Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ( Two years later , the tender of Samuel Foster Limited of Kempston for the nurses ' recreation room in the sum of £10,295 was accepted , despite an amendment which was put forward to postpone this project for three years , but which was lost on a show of hands . ) |
2 | However , the mayoral offer of money for the dolphins ' release was not forthcoming , and much of the goodwill between fishermen , villagers and conservationists evaporated . |
3 | Technical advances have helped them to achieve world leadership in the supply of transfers for the collectors ' plate industry whilst providing a solid foundation for |
4 | Perhaps the jumble of wood , cloth , metal and coal were even items of importance for the ghost-bottlers ' art . |
5 | Our first involvement with pupils comes at the end of the second year when we give advice with choice of subject for the pupils ' curriculum for S3 to S5 . |
6 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
7 | We analysed the dose-response relation with adjustment for the patients ' age at first intercourse and lifetime number of sexual partners . |
8 | At the fourteenth siege of Tor Alessi he charged right into the heart of the Dwarf infantry and was cut down by King Gotrek who snatched the Phoenix crown from his corpse and took it in payment for the Elves ' insolence . |
9 | The Society reached an agreement with most tuna-canners in 1990 , setting up the labelling scheme in return for the canners ' agreeing not to buy tuna that had been caught through drift-netting or " setting-on-dolphins " ( where the mammals are rounded up to catch the schools of tuna which swim beneath them ) . |
10 | In return for the unions ' consent formally to acknowledge managements ' prerogatives of decision-making at plant level , employers would recognise the right of workers to join unions and would not discriminate against them for doing so . |
11 | In return for the lenders ' initiative , the Government agreed to pay lenders directly the mortgage interest for unemployed borrowers receiving income support . |
12 | Mr Davis has spent thousands of pounds fighting in court for the gypsies ' rights to stay . |
13 | The Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiffs ' appeal from Wright J. 's order , holding that it was not open to the court to devise protection in substitution for the defendants ' privilege against self-incrimination , and that the plaintiffs ' claim was neither proprietary nor within section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 |
14 | Sent to Santa Anita in California for the Breeders ' Cup Turf a month later , he could only manage fourth behind Manila , Theatrical and Estrapade . |
15 | In his ministerial programme submitted to parliament for the deputies ' vote of confidence on December 30 , Mr Badran said his government will study the legal and economic effects of martial law after taking steps to return suspended passports , restore the elected boards to the three Arabic dailies and abolish a previous martial law order to dissolve the Jordanian Writers Association . |
16 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
17 | With this in mind I travelled to Woburn for the Superstars ' Celebrity Challenge . |
18 | But even that did n't get him to Barcelona for the Olympics ' newest sport . |