Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Two leading drug traffickers , Rafael Caro Quintero and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo , were on Dec. 13 , 1989 , sentenced to 116 and 144 years ' imprisonment respectively and deprived of their assets for the murder in 1985 of Enrique Camarena Salazar , a United States Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) official , and his Mexican pilot [ see pp. 33967 ; 36371 ] .
2 But the truce does not seem to have aroused general opposition in England ; perhaps more serious in their implications for the regime were the disorders at Pontefract in the summer of 1323 , when a mob killed two officials guarding Lancaster 's tomb to prevent offerings being made there .
3 This is particularly noticeable in his variations for the Six fairies in The Sleeping Beauty .
4 For the citizens of Attica ( at least in classical tunes : it is remarkable , and sad in its implications for the vitality of deme life , that deme decrees are rare after the fourth century ) deme routine was more immediate , though no doubt objectively less important , than what happened on the Pnyx .
5 The Netherlands had been happy to accept the supranational principle in advance , but insisted on retaining the right to withdraw from the discussions should it prove impossible in its eyes for the ideas to be turned into economic practice .
6 ANDY ROXBURGH , Scotland 's national coach , spent last night anxious over the availability of Steve Nicol , the Liverpool midfielder-defender central to his plans for the crucial World Cup match with Norway on Wednesday .
7 ANDY ROXBURGH , the Scotland coach , spent last night worrying about Steve Nicol , the Liverpool midfielder-defender who is central to his plans for the crucial World Cup match with Norway on Wednesday , writes Patrick Glenn .
8 Andy Roxburgh , the Scotland coach , spent last night worrying about Steve Nicol , the Liverpool midfielder-defender who is central to his plans for the crucial World Cup match with Norway on Wednesday .
9 BUSINESSWOMAN Louise I'Anson spent one day a week for five weeks attending council-run courses and has emerged feeling even more confident about her plans for the future .
10 The proposal , then , was momentous in its implications for the juvenile labour-market and for industrial training .
11 Are some renowned amongst their fellows for the quality of their underwater ballads and harmonies ?
12 At first our association was concerned with her scripts for the CBC broadcasts , and I found her most amenable to work with .
13 Others , and particularly the teachers , may seem too busy with their classes for the head to ask them to share this part of the school work-load , there is a shortage of clerical support , the heads want to be seen as in charge of everything as far as possible , and so on .
14 Particularly in its treatment of legal services the Report was alleged to be unduly supportive of the private profession and insufficiently imaginative in its proposals for the development of the public sector .
15 I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions .
16 It was dominated by three things ; the Emperor 's desk , a vast filing cabinet , and a large-scale map of Paris — the latter being essential to his plans for the transformation of the city .
17 Thompson , in an interview on BBC Television 's Sportsnight programme , says he is neither pessimistic nor optimistic about his prospects for the Games but is convinced he can still be an athletics force for the next four or five years .
18 Bearing in mind the Opposition 's unalloyed joy at the thought of an increase in national insurance contributions for people who earn more than that , is it time that the Opposition came clean on their plans for the self-employed , who are the engine of the power house for this country ?
  Next page