Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [noun] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In BR , Robbins ( 1986 ) found that vacancies for the entry grade to the train drivers ' ( ‘ footplate ’ ) line of promotion were still advertised only through internal channels . |
| 2 | These he identified as arrangements for the police and security services , the stationing of troops of both sides and the administration of Renamo-controlled areas in the period before elections . |
| 3 | An indictment , issued by a Californian grand jury on Feb. 23 and kept secret until after the arrests , stated that payment for the krytrons had been authorized by the Iraqi embassy in London . |
| 4 | Laing & Cruickshank , Knighton 's stockbrokers , confirmed that funds for the deal had been available . |
| 5 | The opposition New Progressive Party ( PNP ) claimed that victory for the government would have strained relations with the USA and have led to the possible loss of student scholarships and federal food aid . |
| 6 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-wing Democratic Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) claimed that votes for the PRI in Cárdenas exceeded the number of registered voters . |
| 7 | Bob McLean , convener of the home rule pressure group , Scottish Labour Action , stressed that proposals for the election of a Scottish party leader by the Scottish party conference were not targeted at Mr Clarke . |
| 8 | It seemed just possible that we might meet in Menton , where she went as judge for the Katherine Mansfield Prize — an inappropriate meeting-place , for we both greatly disliked ‘ K.M. ’ She was to inspire the admirable story ‘ Sisters ’ in Elizabeth 's next collection — the story of a cosy , bourgeoise , widowed ex-mayoress in a provincial town being embarrassed by questions about her famous , disreputable sister . |
| 9 | Professor Stewart Sutherland , vice-chancellor of the university , said that funding for the library was needed either from schools , colleges or institutes within the university or from the higher education funding council for England . |
| 10 | He said that episodes for the show were recorded on average three weeks before they were transmitted . |
| 11 | On Sept. 20 he said that prospects for an October peace conference were still uncertain , although the USA was " for the first time bringing pressure to bear on Israel " . |
| 12 | But Fred Dougan of the Gosford House said that tickets for the draw clearly stated ‘ persons under eligible ’ . |
| 13 | Announcing the delay on Nov. 9 , Head of State Amadou Toumani Touré said that preparations for the conference were behind schedule but added that the delay would give the rebel movements time to ensure they had proper representation to make credible commitments at the conference . |
| 14 | You wrote and article for the Guardian recently called ‘ Not in Front of the Children ’ , and I 'd just like to share with people the last two paragraphs . |
| 15 | Here one must concentrate , not on those explanations of the Second and Third Ages which Tolkien wrote as background for The Lord of the Rings , but on his labour and preoccupation for nearly sixty years , the legends of the First Age : Tuor and Tûrin in the Unfinished Tales , but beyond and around them the whole ‘ narrative structure ’ of The Silmarillion . |
| 16 | In July 1897 , having already purchased the Union Canals in 1894 and just completed options to purchase the Leicester Navigation , and the Loughborough and Erewash Canals , the committee resolved to purchase the necessary land at Foxton and instructed that tenders for the lift machinery be obtained . |
| 17 | Wolfgang Schäuble , parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , had on Aug. 31 suggested that financing for the east should be raised by the introduction of a compulsory 5 per cent interest-free investment bond , repayable after 1996 , ( i ) for those earning over DM5,000 per month gross who had not bought special eastern solidarity bonds ; or ( ii ) for businesses with more than 20 employees which had not invested in the east . |
| 18 | Imprisonment has to be seen in the context of the German breakthrough in France , and fears about what would happen in Glasgow on May day 1918 ; it removed him from influence , even though he stood as candidate for the Gorbals in Glasgow in the 1918 election and attracted 7,436 votes against G. N. Barnes [ q.v . ] . |