Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Anderson has been using the case to support his argument for a change in the law to allow suppliers to recover goods supplied to a customer who goes out of business before paying for them . |
| 2 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 3 | Government will work in partnership to secure our heritage for the benefit of future generations . |
| 4 | Request : In the guise of pop-group ‘ The Howlers ’ ( ‘ We play loud modern rock music not entirely lacking in melodies ’ ) , we contacted the portly football fan to request his consent for a song ( and concept album ) to be titled ‘ Mad Hattersley 's Tea Party ’ . |
| 5 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 6 | In the Summer of 1958 the Home Secretary served notice to his Ministerial colleagues that he would be making demands on the Government 's expenditure programme to finance his plans for a wholesale prison rebuilding scheme . |
| 7 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 8 | If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 11 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 12 | Indeed , the left-wing and Communist demands for ‘ All Power to the General Council , ’ in 1924 and 1925 , helped the General Council to strengthen its demand for an ‘ Industrial Alliance ’ . |
| 13 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 14 | Notwithstanding that position , the Council clearly had a number of reservations about the design , alignment and environmental impact of of a western relief road and we 've asked the County Council to pursue its proposals for a western relief road on the basis of a single carriageway all-purpose road , and to give further consideration to ways in which environmental concerns can be ameliorated . |
| 15 | President George Bush had then favoured amending the Constitution in order to prohibit the practice ( and withheld his signature from the Flag Protection Act to emphasize his support for a constitutional amendment ) . |
| 16 | His eloquence was somewhat impaired by the presence on the bed of the current mistress , the Roman Catholic Duchess of Portsmouth , but eventually he succeeded in having her removed and in persuading the King to send for the Queen to seek her forgiveness for the wrongs he had done her ; the King however kept putting off the administration of the Holy Sacrament , and Ken was removed from the room in Charles 's last hours as he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by a priest smuggled into the palace by his brother and successor , James II . |
| 17 | Analysts were agreed that the demonstration was part of Cárdenas 's plan to build a popular anti-government campaign to boost his campaign for the presidency in 1994 . |
| 18 | Grandmasters were a little surprised by Yusupov 's decision to surrender his bishop for a knight on move 22 , but the resulting position never looked like ending in anything other than a draw . |
| 19 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 20 | Following a mailing by Aldus to all registered users of the product an initial public meeting was held in London where over 100 potential members braved the pouring rain to confirm their support for the User Group . |
| 21 | University students were particularly angered by the government 's refusal to meet their demands for a minimum monthly grant in line with the country 's average wage . |
| 22 | Increasingly labour was forced off the land , and the only right workers had was the right to sell their labour for a money wage . |
| 23 | These commonly give optionholders the right to exercise their options for a fixed period following a scheme of arrangement becoming effective . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Is there anybody who needs anything other than a piano to do their scale for an A minor key i.e. Tuesday 's homework . |
| 26 | England require just one more point to ensure their place for the World Cup finals in Italy next summer and Robson said : ‘ Everybody knows the importance of the game . |
| 27 | TV campaigner Esther Rantzen was tonight announcing a political initiative to back her call for a nationwide witness protection programme . |
| 28 | But , rather than turning up old issues of the journal to check your design for a digital filter , why not have all the articles collected together in one book , Interfacing with C ? |
| 29 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 30 | If the dispute is over the value of the security for the debt held by the creditor , the court may require the creditor to revalue his security for the purposes only of the demand . |