Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Xerox is today expected to announce that it has called in New York investment banker Goldman Sachs & Co to try to find a buyer for the company . |
| 2 | In spite of these restrictions , it is our intention to continue to provide a service for older people . |
| 3 | HIGHBROOK , a horse tipped to make a name for herself at the winter game , catches the eye tomorrow as Flat racing grabs the attention for the last time this year . |
| 4 | At the same time , working-class protest and strikes intensified and on 9 January 1905 a massive demonstration gathered to present a petition for reform to the Winter Palace . |
| 5 | The plaintiff tried to obtain collection of a debt under the contract by way of summary judgment , and , when the defendant attempted to raise a counterclaim for breach which would entitle him to defend the case , relied on this clause . |
| 6 | ‘ The judge agreed to sign a warrant for Thom 's arrest as soon as it was clear he 'd left the country with Eva . ’ |
| 7 | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia ( LCY ) appeared to be moving closer to collapse when on March 30 its central committee failed to muster a quorum for a plenary session . |
| 8 | At its November meeting the Council failed to set a date for the next SAARC summit , originally scheduled for 1989 , after Sri Lanka formally declared its refusal , while Indian troops remained on its soil , to host the meeting as decided at the fourth summit in December 1989 in Islamabad , Pakistan [ for which see p. 36485 ] . |
| 9 | The small child has to pay a price for every step she makes to independence . |
| 10 | Unless a writer chooses to manipulate a narrative for particular effects , such as using flashbacks , the progression of events in a narrative text is dictated by the progression of events in the imagined world of the story . |
| 11 | In Rickards v. Oppenheim ( 1950 C.A. ) the seller contracted to build a car for the buyer , the car to be built by March 20 . |
| 12 | You and Daddy seem to expect a freedom for yourselves you have no intention of awarding me . ’ |
| 13 | In Said v. Butt the plaintiff wished to get a ticket for X 's theatre . |
| 14 | The bright gold and green foliage which makes the crowning glory of the winter border has to become a backdrop for the summer garden . |
| 15 | For now he had lost the friend who five weeks before the quarter day used to discount a bill for £10 ‘ at something like a trifling interest of 200 per cent . ’ |
| 16 | If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period . |
| 17 | The borrower had to pay a shilling for a promissory note stamp and a fee of two shillings for enquiring into the sufficiency of his security . |
| 18 | So far as balance is concerned , would a teacher in a school with Afro-Caribbean children on the register have to present a case for as well as against apartheid when covering South Africa ? |
| 19 | The framework aims to provide a tool for analysing and explaining many of the fundamental rules of company law . |
| 20 | French policy sought to create a substitute for independence by designating the protectorates of former French Indo-China , and subsequently Cochin China , as associated states within the French Union . |
| 21 | Once there , the woman starts to make a play for the young man but , before a seduction can take place , Mr Robinson returns . |
| 22 | ‘ And , Mr Oak , ’ she continued in a clear voice , ‘ I 'm so poor that my aunt has to provide a home for me . |
| 23 | Suppose a young woman wants to criticise a man for allegedly ‘ sleeping around ’ , and suppose the man cares : what can she call him ? |
| 24 | ‘ I would imagine alcohol started to become a problem for Len when his wife left him about three years ago , ’ Martin began . |
| 25 | The next day the idiot of a captain decided to make a run for the open sea . |
| 26 | The longest cycle starts with the market analysis aimed at defining customer needs , and ends with the manufacture of a product to meet those needs in a manner calculated to make a profit for the company over the life of the product . |
| 27 | While Tshwete was in Australia and New Zealand following the Cricket World Cup , a leading ANC sports activist , Mr Mluleki George , who also chairs the NOSC ( the National Olympic and Sports Congress , recognised by most Commonwealth governments as the voice of non-Olympic sports in South Africa ) , wrote letters to the governing bodies and the authorities in Australia , New Zealand , France and England demanding they ban or discourage the planned tours to and from the Republic , arguing that the development programme about to be launched by the SARFU was only a smokescreen designed to provide a cover for the international aspirations of the white rugby establishment . |
| 28 | Even the ever-amiable Roger Moore fell out with Broccolli after discovering that secret auditions to find a replacement for Moore as Bond were carried out in 1980 . |
| 29 | The plaintiff was nonsuited but with leave reserved to enter a verdict for six guineas . |
| 30 | The Government intends to hold a competition for the ‘ fastlink ’ road if investors are found . |