Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the emancipation process , the authorities lacked the wherewithal to pay for the transference of land . |
| 2 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 3 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 4 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |
| 5 | Set 329 to win in a minimum of 73 overs , Zimbabwe made no effort to go for the total . |
| 6 | The newspaper published an apology and agreed a sum to compensate for the distress caused to Lord Dervaird and his family . |
| 7 | The newspaper published an apology and agreed a sum to compensate for the distress caused to Lord Dervaird and his family . |
| 8 | Next the Emperor made an attempt to push for the accession of Isabella 's son Alfonso , Prince of the Asturias . |
| 9 | On the Saturday Mum grabbed the opportunity to head for the shops , while the rest of us had an interesting time choosing a tennis racquet for Roland to give to me for my birthday — a generous present and already in use . |
| 10 | The major problems included the need to account for the differences in the schools ' intakes , deciding which groups of pupils were included in the result statistics ( e.g. whether sixth form pupils taking ‘ O ’ levels were included along with 5th formers ) , and the problem , for outsiders such as Gray , of getting hold of all the relevant statistics . |
| 11 | Their fame began innocently enough in 1893 when an enterprising baron founded a lottery to pay for the Rio de Janeiro zoo . |
| 12 | Rutherford was muttering something about a by-pass always changing a country community , as if he felt the need to apologise for the place . |
| 13 | Tonight 's winner has until mid-December to agree a purse offer with Lewis , who won the right to fight for the title with his second-round knockout of Razor Ruddock . |
| 14 | Acting Attorney General since Dick Thornburgh resigned the post to run for the Senate [ for his announcement in June p. 38279 ] , Barr was a strong supporter of tougher law-and-order measures . |
| 15 | Mr. Secretary Hunt , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. David Mellor , Sir Wyn Roberts and Mr. Nicholas Bennett , presented a Bill to provide for the construction by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation of a barrage across the mouth of Cardiff Bay with an outer harbour and of a tidal lagoon and for related works ; to make provision for the acquisition and use of land for the works ; to make provision about the operation and management of the barrage , the outer harbour , the water impounded by the barrage and the lagoon ; to make provision for dealing with property damage resulting from any alteration of groundwater levels which may occur in consequence of the construction of the barrage ; to enable other protective provisions to be made ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed . |
| 16 | Mr. Tony Benn presented a Bill to provide for the establishment of a Commonwealth of Europe ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 17 January and to be printed . |
| 17 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 18 | I had the chance to audition for the transfer to London cast of Another Country which requires young actors to play seventeen-year-olds . |
| 19 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |
| 20 | On the other hand , there would be a deeper meaning , which wise expositors had a duty to uncover for the benefit of those above the common herd . |
| 21 | So many barns ended up looking like suburban villas that The Society For The Protection Of Ancient Buildings launched a campaign to fight for the preservation and proper use of these distinctive and historic treasures . |
| 22 | The son had no right to complain for the father might make what distribution of his property he liked ; and the son 's abstaining from doing what he had no right to do can be no consideration . |
| 23 | The first time my mother had been indignant and remarked that Syl had no right to disappear for the evening without telling us where he was going . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |