Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] for [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | TWELVE YEARS OF WEARING GREEN DUNGAREES ARE ABOUT TO COME TO AN END FOR HOMEBASE STAFF WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW UNIFORM . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years . |
| 8 | They 've come along to talk about the Services for Industry programme , and what the University can offer local firms . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When vicar , Derek Sawyer retires , the church wants to sell off the land for housing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | New premises , around the corner at the top end of Fulham Road , were acquired to serve as the outlet for adult clothes . |
| 15 | Greengate , a greenfield plant opened in 1981 , was to serve as the template for change throughout the company . |
| 16 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 17 | Why was Cardiff in a good position to grow as a port for coal exports ? |
| 18 | Taking all this into account , it is possible to explain how I interpreted this utterance to function as a request for help in freeing the cat — as having a pragmatic meaning roughly paraphrasable as |
| 19 | One evening Friday went out to look for a turtle for meat and eggs . |
| 20 | He had been dreading having to look for a place for lunch . |
| 21 | But , though Nonni was willing to look after the babies for part of the day , even the dullest of part-time jobs was not easy to find . |
| 22 | May is crippled with osteoporosis and has to walk with a frame for support . |
| 23 | ‘ The existence of the defence of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ in section 42(4) of the Act of 1987 , which was not present in any guise in the provisions considered in Reg. v. Harz ; Reg. v. Power [ 1967 ] 1 A.C. 760 , could not itself justify construing section 42 as retaining the privilege under the concept of ‘ reasonable excuse , ’ which was clearly necessary to cover such matters as physical inability to comply with a requirement for information or documents arising from illness or accidental destruction of papers , etc . |
| 24 | Article 2(6) lists grounds for refusal to comply with a request for service . |
| 25 | A housing authority is obliged to comply with a request for help in these circumstances if it is compatible with its own statutory duties and obligations and does not unduly prejudice the discharge of its own functions ( s27(2) ) . |
| 26 | Where a party fails to comply with the direction for exchange of witness statements , he will not be entitled to adduce evidence to which the direction related without leave of the court ( RSC Ord 38 , r2A(10) ) . |
| 27 | If Mr. Tully has good grounds for exercising the privilege against self-incrimination , then his refusal to comply with the orders for disclosure and discovery made by Buckley J. may have the effect of assisting Mr. Tully to escape prosecution and punishment for a crime and also the effect of assisting Mr. Tully and others to keep money which belongs to Abbey . |
| 28 | Does that make sense , that 's for the receptionist we do n't expect her to fiddle with the rates for liability , capital or whatever do we ? |
| 29 | The key , however , will be to move toward a more market-oriented basis and not to look to the government for protection . |
| 30 | Farmers , too , need to understand more about the social impulses which prompt an increasing number of urbanites to look to the countryside for relaxation and enjoyment . |