Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , whatever balance between sectors one would like to see as the basis for community care policy , the private sector is here to stay and likely to expand . |
| 2 | As you should change the soil in the wormery every few weeks , this is the time to search through the soil for egg capsules . |
| 3 | Emergency University classes on a small scale have been organised , and some 3,000 students are expected to enroll for the University for June next , but only a small proportion of the University buildings can be released by the Army . |
| 4 | Looking back to the latter half of our time in Scotland , I seem to have been engaged in a variety of activities : was twice part of a consortium to bid ( unsuccessfully ) for the franchise for Scottish Television ; was appointed chairman of the board of Edinburgh 's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company , a post I held for seven years ; was persuaded to stand as a candidate for Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and ( mercifully ) was defeated by its former Roman Catholic chaplain ; gave poetry recitals with Moira at Edinburgh Festivals and elsewhere ; attacked in a lecture to the Royal Society of Arts the moronic language of disc jockeys whom I referred to as ‘ the Anyway Boys ’ ( the word ‘ anyway ’ being their standard linking passage ) — but singled out for praise a comparative unknown by the name of Terry Wogan ; rejoined the Liberal Party ; took part in a shoot where in the gloaming I brought down what I thought was a woodcock but turned out to be a parrot , escaped recently from its cage a mile away ; fished for salmon in Spain where my guide was called Jesus ( and enjoyed bawling for him down the river bank ) and on the way home visited the marvellous cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux ; proposed ite health of Prince Philip at a Variety Club luncheon and of London 's Lord Mayor at his midsummer banquet ( he was also chairman of the London Rubber Company to which I made some fruity references ) ; and for a year was resident British columnist of the American weekly magazine , Newsweek International . |
| 5 | Norman Porter , the general secretary of the National Union of Protestants and at that time still a close colleague of Ian Paisley , had been asked by a number of conservative clergymen to stand against the Minister for Education in order to protest against amendments to the Education Act which increased and regularized state funding of Catholic schools . |
| 6 | Other Essex groups to benefit from the Foundation for Sports and Arts grants are : |
| 7 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 8 | Having become established , people tend to work within the tradition for reasons which are never properly articulated . |
| 9 | The easiest task for Emma was learning to come to the table for lunch when called and once she had started to receive stickers for this she became aware of how to earn them . |
| 10 | TWELVE YEARS OF WEARING GREEN DUNGAREES ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN END FOR HOMEBASE STAFF WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW UNIFORM . |
| 11 | This caution on the part of the Communists was due to their natural antipathy to the Liberal Party , their desire to concentrate on the campaign for affiliation to the Labour Party , and organizational conflicts with the People 's Front Propaganda Committee . |
| 12 | The Indian ocean workshop is to be held in London in December 1987 and is to concentrate on the demand for slaves in the ‘ East ’ , the financing of the trade , the ‘ middle passage ’ , and the conditions of slave gathering in Africa . |
| 13 | Colchester Borough Council was asked by the county council , which makes planning decisions on landfill sites , to comment on an application for changes at Bellhouse Pit , Colchester . |
| 14 | Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years . |
| 15 | From its wording , the question does not seem to relate to the requirement for vessels to be operated from within the flag state but merely to the case where , following the introduction of new registration requirements , a vessel loses its flag because the owners and operators are nationals of other member states and are resident and domiciled in those states . |
| 16 | It is hard to compromise on the need for Iraq to leave the whole of Kuwait : the Security Council has insisted , in stark black and white , that the withdrawal has to be complete and unconditional . |
| 17 | They 've come along to talk about the Services for Industry programme , and what the University can offer local firms . |
| 18 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 19 | There was a pause ; the Health chairman began to talk about the need for hospitals near roads ; accidents would happen , victims would need care . |
| 20 | When vicar , Derek Sawyer retires , the church wants to sell off the land for housing . |
| 21 | Cumberland Lodge was and is a remarkable foundation : a grace and favour house belonging to the sovereign which , in the years after the War , had been set aside to serve as a meeting-place for university teachers and students . |
| 22 | There is no long-distance target , no final perfection to serve as a criterion for selection , although human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution . |
| 23 | The training and equipping of the police in Northern Ireland to respond in quasi-military fashion was later to serve as a model for police on mainland Britain . |
| 24 | The fact is that the relationship between a husband and wife is the highest form of loving commitment between human beings , and it is to serve as a model for children to understand what love and commitment consist of in God 's economy . |
| 25 | As a trade depot and naval base , Calais was to serve as an entrepôt for trade in and out of England , and as a back door , which armies might and did use , into France . |
| 26 | New premises , around the corner at the top end of Fulham Road , were acquired to serve as the outlet for adult clothes . |
| 27 | Greengate , a greenfield plant opened in 1981 , was to serve as the template for change throughout the company . |
| 28 | The final act of this Keele was to ballot for the sessions for Keele 1994 . |
| 29 | It is difficult not to sympathise with the People for Birmingham 's scheme . |
| 30 | Both sides refused to elaborate on the reasons for Bowman 's departure , but press reports attributed it to disagreements over the pace at which the authority sought to bring water standards up to European Community standards . |