Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun] for [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Splitting frequencies — transmitting different programmes on FM and AM — could effectively double listening hours and provides two highly targeted audiences for advertising in a catchment area . |
| 2 | BP OIL UK LTD was kind enough , about two years ago , to give a generous donation to this Association , allowing it to purchase some much needed items for use by volunteer team members . |
| 3 | In due course the council , Mr. Bookbinder and Mr. Oyston all brought actions for defamation in respect of those articles . |
| 4 | Palo Alto , California-based Legato Systems Inc has agreed to provide its Transport Independent Remote Procedure Call tool kit to Novell Inc in exchange for Novell 's local network Workplace TCP/IP stack — the Novell product will be bundled with Legato 's Networker in its ClientPak II configuration and users with MS-DOS clients on a NetWare local network will be able to do on-demand back-up of MS-DOS and Unix applications by backing them up on a Unix or NetWare server configured with TCP/IP ; IBM has already licensed NetWorker for marketing to its RS/6000 customers . |
| 5 | Polly Peck raised half of the £560million Del Monte Fresh Fruit purchase cost through its three-for-seven rights issue , but it has just paid £69million for control of Sansui . |
| 6 | We also recommend that there should be a central bank of specially compiled examples for training in the moderation process . |
| 7 | To adopt this approach successfully it is important that government has a clearly defined framework for investment in research . |
| 8 | Both denied struggle for power as an agent of social change , but accepted the necessity of evolution , the logical consequence of which was belief in the centrality of parliamentarianism . |
| 9 | Besides the Dresser drawings , the Met 's exhibition features other notable groups of designs , which Johnson has tellingly juxtaposed with similar examples by different ‘ schools ’ : several rug designs by 1920s British designer Eileen Gray are placed near a group of anonymous Bauhaus rug designs which strongly suggest Klee ; fabric patterns by such diverse talents as the American painter Stuart Davis , French couturier Paul Poiret and anonymous masters from the Wiener Werkstatte are remarkably similar , as are finely finished watercolours for furniture by the American L. and J.G. Stickley Company and Swedish designer Erik Gunnar Asplund . |
| 10 | So , Mr Smith cautiously withheld support for eviction until such time as he felt the old boy was sufficiently reconciled to moving out . |
| 11 | Rapid economic development has vastly increased demand for water in recent years , and the expansion is expected to continue : the water needs of the urban population are expected to increase by 45 per cent in the next 20 years , with industry requiring 30 per cent more water and agriculture 14 per cent more . |
| 12 | We need to ensure that there is a well developed strategy for science in Europe , particularly in those areas where major efforts are required such as environmental research . |
| 13 | Under the new rules the amount of capital that banks and S&Ls were required to hold " against conservatively underwritten loans for construction of pre-sold homes " was reduced . |
| 14 | A simple and frequently recommended regime for control of toxocariasis in young dogs is as follows : |
| 15 | Leamington is a well known centre for Acupuncture with one of the country 's leading training colleges . |
| 16 | Well if I could just read read that , a well planned strategy for hou for land , for hous , sorry a well planned strategy for land for housing which ensures that housing is available in the areas where jobs are being being created can make a valuable contri contribution to national prosperity and economic growth , so I say I do n't think we would have that erm valuable contribution if the new settlement were located away from Greater York . |
| 17 | There is a well established role for termination of pregnancy in certain congenital abnormalities . |
| 18 | On demurrer it was held by the majority of the Court of Queen 's Bench that while the authorities had until then confined liability for enticement to the relation between master and servant ( which that between Lumley and Wagner clearly was not ) yet the plaintiff 's claim succeeded . |
| 19 | It is known that that material is stored in the republic and then brought north for use by the terrorists . |
| 20 | LABOUR LEADERS last night suffered the first setback of the Brighton conference when delegates overwhelmingly rejected pleas for unity by demanding heavy cuts in defence spending . |
| 21 | In a similar vein one may recall the refusal of Taskopruzade 's grandfather to return to Istanbul to take up an appointment at the newly built Sahn for fear of becoming involved in distracting ambitions for personal glory . |
| 22 | The parents of 26 children refused to send them to the designated school and instead made arrangements for tuition to be given to them by , inter alios , a volunteer retired teacher , in rooms above a public house . |
| 23 | Firstly , there is the traditional method of the offer for sale by tender where the Bank of England offers a large amount ( usually not less than £1 billion ) of newly created stock for sale at or above a specific minimum price . |
| 24 | i.e. elaborately produced editions for display in the drawing room rather than reading . |
| 25 | Spanish fishermen continually faced fines for fishing in Moroccan waters under an agreement signed between Morocco and the EC in February 1988 [ see p. 35855 ] , and the European Commission finally agreed to convene a meeting to review the agreement of the mixed committee originally given the responsibility of supervising the agreement . |