Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Salmond , Margaret Ewing and Andrew Welsh , you can be sure , will have weighed up carefully the predictable uproar and have decided that the obtaining , with only three votes , of such a sensible and important concession for Scotland from the Government is , in fact , a considerable achievement . |
| 2 | In any case , argues Ishrat Husain , chief economist for Africa at the World Bank , a lot of Africans welcome reform . |
| 3 | The other judges were Magnus Linklater , editor of The Scotsman ; Craig Winn , editor of M8 magazine and a semi-finalist representing Strathclyde University in the 1988 World Student Debating Championships ; Paul Sinclair , a researcher with Scottish Television and a winner last year for Glasgow University of the Observer International Mace , and Paul Spencer , a previous winner for Strathclyde of The Scotsman tournament . |
| 4 | Nicholas , who had missed the victory Mass for Kyrenia for the sake of an axe in his shoulder was present today , in body if not especially in mind , from the look of him . |
| 5 | He was said to have had a family in Belgium at one point , known Janke Adler , met Gauguin in a park , scribbled all over the statues at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts when a student in Paris , and lost all his money when the Japanese had the bad taste to conquer his rubber plantations sometime during the confused struggle for Manchuria during the opening stages of the last big one . |
| 6 | When the crowd sang Flower Of Scotland deep into the final quarter of the match , Hastings responded with a brilliant diagonal run off a dummy scissors which would have brought a try for Reed in the corner but for courageous defending from Davies . |
| 7 | LEFT The arms of Andrew Forsey , member of parliament for Bridport in the reign of Henry V , and RIGHT those of Patricia , his 20th century collateral descendant . |
| 8 | TAKING the view that he will learn more about the players on the field , Jim Love will today make his debut for Scotland in the opening game of their South African tour , against Stellenbosch Farmers . |
| 9 | In these circumstances in my judgment there is entirely adequate support for Paul of the sort that Mrs envisaged and indeed I am inclined to the view that one to one dedicated support for him out of classroom hours may not be desirable and might well tend at least to come between him and his fellow pupils so if one turns to Mrs schedule one on page forty seven , papers before me , I think that the appropriate arithmetic is to provide for twenty hours per week at seven pounds per hour for thirty seven school weeks , that is an enabler for the school period , I confess that I find it much easier to deal with Mrs schedules on page forty seven by treating schedule one as having to do with the , the school period , schedule two having to deal with the home periods and schedule three with parental care , as it is actually set out on page forty seven , and I confess that during the case I kept confusing myself about this point , schedule one deals not only with school but also , rather confusingly , with an enabler at home and I think it easier to confine that schedule to er school time . |
| 10 | Having achieved this , they provoked disquiet in two quarters : first , those concerned with the defence of Basrah , up the river to the north , and the nearby port of Umm Qasr ; and , second , the government of Kuwait ( an important source of support for Iraq throughout the war ) , which had already suffered air attacks and was to be struck again before the fighting was over . |
| 11 | In 1937 Sino-Japanese friction erupted into full-scale war , but even this failed to rally much more than token support for China in the West . |
| 12 | He also warned delegates of the danger of the April 5 presidential coup in Peru [ see p. 38846 ] being repeated elsewhere and called for support for Cuba in the face of increased US economic sanctions [ see pp. 38858-59 ] . |
| 13 | The authority says it 's aware of the support for Horton in the community , but changes in health services are inevitable . |
| 14 | For those who have nt got Sky , there was unanimous support for Leeds in the back pass free kick . |
| 15 | The Kanemaru/Takeshita faction was now being effectively managed by Ichiro Ozawa , who had been secretary-general of the LDP until April 1991 [ see pp. 38148-49 ] , and who had helped to instigate the party 's shift away from support for Kaifu during the summer and early autumn of 1991 [ see pp. 38528-29 ] . |
| 16 | The winner of this year 's Avia Foursomes and the amateur medal at the British Women 's Open at Ferndown , the undeniably gifted Cheshire golfer was distressed to find that she was no better placed than second reserve for England in the Home Internationals and , further , that she was not given a place on the " B " team sent to Italy . |
| 17 | As we have repeatedly noted , however , politics and religion for Israel at the time were inextricably associated — were , in fact , essentially different manifestations of the same thing . |
| 18 | But it is not policies on Europe which will decide Jim 's vote but the ability of party leaders to get the best deal for Britain from the Continent . |
| 19 | His most important assignment was his appointment as proctor for Edward at the court of France in 1330 and 1331 to discuss Edward 's homage for Aquitaine and Ponthieu . |
| 20 | Houseplants are good for you , according to Californian a laboratory that has been doing research for NASA into the use of plants in space . |
| 21 | During the year joint venture contributions were received from the Scottish Development Agency towards the International Research and Information Service ( IRIS ) ; the Scottish Education Department towards the Engineering Co-ordination Programme ; the Industry Department for Scotland towards the Enterprise and Education Initiative and the Enterprise Co-ordination Programme ( MESP ) ; the Highlands and Islands Development Board toward the Student Placement Scheme and the Enterprise and Education Initiative . |
| 22 | Clark revealed that there has been only one official bid for Keane since the end of the season — a £3.5 million verbal offer from Rovers which Blackburn 's chairman Robert Corr subsequently confirmed in writing to Forest chairman Fred Reacher . |
| 23 | A dramatic entry for Oxfam into the world of fashion … |
| 24 | She checked the date on the Amex slip against the entry for Dublin in the diary . |
| 25 | It 's hit towards the halfway line , Alan the sole defender for Blackburn at the moment , he plays it to his right , forward it goes to now that 's a good ball down the far side of the field , plenty of er men available , 's one of them inside the penalty area , the cross was n't so good from and it 's gon na run harmlessly behind for a goal kick . |
| 26 | The US Congress had since early 1990 withheld $84,000,000 of aid for Panama pending the signing of an agreement . |
| 27 | Some could easily be found by incorporating screening for AF into the routine health checks on over 75s already carried out by UK general practitioners . |
| 28 | For these , Hitler 's words were little consolation for the increasingly depressing outlook for Germany in the war . |
| 29 | I was the first home for England in the match against the USA at Birmingham 's Alexandra Stadium , overhauling Lincoln Asquith and Mike McFarlane in the second half of the race after a poor start but failing to catch the Americans Morris and Cook . |
| 30 | Heavy going … another fall for Swindon in the promotion race . |