Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under a new law , proposed during the fifth session of the eighth National Assembly ( which convened in Hanoi on June 20-30 , 1989 ) , non-CPV members were allowed to stand as candidates for the first time . |
| 2 | She might have agreed with my friend Roger Hinks — who , after his unmerited disgrace over the too energetic cleaning of the Elgin Marbles , left the British Museum to work for years for the British Council — that the compensation for having acquaintances is that we can make game of them with our friends . |
| 3 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 4 | Ernst Richter was the latest recruit from the academy , having arrived the previous day , and he had been assigned to work with Mauer for the first month so that his temperament and personality could be assessed to ensure that later on he would be paired with the right partner . |
| 5 | Earlier , permissive legislation had already enabled some authorities to innovate in services for the disabled . |
| 6 | I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs . |
| 7 | A spokesperson for the controversial metal band last week declined to comment on reasons for the sudden axing of the tour , fuelling speculation that objections had been made by worried promoters . |
| 8 | He has , as a matter of fact , resigned from a comfortable job , to work without pay for the moral re-armament of Rhodesia ; and much of the leadership of the Assembly was due to him . |
| 9 | While memory for real situations may require people to discriminate between memories for the same situation experienced in different circumstances ( e.g. the different exemplars of each junction ) it is also likely that discriminating between completely different situations ( e.g. different junctions ) relies on similar mechanisms . |
| 10 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 11 | ‘ I just want to get this season over and start from fresh again , ’ added the ring-rusty world No 55 , also forced to play in glasses for the first time . |
| 12 | Suharto , however , opposed the formation of a new trade bloc , expressing strong reservations about the Malaysian proposal , and other ASEAN member countries also apparently preferred to focus on support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Council ( APEC ) , formed in November 1989 [ see p. 37044 ] . |
| 13 | I had heard that you were staying at the farm , ’ Claudine stated , condescending to look at Jenna for the first time . |
| 14 | This is because as Dickens wrote his novels as weekly instalments he had to put enough into each instalment whether it be a couple of chapters or many , enough to captivate his readers and cause them to wait with eagerness for the next instalment . |
| 15 | The Committee of Directors of Polytechnics decided at the end of 1982 to discuss plans to deal with applications for the 1985 intake , involving the appointment of staff and the compilation of application forms and a polytechnic equivalent of the UCCA booklet . |
| 16 | ‘ We have not achieved our goal yet , but the sale of the first plot allowed me to put in services for the proposed houses , ’ said Earl Haig . |
| 17 | Steve McMahon , who is to deputise in midfield for the injured Neil Webb , missed England 's workout at Bisham Abbey yesterday along with Gary Stevens , Tony Adams , Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker , but their injuries are slight . |
| 18 | NORTH-EAST Greens staged a mock earth summit at the weekend , as world leaders prepared to descend on Rio for the real thing . |
| 19 | I left a note for Threfall saying , ‘ I have bought myself a ticket and gone to Chicago to apologise to Binks for the ill-mannered attitude of the Pye Group management ! ’ |
| 20 | This new fashion for dressing a corpse was to remain in vogue for the next fifty years . |
| 21 | Did you know that your EC-approved pads must be ‘ as light as possible without prejudicing design strength and efficiency ’ ( sub-section 1.3.2 ) , or that your box ‘ must be so designed and manufactured as to facilitate correct positioning on the user and to remain in place for the foreseeable period of use , bearing in mind ambient factors , movements to be made and postures to be adopted . |
| 22 | 1993 is a year to really find the right person , so it may be that an unsatisfactory relationship has to go in order for the appropriate one to come in . |
| 23 | Mitterrand and Lecanuet portrayed the General 's refusal to campaign as contempt for the democratic process . |
| 24 | Central News South was the first regional news programme in Britain to experiment with sub-titles for the deaf and hard of hearing last January . |
| 25 | Therefore long-term factors played a strong part in convincing client companies to experiment with headhunting for the first time . |
| 26 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 27 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 28 | Administration sources made it clear yesterday that Mr Clinton was ready to go to Moscow for the 3-4 April meeting , whose present venue is Vancouver . |
| 29 | We no longer wear mourning clothes for a fixed period of time , we do n't refuse to go to parties for the first six months after the death of someone close to us , we do n't take time immediately after the death for intensive grieving . |
| 30 | I have to go to Dublin for the nearest indoor courts . |