Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] for [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt its humorous common name has more to do with the countryman 's enthusiasm for worrying the gullible , than with the local wise woman 's magical powers . |
| 2 | Is this not what happens to Bultmann 's programme for freeing the authentic message of the gospel for modern man ? |
| 3 | Prime Minister Tanaka 's Plan for Remodelling the Japanese Archipelago published in 1972 symbolized a hope that a fundamental restructuring could be achieved to improve the quality of life in Japan . |
| 4 | If these two ballets were evidence of MacMillan 's gift for using the classical technique in a fresh and personal way , La Hermanas ( based on Lorca 's The House of Bernarda Alba ) , which came between , showed those themes of dark sexuality which would find their full development in Mayerling . |
| 5 | But serious trouble erupted when his Secretary of State , Warren Christopher , tried to get Europe 's approval for lifting the Bosnian arms embargo . |
| 6 | In February 1780 merchants of Westminster , Southwark and Middlesex petitioned against Lord Beauchamp 's bill for amending the so-called Lords ' Act ( 32 Geo II of 1759 ) to extend the escape route afforded by the bankruptcy laws to non-traders . |
| 7 | Concern over mercury 's potential for polluting the aquatic environment began more than 30 years ago . |
| 8 | The European Council of Ministers on 10 March got fed up with Super-SARA — which was to have been Europe 's model for testing the conventional wisdom on safety designs — and axed the £200 million project . |
| 9 | Tom Clarke , shadow Scottish secretary , said Mr Lang 's justification for dismantling the present system was to bring about savings . |
| 10 | The CEGB 's justification for building the new power station is not convincing |
| 11 | Various more or less precise suggestions as to the structure of such a federation were put forward by different writers in the earlier years of this period — by the Quaker William Penn in his Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe ( 1693 ) , by another Quaker , John Bellers , in his Some Reasons for an European State ( London , 1710 ) , by the author of the anonymous Cardinal Alberoni 's Scheme for reducing the Turkish Empire to the Obedience of Christian Princes ( London , 1736 ) and by Saint-Pierre himself . |
| 12 | The justices ' reason for making the secure accommodation order was that in view of the facts found an order was required in order that the child could be given the help and guidance to meet his special needs . |