Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mayor dropped his plans for the new committee and agreed to keep the Executive Board more fully informed of his actions in future . |
| 2 | Clement wrote a pamphlet giving his reasons for the split and accusing Wilson of mismanagement , irresponsible militancy and the encouragement of foreign seamen into Britain , presumably because of his refusal to accept a rule which would debar them from membership . |
| 3 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 4 | In 1916 , a special committee produced its recommendations for the precautions to be taken in the event of an air raid . |
| 5 | This liberal attitude has its benefits for the university . |
| 6 | The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months . |
| 7 | Will the Secretary of State respond to a question that I have put several times since the Select Committee on Science and Technology in another place produced its recommendations for the Government ? |
| 8 | The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table . |
| 9 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 10 | When the Reading Room opened its doors for the first time in the city of St Louis , Missouri , it became the world 's first literary brothel . |
| 11 | Inconvenience — the trials are liable to require the teacher to distort his plans for the course in order to accommodate the new material when asked . |
| 12 | The ICI team pinned its hopes for the programme 's success on the untried gas-liquid reactions . |
| 13 | Cable & Wireless Plc said its results for the year to March 31 will show an exceptional charge of £84m and exceptional gains totalling £178m to comply with new accounting standards — there will be exceptional profits of £60m from exercise of warrants in Hong Kong and of some £118m from the sale of 20% of Mercury Communications Ltd to BCE Inc ; the charge will cover its interest in undersea cable systems — it has also decided to reduce the book life of its digital submarine cable assets to 15 years from 25 , which will lead to an additional £12m depreciation charge each year . |
| 14 | The Town Cinema opens its doors for the first time in more than thirty years tonight . |
| 15 | Essex Water is giving a presentation explaining its reasons for the application and answering questions on March 25 . |
| 16 | Clerical staff at Oxford Polytechnic vacated their desks for the picket line . |
| 17 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 18 | It was a leisurely day and we padded up the rough , warm rock of a plinth of slabs until an awkward overlap sharpened our claws for the crux pitch above . |
| 19 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 20 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 21 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 22 | Her happiness removed his doubts for the moment . |
| 23 | We had rehearsals in the morning , and by lunch-time people were already coming across the river to get their places for the play . |
| 24 | We are pleased offer our detailed views below and hope they will be taken into account before the Government finalises its procedures for the implementation of the EC Directive . |
| 25 | Wordperfect Corp outlined its plans for the workgroup market this week and shied away from the ‘ applets with everything ’ approach described by Microsoft Corp last month ( CI No 2146 ) . |
| 26 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 27 | In one room Frank Gehry has designed an installation outlining his plans for the Bilbao museum , a series of soft-shouldered , interconnecting shapes arranged in a sort of artful pile . |
| 28 | Letter of thanks from Mrs Cunning of the music department of Currie High School expressing her thanks for the cheque for £10 sent to be used for the purchase of music . |
| 29 | Changes relevant to the LFAs proposed in the EEC Review of agricultural structures are assessed in order to predict their implications for the UK situation . |
| 30 | Foxhall Stadium opens its doors for the first time on Sunday ( 2.30 pm ) with the Bangers and new formula stock cars . |