Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir John Anderson ( later first Viscount Waverley , q.v. ) , the former head of the Home Office , was put in charge of a hastily improvised London civil-defence organization during the Munich crisis , he appointed Scott as his chief staff officer ; and when Anderson became minister for civil defence , he made Scott responsible for the urgent task of accelerating London 's civil-defence arrangements , with the title of chief administrative officer for the London civil-defence region , as from February 1939 . |
| 2 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |
| 3 | Falcon will send children to Florida free for the first time , Martyn announced savings of up to £105 on its Greece and Cyprus brochure and SunMed is offering seven nights in Corfu for just Pounds 99 . |
| 4 | and Simon Brilliant for the local authority . |
| 5 | So much was Wordsworth concerned for the apparent breakdown of the family as a unit that he embarked upon a course of action which seems incredibly naive and yet illustrates his downright belief in the social value of poetry . |
| 6 | I will never forget hearing the Leningrad Philharmonic for the first time , the incredible discipline those players had in the combination of strings and brass — it 's impossible to forget it because it 's impossible to repeat it . |
| 7 | Pickering have their wicket keeper Richard Gray available for the first time this season on recovering from a hand injury for the visit of Scarborough in the EYC while Whitby are unchanged for the visit of York in the same competition . |
| 8 | ‘ One called upon the half-mortals , using words of such power that we were compelled to come instantly , breaking the spell-wall and leaving Andernesse undefended for the first time since the Four Cities fell . |
| 9 | Bob Spottiswood was a strong and pacy right half-back who played for his native Carlisle United before coming south to appear for Croydon Common for the 1908–09 season . |
| 10 | Congratulations and a big thank you to June Bascombe and Rita Quick for the superb Music Book . |
| 11 | Have your rifles and LMGs ready for the next attack . |
| 12 | Kodjo , a presidential confidant , had publicly threatened to arrest Koffigoh for having held Eyadema responsible for the recent storming of the National Assembly building [ see pp. 39130-31 ] . |
| 13 | Party organisers want the conference to show that the party is united as never before , leaving Mr Kinnock free for the first time to sell the policy package to voters without worrying about splits . |
| 14 | View from City Road , page 25 Polly buys in : Shares in Polly Peck Far East have been suspended ahead of a general offer by majority shareholder Polly Peck International for the remaining equity . |
| 15 | A number of New York galleries are establishing a presence there , including Brooke Alexander and John Weber Galleries who , with Spanish dealer Pepe Cobo have opened in Madrid ( Galeria Weber , Alexander y Cobo ) ; Salander O'Reilly Gallery , which has established a branch of its New York operation in Berlin ; and Forum Gallery which will show at the Cologne Art Fair for the first time this November . |
| 16 | The architect was Carlo Lurago with Domenico Galli responsible for the rich stucco decoration . |
| 17 | This company has now expanded to three other yards including the former British Shipbuilders Hadrian Yard ( Clellands ) at Wallsend , and the Wallsend Slip way which had been operated by Howard Doris Ltd. for the offshore industry until the demise of that operation in 1986 . |
| 18 | Deputies held Serbia responsible for the civil war in Bosnia-Hercegovina and proposed to send international observers to the provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina " where there is no war yet but minorities are in danger " . |
| 19 | To listen to the Europeans talk , they would all appear in need of similar introspection before they descend on Augusta National for the main business of their trip , the Masters , which begins on Thursday . |
| 20 | The sense of failure that haloed his bowed head made Clare conscious for the first time of his identity as a person . |