Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , where any person holds proxies requiring him to vote for the appointment of himself as trustee , he may use those proxies and vote accordingly ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 32 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 33 | Thomas Coram 's revulsion at the infant corpses in London gutters led him to campaign for a hospital for foundlings , established in 1741 . |
| 34 | Allow him or her to rest for a while to ‘ come round ’ in their own time . |
| 35 | How else were they to account for the martyrdom of Tel al-Za'atar , the huge Palestinian camp under siege in east Beirut ? |
| 36 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 37 | The boy lives with his aunt but his mother , who is estranged from Luke 's father , often has him to stay for a couple of days . |
| 38 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 39 | The revenues it generated — well over £2 million — were what enabled him to bid for the factory at Earby , only a couple of miles over the hill from Barnoldswick . |
| 40 | They include power to enter , at any reasonable time , any premises which he has reason to believe it is necessary for him to enter for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the legal provisions within the field of responsibility of his enforcing authority . |
| 41 | Just do n't expect me to ring for an ambulance in the morning when you 're discovered suffering from pneumonia and exposure ! ’ |
| 42 | His idea was that , as the Masai acquired more and more permanent waters , they would at first acquire more and more cattle ; indeed , the prospect of doing so would be the incentive required to get them to pay for the water in the first place . |
| 43 | Did any News reader obtain one and would they sell me a copy or allow me to pay for a loan of a negative ? |
| 44 | The common law offence of sedition , which consists of stirring hatred amongst different classes of Her Majesty 's subjects had fallen into disuse , and an unsuccessful attempt to use it to prosecute for the making of anti-semitic remarks appears to have discouraged prosecuting authorities from seeking to persuade the courts to mould the common law to deal with new problems posed by those who promote ill-will in an increasingly multi-racial society . |
| 45 | Thus , where at the outset it has been decided ( Clause 12.01 ) to leave the goodwill of the firm out of individual account so as to allow it to enure for the benefit of the continuing practice , or where , for similar reasons , revaluations of partnership assets have been ruled out , this should be specified ( Clause 12.02 ) . |
| 46 | In addition , the company has secured Rolls-Royce quality approval to CQC103 , allowing it to compete for the maintenance of Rolls-Royce owned turbines on lease to other users . |
| 47 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 48 | The distinction just seen with noun objects is also applicable to examples with the infinitive and will allow us to account for the distribution of to with cause and make . |
| 49 | I want us to think for a moment about the rights and needs of all those millions of children who do not go to school , who are invisible because very often development programmes tend to ignore er their needs . |
| 50 | Barry Pearson , Darlington 's principal environmental health officer , explained : ‘ Rothmans wanted us to pay for the hire of the centre and the money was n't immediately available . |
| 51 | ‘ For us to head for the Eye of Terror would be to invite almost certain death , ’ mused Jaq . |