Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what does Mr Li 's brand of socialism portend for the 1.1 billion people who endure life in the world 's most populous nation ? |
| 2 | PLANS by British Aerospace and France 's Thomson-CSF to merge their guided weapons businesses moved a step closer yesterday after the United Kingdom 's Ministry of Defence opted for a European missile for the new generation of anti-aircraft frigates . |
| 3 | The monopolistic merchants found that they had insufficient capital to advance the loans required ; there was much evasion of the monopolies ; and the export trade itself was disrupted by the crown 's impressment of merchant shipping for war , and its political pressures on Flanders . |
| 4 | The confessions , recriminations and bubbling bile of this long night 's drinking into dawn make for increasingly compulsive viewing . |
| 5 | Simmel effectively extends Marx 's concept of rupture to account for the inability of modern individuals to recognize themselves in the world of goods . |
| 6 | Theory work always sounds a bit boring and unnecessary but I must say that Anne Elsworth 's video on Colour Mixing for Painters ( Anne Elsworth ) is never dull and is full of useful exercises and information . |
| 7 | The chimpanzee 's mode of life calls for an ability to adjust to rather sharp motivational changes associated with shifts in party size and composition during group gatherings . |
| 8 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 9 | If your normal working week prior to unemployment consisted of less than 4 days , then you must lose at least 1 day 's employment in order to qualify for UB . |
| 10 | She was not told of the foster mother 's application for leave to apply for a residence order and knew nothing about it until after leave had been granted . |
| 11 | The foster mother 's application for leave to apply for a residence order under section 8 was governed by section 10(9) which provides : |
| 12 | Last year 's estimates of set-up costs for firms with three or fewer partners amounted to £2,794 . |
| 13 | The crisis within the coalition had arisen during the previous week when Reynolds on Oct. 27 accused O'Malley of " dishonest " testimony to a parliamentary inquiry into fraud in the beef export industry as regards Reynolds 's handling of export credits for Iraq while Industry and Commerce Minister in 1987-88 . |
| 14 | Mr Strachan 's time in office coincided for the most part with the tenure as Librarian of the late Professor Denis Roberts . |