labour for the rich . |
| 13 | Bruno Kurdna , who played fly-half for the great Czechoslovak team of the '70s , which beat Italy , Spain and drew with Romania , was thrilled . |
| 14 | And it was , were you shop steward for the whole factory or just part of the factory ? |
| 15 | ‘ If you feel compassion for the Palestinian women and children , ’ Abu Arz proclaimed , ‘ remember they are communists and will bear new communists . ’ |
| 16 | Do you take responsibility for the day-to-day running of it ? |
| 17 | She rallies support for the endangered whale , catalogues underwater life and creates new devices in which to explore virgin sea worlds . |
| 18 | Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister . |
| 19 | John Large , an engineering consultant who gave evidence for the local authorities consortium , compared the problem to dismantling a beehive at the end of the season . |
| 20 | The official was a member of the staff of the Procurator General who had responsibility for the smooth running of the Correctional Labour Colonies scattered across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . |
| 21 | I er , in fact , we , yeah , we just had a problem yesterday , we started work for the Royal Scotsman and erm well we started work for them , like last year and we 've been doing jobs |
| 22 | If unc we write Sf for the set{ sf : s ε S } and call this set the image of S under f . |
| 23 | We struck south-west for the old Roman Road which runs from Newark to London . |
| 24 | The examinations , tailored to be selective , make no concession to this , nor do they make allowance for the wide range of academic ability and preparedness among the candidates . |
| 25 | In general they seek provision for the forthcoming financial year . |
| 26 | George Bernard Shaw was altogether more worldly-wise , observing that ‘ all professions are conspiracies against the laity , ’ and while they affected contempt for the medieval craft guilds , with their closed shops , the professions were in reality based upon very similar principles . |
| 27 | When the 27-hour non-stop TV spectacular was last staged in 1990 , the Hampshire people proved as dotty as anyone in the bizarre ways they raised cash for the needy in the local community . |
| 28 | So it 's not surprising they draw the racist conclusions — the blacks are getting jobs , housing etc. at their expense ; and so they become fodder for the National Front . |
| 29 | And Madam , I 'd also ask you to say that to him to pay compensation for the minor injuries she 's suf she 's suffered and of course you have to consider that 's a point in a case involving assault , would be to add insult to injury , and would not assist the parties in coming to terms with their relationship and hopefully attempting a reconciliation . |
| 30 | ‘ They had regard for the previous exemplary record of West Ham and the fact that they have already taken action against their players concerned , ’ Kelly added . |