Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because several locals had permission to borrow the boat for a spot of fishing , its absence had gone unremarked . |
| 2 | As cricket chairman , I was left to carry the can for a move that made no sense and was none of my doing . |
| 3 | Arsenal 's Paul Merson almost made it three when he connected with a Bull cross a minute before the break , but goalkeeper Adam Mateysek reacted quickly to parry the ball for a corner . |
| 4 | The LDDC decided last week to support the plan for a commuter airport that could be in operation by 1985 and handle more than 100 aircraft movements every day from the port by 1990 . |
| 5 | It was intended to include the need for a code of guidance to give practical help to both schools and the five area boards , he said . |
| 6 | There is little point in making light of the enormity of the task ahead , but this should not discourage those teachers with the vision and determination to continue the fight for a structure that encourages integration . |
| 7 | The Appeal Fund had now reached £65,000 , of which £23,000 had been spent on the Gymnasium ; it was decided to continue the Appeal for a Hall costing in the region of £90,000 . |
| 8 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 9 | This argument has been used to blunt the demands for a referendum on a Scottish parliament and the Maastricht treaty . |
| 10 | These findings are similar to those of Briscoe ( personal communication ) who attempted to modify the ANLT for a speech recognition task . |
| 11 | Vietnam was keen to see the embargo lifted in order to pave the way for a resumption of IMF lending . |
| 12 | An opposition communiqué released on May 20 , however , expressed a willingness to hold talks with the government in order to pave the way for a return to democracy . |
| 13 | And today , details were announced of a charity ball to pave the way for a ChildLine service dedicated to Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | Andy Roxburgh , the Scotland coach , broke the mould in the wake of Wednesday 's reverse in Paris by admitting both he and his players had to accept the blame for a defeat which jeopardises Scotland 's chances of playing in a fifth successive World Cup finals . |
| 15 | Endorse SSR — Accept — to accept the SSR for a set of packages |
| 16 | Fortunately for the British government even Eisenhower and Dulles were beginning to accept the need for a summit , not least because they were anxious not to lose the propaganda initiative to the USSR . |
| 17 | If you ever have to write the rules for a game you will be amazed how rules which seem absolutely clear to you can be interpreted — quite justifiably — in a totally different way by highly intelligent people . |
| 18 | Nicholson teamed up with his friend and former flatmate Don Devlin to write the script for a film called Thunder Island , a thriller which was to be shot with a tiny budget on a Caribbean island . |
| 19 | In order to meet the demand for a maintenance and support facility , Europe Falcon Service , an AMD subsidiary , was formed on 25 May 67 . |
| 20 | We plan to consolidate the project for a Centre for International Women 's Studies which is currently being put together . |
| 21 | In preparing particular sections or blocks of work for classes or groups of pupils which include visually handicapped children it can be useful to code in a mark when drafting the programme to indicate the need for a piece of specific equipment to be available , and check this quickly on a daily basis ( for example , closed circuit television tape recorder ; overhead projector ) . |
| 22 | 2 The purpose of this script is to provide the basis for a video which will be used to teach English as a foreign language and as such is based on the syllabus of — by — . |
| 23 | The No More War Movement denounced the League , with its reliance on force , as an affront to genuine pacifism , and looked to the more revolutionary currents within the labour movement to provide the basis for a politics of war resistance . |
| 24 | The intention of this project was to review the existing literature and to make a series of pre-pilot studies in order to provide the material for a conspectus of the subject . |
| 25 | The Social Statistics Research Unit ( SSRU ) at City University is to provide the focus for a research programme into individual and household change using data from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ' ( OPCS ) Longitudinal Study ( LS ) . |
| 26 | But Jim , bless him , had taken it with as little fuss as if he 'd been asked to feed the cat for a couple of days . |
| 27 | ‘ If that happens the health authority is going to have to foot the bill for a taxi or ambulance if it wants to get people to hospital . |
| 28 | I suppose some people who are in receipt of social benefits might say their benefits are very , very small , come nowhere near covering the true cost to them and their families are having to foot the bill for a lot of what 's done , and sometimes , when maybe their allowances are cut by a little bit , they might think ‘ erm well perhaps if the Oxfordshire County Councillors had cut a little bit of their attendance allowances maybe I could have little bit more ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I had expected to explore the wood for a month . |
| 30 | All intending applicants for admission to the Faculty of Divinity are always welcome to visit the Faculty for a discussion with a member of staff . |