Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also planned to rationalise operations in the UK , but Mr Heneaghan gave an assurance that Edinburgh , where his company employs five people , would remain as headquarters for the combined operation . |
| 2 | In a healthy democracy the discussions of the representative assembly will as it were act as chairman for the multifarious informal discussion of the nation as a whole , and the measure of the successful working of democracy is the extent to which the voting of the ordinary man and woman has been informed by this widely diffused public discussion . |
| 3 | A number of States made the declaration , commonly called ‘ the Article 23 reservation ’ that they would not act on requests for the pre-trial discovery of documents . |
| 4 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 5 | I was so tired with the journey and the entertainment that I could only walk and speak with difficulty for the next three days . |
| 6 | If Clinton is to keep faith with the electors , he will invest in jobs for the 10 million on the dole , provide for wide-ranging health care for all and implement drastic tax reforms . |
| 7 | That 's what the work force would like as rewards for the desired behaviour , was consumer durables . |
| 8 | The recent Autumn Statement from the National Heritage Ministry included the announcement that none of the proposed restoration options will be taken up , and that the monument will remain under wraps for the foreseeable future . |
| 9 | Despite valiant efforts by our physiotherapists , my hamstring did not recover in time for the 200 metres . |
| 10 | The measures were designed to promote greater efficiency , reverse agricultural stagnation and help Mexico compete in readiness for the free trade agreement which was under negotiation with the United States and Canada . |
| 11 | What is not and can not yet be clear , is whether this forecasted process will actually occur for the vast majority of Wirral users or whether a large endemic user population will remain in place for the foreseeable future . |
| 12 | Given that such a coalition would enjoy the support of more than 50% of electors and that the turnover of seats under PR is small ( Professor Finer estimated that a swing of 1% would result in the loss of only six seats ) , it would most likely remain in office for the foreseeable future and hence be in a position to ensure a degree of policy continuity . |
| 13 | Perhaps the new aggressive political style of what is called here , as elsewhere , ‘ the disabled movement ’ — as if we all spoke with one voice — will force through changes for the better , but I have my doubts . |
| 14 | After fifteen months Edward left St. Paul 's on the tacit understanding that he would read at home for the competitive administration examinations of the Civil Service . |
| 15 | My painting will remain on show for the next 10 weeks of the summer . |
| 16 | It is essential that all Teachers fill in the enclosed form with regard to information for the Annual Report as soon as possible and return it to the Office or to at the latest by the end of January . |
| 17 | For it is the company and the company alone which can stand as proxy for the underlying clients , its stakeholders ( and in particular the shareholders , who are the prime stakeholders ) . |
| 18 | And all money raised will go towards funds for the 7th Darlington Sea Scouts . |
| 19 | He said the country is on the brink of a tourism explosion which could end in disaster for the local community if it is n't managed properly . |
| 20 | The pupils , Andrew Pickett , Zammo Collins , Helen Pawsey and Spencer Windebank , had promised their friends that they would arrive in style for the end-of-term prom and decided on a cream Rolls-Royce . |
| 21 | Worse than that from the Government 's point of view , I do not think that he will arrive in time for the general election . |
| 22 | The vagaries of travel to Orkney , however , including the fact that the scheduled flights were all booked up with journalists , meant he could not arrive in time for the ten o'clock start . |
| 23 | When acceleration or deceleration is complete the transistor switch is opened and the capacitor can then recharge in preparation for the next speed change . |
| 24 | It appears that the effect of marking to the market with stochastic interest rates is generally rather small , can vary as between futures ( depending on the sensitivity of their price to movements in interest rates ) and may also vary over time for the same future . |
| 25 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 26 | It will go on show for the first time at the Biotech ‘ 83 exhibition in London next month . |
| 27 | The policy of withholding funds for investment in the reconstruction of the Basque Country , Catalonia and Asturias was a deliberate , punitive gesture , as well as a precautionary measure , lest too rapid or too successful economic recovery should lead to agitation for the political autonomy to which they had aspired — and , in the case of the Basque Country and Catalonia , enjoyed — under the Republic . |
| 28 | Baritone Sir Geraint Evans is the patron , Humphrey Littleton will cover jazz , Osian Ellis will play the harp and from 19–24 June a host of musicians , poets and craftsmen will congregate in Criccieth for the annual Festival . |
| 29 | A grossly unstable patient from a referring hospital turns out to be a typical ( for us ) unstable angina ; a patient with life-threatening ventricular tachycardia can only come to Barts for the appropriate highly specialised medical or nursing therapy ( or one of the few other centres , most of which are also on the Tomlinson hit-list ) . |
| 30 | In this machine , some of the work Unisys has been carrying out with academic partners such as Caltec , JPL and with French microkernel specialists Chorus Systemes , will come to light for the first time . |