Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan ( Defence Minister in 1981-86 and appointed Vice-President on April 26 ) would " work in his place " and the government was taking steps through diplomatic channels to implement proposals for a ceasefire and a transitional government . |
| 2 | A hundred and seventy soldiers are making final preperations to leave Wiltshire for a tour of duty in former Yugoslavia . |
| 3 | The Bio-Medical Care Clinic is conducting a clinical study on the AIDS Virus using a safe , non-toxic energy and homeopathic formula , we are seeking the co-operation of Candidates to take part for a period of 21 days . |
| 4 | FAMILIES are claiming they are being turfed out of their homes to make room for a hostel for the homeless . |
| 5 | Since the project did not and does not operate on the basis of a general , public advertisement for schools to make bids for a share of a specified sum , the rules of the game are not common knowledge . |
| 6 | The Works continued in this form until the early Sixties , when there was a major reorganisation which swept away the traverser and the old hangars to make room for a bus park . |
| 7 | During 1696 he was appointed one of the commissioners to receive subscriptions for a land bank , but the subscription failed ; and in 1697 he was made one of the trustees for circulating exchequer bills . |
| 8 | Urban developers working on the western edge of San Salvador defied a court ban and continued to bulldoze the capital of a pre-Columbian civilisation Cuscatlan , ancient capital of the Pipil Indians to make way for a housing project . |
| 9 | It took Russell almost three weeks to call Ellen for a date and when they did meet he was 45 minutes late . |
| 10 | as Purchasing and Contract Department Quality manager Owen Edis explains , ‘ we encourage our managers to give recognition for a job well done , so it was natural to extend this recognition to suppliers . |
| 11 | Arthur and Kathleen Lea , of Manfield , near Darlington , asked friends and relatives to give money for a guide dog instead of gifts for 50 years of marriage . |
| 12 | The satire " Novus regnat Salomon " attacks Innocent as the mercenary shepherd who abandons his flock to the wolf and sees " Salomon " as venal , loving not persons but their goods , and the poet Walter von der Vogelweide portrays Innocent as filling his chests with German silver and deplores his efforts to collect money for a crusade against the Albigensians . |
| 13 | IN THE FASHION : Students model clothes by top designers at a show in the Assembly Rooms to raise money for a cancer research charity . |
| 14 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |
| 15 | We invited our critics to trade places for a day . |
| 16 | Despite President Boris Yeltsin 's attempts to rally support for a postponement of the forthcoming session of the Congress of People 's Deputies until March 1993 , the Supreme Soviet voted on Oct. 21 by 114 to 59 to convene the Congress for its seventh session to open on Dec. 1 . |
| 17 | A COUNCIL 'S attempt to sell playing fields to make way for a supermarket was blocked in the High Court yesterday . |
| 18 | It would not be appropriate for unions to issue guidelines for a range of applications ( eg design , data processing , text processing ) . |
| 19 | True to their school motto — ‘ I DISTRIBUTE CHEARFULLIE ’ — pupils take part in and organise a wide range of events to raise funds for a number of charities . |
| 20 | On Saturday nights throughout the year he had organised country and western music evenings to raise money for a variety of worthwhile causes . |