Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The following day , the Committee issued a manifesto expounding its justification for the rising , and appointed General Franco — who , it will be remembered , had been dismissed by the legitimate government of the nation — as chief of the Armies of Morocco and southern Spain . |
| 3 | On Jan. 10 Lewandowski told a Sejm committee assessing his candidacy for the post of Minister of Ownership Transformations that the performance of the share offer indicated that a different approach to privatization was needed , and he said that he favoured distributing to all Polish citizens free vouchers to be exchanged for shares . |
| 4 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 5 | Essex Water is giving a presentation explaining its reasons for the application and answering questions on March 25 . |
| 6 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The draft contains all the essentials of her later paper ( with Gosling ) in Nature in April , which , together with one by Wilkins and his colleagues , accompanied Crick and Watson 's paper announcing their model for the structure of DNA . |
| 9 | Yet although the cherubic muse blowing its horn for the brave new world seemed to the Festival staff to sum up the kind of things they were trying to say about the EIF , there remained one potent snag . |
| 10 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
| 11 | Representatives of Conservative Central Office helped Heseltine 's local constituency association to draft a public reply to his open letter declaring its support for the leadership . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She argues the case through a reading of a history painting ‘ Zeuxis Choosing his Models for the Painting of Helen of Troy ’ of the late 1770s in which one of the female figures stands behind the classical Greek artist and herself reaches for the chalk to start on the blank canvas beside her , and through a self portrait ‘ Angelica Kauffman Hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting ’ ( 1794 ) . |
| 15 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
| 16 | The Arts Council of the Netherlands has presented its advice to the Minister of Culture , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , with a policy document outlining its plan for the arts in the period 1993–96 . |
| 17 | JR has two weeks to prepare a discussion document outlining his proposals for the company 's credit control policy and procedures . |