Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] [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 | Today , FSP/UK , an independent member of a network which includes six South Pacific countries , Australia , Canada and the United States , is committed to finding funds for the Malaria/AIDS programme . |
| 3 | In England any road leading to a port or a market was a royal road , and this indicates that royal interest was not confined to providing roads for the movement and provision of royal armies , but was concerned with trade and markets . |
| 4 | Fifteen people including church workers were arrested on Dec. 1 in connection with an attack on Oct. 30 on the military high command [ see p. 37038 ] , and a US church worker , Jennifer Casolo , was held for 18 days accused of stockpiling weapons for the FMLN , before being released on Dec. 13 under intensive pressure from the USA . |
| 5 | The next chapter will discuss financial techniques used in setting criteria for the selection of project proposals to maximize profitability . |
| 6 | At an earlier hearing , Mr McKenzie had told the judge that he had been employed in making doors for the transatlantic liner . |
| 7 | Every subterfuge is availed of to furnish excuses for the spending of money , not because the spending thereof is necessary , or even desirable , in the public interest , but because of the opportunities for graft incident thereto . |
| 8 | There is also concern that complainants might be put off bringing complaints for the same reason . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the meantime she 's been banned from keeping animals for the rest of her life . |
| 12 | Rival gambling enterprises fear the lottery , aimed at raising funds for the arts , sport and charities , will cost them more than £1 billion a year . |