Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [vb infin] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1938 Act was repealed and replaced by the Inheritance ( provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975 , which increases the range of dependants who may apply for provision on death and gives the court wider powers than previously existed so that it can make whatever type of order may be most appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 2 | It results from and reflects power , patronage and politics in our society — and it is detested by those who must live for decades in its shadow . |
| 3 | It was not only the aristocracy who could hope for promotion from a change of regime : for instance Riculf hoped that the see of Tours would be granted to him by Chilperic 's son , Clovis , as a result of the Leudast affair and Gregory 's anticipated deposition . |
| 4 | According to Air Vice Marshall Peter Howard , who is in charge of selecting the astronaut , the Soviets can choose four ‘ finalists ’ but the British then decide on the two people who will leave for Moscow at the beginning of December . |
| 5 | There is little industry except the old dog mill which now makes plastic chairs and the new brewery which brews real ale , but being surrounded by the power stations of Drax , Eggborough , Ferrybridge and Thorpe Marsh , it makes a good base for power station workers , who can move for promotion without uprooting their families . |