Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [vb pp] for [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Colwyn Sunday League clubs West Shore and Hotpoint Reserves have applied for membership of the Subaru Vale of Conwy League . |
| 2 | Some Christians have called for representation of workers on the board of directors , joint decision-making at all levels within the company , the break-up of oligopolies , a restriction on the number of directorships any one person can hold ( the suggested number is three ) and restrictions on the directors of financial corporations holding directorships in non-financial corporations , and vice versa . |
| 3 | Five newcomers have applied for promotion to the Sealink level and the two front runners are Holyhead Town and St Asaph City , the respective Gwynedd and Clwyd League champions . |
| 4 | Welfare fraud squads have increased for example from 800 to 1,500 in the last few years , and in 1983 the regional fraud teams ( 10 groups of 9 ) were developed , saving , it was argued in 1987 , 55 million . |
| 5 | As the Soviet army in Germany has to cross Poland to get home ( unless it goes by sea ) , the Poles have asked for compensation for the trouble this causes . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , archaeologists and historians have looked for Vetus for years . |
| 7 | POLICE have appealed for help after a car stolen from Wrexham was later used as a getaway car by burglars who raided a newsagent 's shop at Mynydd Isa . |
| 8 | POLICE have appealed for help after a car stolen from Wrexham was later used as the getaway car by burglars who raided a newsagents shop at Mynydd Isa . |
| 9 | Police have appealed for help in tracing the last movements of Anthony Buck , 46 , of Bishopthorpe Road , York , whose body was discovered in the River Ouse at Selby on Wednesday evening . |
| 10 | POLICE have appealed for information in a bid to identify an elderly woman found wandering along a busy road . |
| 11 | Adventurers have quested for Lavondyss since the beginning of time . |
| 12 | ‘ For some time , independents have argued for intervention on behalf of a British film industry : an initiative based around support for films with low production budgets , which neither copy American styles , nor turn into Euro-puddings . |