Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [noun] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1487 King John of Portugal sent Pedro da Covilham to search for the kingdom of Prester John . |
| 2 | This approval will allow Rolls Wood Group to compete for the maintenance of the Rolls-Royce owned fleet of Avon , Olympus and RB211 gas turbines which are leased to customers . |
| 3 | In the event of my dying before remarriage , I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not already disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely to the issue of my union with JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , the property to be held in trust for the said issue , the trust allowing monthly sum of not less than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL to pay for the upbringing of the said issue , this arrangement to cease on his or her attaining the age of twenty-one years , whereupon a quarter of the remaining estate — whether in freehold property , stocks , shares or chattels shall be granted in perpetuity to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , and the remainder to be granted to the said issue . |
| 4 | The deadline passed on Feb. 28 for Hong Kong citizens to apply for a " first tranche " of allocations of UK passports under the British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Act , introduced in April 1990 as a confidence-building measure after the unrest in China in the previous year [ see p. 37376 ] , and enacted in July . |
| 5 | Nevertheless separate meetings which President Vassiliou and Denktash held with the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 , 1989 , resulted in both sides accepting an invitation from Pérez de Cuéllar to meet for an indefinite period in search of an agreement , starting on Feb. 26 , 1990 . |
| 6 | They 'd stopped in Port Patrick harbour to wait for the tide . |
| 7 | The TAC has short-listed Horner Collis & Kirvan and Bainsfair Sharkey Trott to bid for the account . |