Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Karel Van Miert , the Transport Commissioner , is asking member governments to approve a plan which would leave passenger services largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies but open up freight services to competition by permitting private operators to pay for the use of publicly-owned tracks . |
| 2 | They maintain that these factors require markets to be backed by a set of institutional and cultural frameworks to correct for the inadequacies of the market , in particular the need for non-market based contracts and arrangements between economic agents . |
| 3 | Anti-EC Tory MP William Cash dismissed the German cut as a bribe to French voters to vote for the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 4 | Users are finally coming round to the idea that applications are more important than the platform , he says , citing the UK supermarket chain , Sainsbury 's , which took ten months to decide that it would move to Unix , choosing its software before inviting companies to bid for the hardware contract . |
| 5 | The leader , with four-under par was Jim Thorpe , a comparatively unknown black professional , who had made several unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Championship and was making his first appearance . |
| 6 | During an earlier panic about garotting robberies and stabbing incidents in 1856 , The Times had enjoyed the good fortune actually to discover some real foreigners to blame for the outrages , pointing the accusing finger at ‘ men who have been discharged from the foreign legions ’ . |
| 7 | The Department may make basic funeral arrangements for anyone who is a client at the time of death if there is no other responsible person to make the arrangements or insufficient personal funds to provide for a funeral . |
| 8 | In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 9 | THE POOL Byatt , a keen swimmer , announced she would use her twenty-thousand-pound winnings to pay for a swimming-pool at her house in France . |
| 10 | Soviet and US experts , whose presence was thought to give momentum to the talks , were on hand to offer " technical " advice on the practicalities of a ceasefire [ for March agreement by the protagonists ' principal backers to work for a settlement to the civil war see p. 37365 ] . |
| 11 | If , as children , we were given healing opportunities to grieve for a range of losses , whether it was falling and losing our precariously-achieved sense of balance , the death of a cat , the breaking of a doll or having to move house , we will have learned skills which will stand us in good stead later . |
| 12 | Acquiring a good interview technique is as important for people employing one person to work directly for them as it is for those who will be taking on large numbers to work for a company . |
| 13 | Already Catalan employers were organized in powerful associations to fight for the maintenance of import prohibitions . |
| 14 | The interviewer Martin Pailthorpe was interested to find out Laura 's views on imposing a levy on outdoor goods to pay for the maintenance of footpaths . |
| 15 | There are numerous castles to visit for a day trip including the magnificent Harlech Castle built between 1283 and 1289 and perched proudly on a cliff . |
| 16 | The buildings are not open to the public , but Nailsworth and other nearby Cotswold towns and villages , such as Chipping Campden , Painswick and Uley , are rewarding places to visit for an impression of the wealth of local clothiers who built themselves fine houses as well as fine churches for their communities . |
| 17 | The clashes spread to the republic 's parliament building yesterday afternoon , when suspected Serb gunmen opened fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators , who had braved the troubled streets to call for an end to the spiralling violence . |
| 18 | A gradual decline is evident until the records cease in November 1872 although the last entry was " to take immediate steps to prepare for the Soiree . " |
| 19 | County had lost six of their last eight League games at the Baseball Ground , which had prompted disgruntled supporters to call for the resignation of manager Arthur Cox . |
| 20 | From the 1880s the richer members of the Jewish community made extensive and largely successful efforts to provide for the influx of destitute refugees from the Russian pogroms . |
| 21 | In the third part of this book we shall introduce various data analytic techniques to control for the effect of a third variable . |
| 22 | The king therefore sent Nicholas de Bolevill with ten armed men to search for the malefactors , and to inquire who harboured them . |
| 23 | Trusts will operate in a framework in which health boards will be required to fulfil their statutory obligations to cater for the health needs of all those in their areas . |
| 24 | Mr Sherwood teachers prospective Rotty lovers to go for a female . |
| 25 | He had sent the young sports-car-driver to ring for the police and ambulance at a phone-box a mile or so back . |
| 26 | Rather , it is an expression of the rights and liabilities generally held to attach to ownership : more exactly , the right subject to the general law to determine whether and how the assets and resources owned will be used , and the liability in certain circumstances to answer for the consequences of that use . |
| 27 | This would help attract passing visitors to stop for a drink or meal and would visually soften the rather bleak appearance of the exterior brickwork . |
| 28 | THE mother and father of a boy born without eyes are joining other parents to fight for the truth behind their son 's rare condition possibly linked to pesticides . |
| 29 | Rumours that the government will be forced to impose VAT on printed matter and other zero-rated goods to compensate for a shortfall in public finances and to reduce borrowings are being taken very seriously by the main book trade associations . |
| 30 | The school has worked closely with Keldholme School , Cleveland Compact and other agencies to prepare for the event , which starts at 7.30pm . |