Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 2 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 3 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 4 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 5 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 6 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 7 | IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds . |
| 8 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 9 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 10 | The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas . |
| 11 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 12 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 13 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 14 | Insufficient data on survival ( patients admitted only for the management of the acute bleeding ) or incomplete medical records excluded seven patients ; 12 other patients were not studied because of prehepatic portal hypertension ( four ) , associated hepatocellular carcinoma or other neoplasms ( seven ) , or previous shunting ( one ) . |
| 15 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 16 | The Channel Tunnel is to be built using the grand Chantier , or large scale works , procedure hitherto used only for the construction of nuclear power stations . |
| 17 | The baptistery was , in early Christian times , used only for the sacrament of baptism . |
| 18 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 19 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 20 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 21 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 22 | The Rentcharges Act 1977 prohibited the creation of further rent-charges , and provided also for the extinguishment of all existing rentcharges at the end of sixty years starting on 22 July 1977 , or on the date the rentcharge first became payable , whichever is later . |
| 23 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 24 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 25 | The legal position was not entirely clear : if the extract was short enough , then it was permissible to use it , because an extract from a book used purely for the purpose of comment did not constitute a breach of copyright , but in the present circumstances , when it was used for purely political purposes , I was not so sure . |
| 26 | At Windscale in 1957 a sudden temperature rise and ignition of the uranium fuel cartridges within an air-cooled graphite moderated reactor ( a type designed solely for the production of military plutonium ) led to the release of ionizing radiation from the reactor stack . |
| 27 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
| 28 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 29 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 30 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |