Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [v-ing] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Representing Weymouth ( with his father ) in the Short Parliament ( 1640 ) and Bridport in its successor , as a student of mathematics Strangways was chiefly occupied in counting votes for the nascent Royalist party in the Commons . |
| 2 | The next chapter will discuss financial techniques used in setting criteria for the selection of project proposals to maximize profitability . |
| 3 | At an earlier hearing , Mr McKenzie had told the judge that he had been employed in making doors for the transatlantic liner . |
| 4 | Many a PCC is also actively engaged in raising funds for the preservation and development of its church , an activity to which Dr George Carey testifies in his book The Church in the Market Place . |
| 5 | This kind of prestige was formalized in ploughing matches for the horsemen , while for stockmen the equivalent public arenas for competition were markets and agricultural shows . |