Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true , however , that taken as a whole , the 1947 Act created for the first time a comprehensive framework for planning and thereby laid the groundwork for a permanent and highly significant change in the public attitude to private property and its use and development . |
| 2 | Few Tories were quite as extreme as the Earl of Rochester , who at the renewal of hostilities in 1702 argued for a strictly limited naval war as the best way to check the power of France , and most recognised the need for some form of combined operations . |
| 3 | In an effort to recoup some of his lost prestige , he attempted to do by negotiation what he dared not attempt by force and so conceived a plan for the purchase by France of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , the acquisition of which would strengthen France 's eastern frontier . |
| 4 | He told its authors : ‘ I took part in a number of school and house plays at Charterhouse and so acquired a taste for performing in public . ’ |
| 5 | Rovers were 2-0 in the opening 15 minutes through Morrissey and John Aldridge and perhaps made a rod for their own backs by scoring so early and then failing to add to that lead until the 77th minute through Neil McNab . |
| 6 | Two brisk , efficient looking nurses had taken Doyle 's vital signs , changed the plasma drip , and generally prepared the man for surgery . |
| 7 | Essentially , Weber 's essay sets out to show how the mediaeval cities in Western Europe sustained a fundamental challenge to the feudal system which surrounds them , and thus paved the way for the subsequent development of a rational-legal social order . |
| 8 | A Home Office spokesman said : ‘ He went with two prison officers to see a relative and just made a run for it . ’ |
| 9 | You know I thought the keeper did ever so well , you know , made a couple of good saves in the first half and just changed the game for us . |
| 10 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
| 11 | Since Leith would be looking for an employer too — a new employer — she made enquiries , and soon secured an interview for the job of contracts officer with a small firm in London called Ardis & Co . |
| 12 | Satisfied that he had done what he had been instructed , the young American walked back down to Bayswater Road and soon hailed a cab for Heathrow . |
| 13 | In 1952 he joined the Edinburgh accountancy firm of Graham Smart and Annan , and rapidly established a reputation for achieving novel solutions to problems . |
| 14 | A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday . |
| 15 | In the past I 've painted walls , vacuumed the floor and even salvaged a carpet for the studio from a skip . |
| 16 | Conway , a probationary police officer , was dismissed from the police force and subsequently brought an action for malicious prosecution against a superior officer . |
| 17 | This in itself created a need for new schools and teachers , and therefore provided a platform for educational innovation . |
| 18 | The ‘ Korean ’ versions included visual but not phonological components of the experimental tasks , and therefore provided a baseline for comparison ( see Fig. 1 for details ) . |
| 19 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
| 20 | The contest was open to all hairdressing students at the institute but also included a category for senior stylists and salon owners . |