Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the chairman of selectors , whose decision to pick South African rebel Mike Gatting instead of Gower for the winter tour of India sparked a storm of protest , warned : ‘ These people may have won the first battle , but they are approaching a lee shore and there are plenty of rocks on that shore . |
| 2 | Levi had unsuccessfully challenged Itzhak Shamir for the party leadership in February [ see p. 38787 ] . |
| 3 | Again Corals had to reduce their early odds of 6-1 on Carvill 's Hill for the Gold Cup to 5-1 . |
| 4 | IT IS again the week when the world 's finance ministers and central bankers flock to Washington for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 5 | ORRELL , the North West 's sole representative in Courage Division One , will this month exchange the lush turf of England for the sand pitches of the Middle East . |
| 6 | It might be doubted whether Ragnvald 's sons , who were first put forward as Cnut 's opponents at Holy River long ago , would have been sufficiently well known in England for the Chronicle entry to be readily intelligible , but this is not certain , and an annalist naming leaders of large Swedish forces may have thought it obvious that they were Swedes themselves . |
| 7 | DeNiro 's also rumoured to be competing with James Woods for the villain role in Rob Reiner 's film version of the Broadway smash A Few Good Men . |
| 8 | Billingham Synthonia , who have won their last seven in a row , have doubts over defenders Sean O'Brien and Tommy Connor for the home game with Northallerton , and with another defender Andy Harbron unavailable , manager Stuart Coleby may be forced to play . |
| 9 | Michael Mail , second violinist with the Mellstock Quire , from an illustrated edition of Under the Greenwood Tree published by Tinsley for the Christmas market in 1875 . |
| 10 | Guilsfield are boosted by the return of paceman Patrick Wildblood and batsman David Williams for the home game with Church Ashton in Division Five . |
| 11 | LANCASHIRE 'S prolific run-scorer Neil Fairbrother ( left ) and Middlesex 's exciting young spinner Phil Tufnell get into the Christmas spirit before joining up with the rest of their England colleagues who fly off on Monday for the winter tour to India . |
| 12 | A 24-bit , two slot Sbus for the IPX Sparctstation at the cost of £3,500 , is claimed to outperform Silicon Graphic Inc 's Iris Indigo workstations . |
| 13 | Hatoof , owned by Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum , whose stud sponsors the Newbury race , stays at home in Paris for the Prix Imprudence over Maisons-Laffitte 's straight seven furlongs , on which trainer Criquette Head 's Ravinella prefaced her Newmarket 1,000 Guineas win four years ago . |
| 14 | The auction , which raised questions about the compensation of owners in the case of classification by the Monuments Historiques came after only two weeks after ‘ Corbeille de fleurs et fruits ’ by the same artist was sold at Drouot salerooms in Paris for the record sum of FFr7.5 million , far in excess of the £230,000 raised by Sotheby 's London for ‘ Still Life of Plums and Peaches ’ on 4 July , 1990 . |
| 15 | FRIDAY : UEFA halve the two-season ban imposed on Ajax for the crowd trouble against Austria Vienna last month . |
| 16 | Looking at the special carpet , woven by Stoddard Mercia for the Town Hall in Paisley , Jim Maxwell ( right ) , Regional Sales Manager , is discussing the design with Robert Stevenson , Councillor for Elderslie . |
| 17 | A fine win at Grimsby for the chart topers from south London . |
| 18 | Newtown call up Tony Rudd for the home game with Acton Reynald in Division Two , while batsman John Smout Snr replaces his son Richard . |
| 19 | In 1983 , long before the West felt able to give aid to Poland , the committee chose Lech Walesa for the Peace Prize in a gesture which embarrassed the Polish government and focused the attention of the world on the changes taking place in Warsaw . |
| 20 | An example was written even before the Sharon Tate murders by Stephen Farber for the winter issue of the respected journal , Film Quarterly , in which he examined the reasons why young audiences responded so passionately to Easy Rider . |
| 21 | With 115 Squadron at Marham , after doing the conversion course , I was part of the crew that took WF562 down to Odiham for the Coronation Review of the RAF , but what was not mentioned was the cleaning of the aircraft using tins of ‘ Duraglit ’ by air and ground crew before we went , only to fly through a rain storm on the way down and having to do it all over again , when we arrived . |
| 22 | Robert Hamer prepares Joan Greenwood for the trial scene in Kind hearts and Coronets ( 1949 ) |
| 23 | The sometimes lethargic HQ at Algiers needed a prod from Lord Mountbatten before COPPs 3 and 4 were sent on to Malta for the submarine approach to their recce . |
| 24 | The Tribune Group voted against John Prescott 's challenge to Hattersley for the deputy leadership in 1988 after ruling that he should not be permitted to speak . |
| 25 | Mr McKenzie , originally from Enniskillen , flew in from Cyprus for the presentation ceremony at the Ulster Flying Club in Newtownards . |
| 26 | I next plan to visit Cyprus for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 1993 . |
| 27 | I returned home from work one day to find a parcel from Armitages for the star letter of the month . |
| 28 | ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Malaysia , and will be present in Kuala Lumpur for the Opening Stages of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting . |
| 29 | Well for now let's go to another Charlton , soccer legend , Bobby Charlton , you heard him on Richard Rielly 's programme this afternoon , he 's coming to the area next Wednesday for the press launch of the Bobby Charlton Sports Day , which will be held at the Blackbird Ley 's leisure centre on the twenty fourth of April . |
| 30 | ScotRail push–pull Class 47/7 No 47716 Duke of Edinburgh 's Award ( named July 1985 ) leaves Edinburgh Waverley with a shuttle service to Haymarket TMD for the ScotRail festival on 24 August 1985 . |