Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not too much to say that , throughout the last three critical years in China , it is to Dr Morrison that the British public has looked from day to day for the earliest and most accurate intelligence concerning events in which the interests of this country have been so largely involved . ’ |
| 2 | It is likely too that the provision for value had originally been framed in relation to purchase for value , for otherwise there is no good reason why Ulpian should be concerned with fitting other legal relationships into the same pattern as sale . |
| 3 | As he has shifted from opposition to support for the Vance-Owen plan , so has Serbian television . |
| 4 | Quite soon the loads on aircraft got too big for this method ( though shot-bags are still used from time to time for certain simple tests ) and nowadays the loads are applied by means of hydraulic jacks operating through very elaborate multiple lever or ‘ family tree ’ systems ; each of the hundreds of branches ends in a mechanical attachment to the wing surface . |
| 5 | Passata and stock are used in preference to wine for the casserole , to allow the flavour of the young lamb and vegetables to dominate the dish . |
| 6 | Benefits affected by admission to hospital For details see leaflet NI9. ( f your elderly parent is admitted to hospital or an old people 's home under the National Health Service , there may be a reduction in , or a withdrawal of , certain State benefits ( but this will not apply if she enters a charitable home or has treatment as a private patient ) . |
| 7 | Inspectors , some of them Englishmen , were dismissed from time to time for accepting bribes or for other dubious practices . |
| 8 | As a label , Gramola is still revived from time to time for releases that are primarily designed for the local market . |
| 9 | ‘ On sentencing any person convicted of murder to imprisonment for life the court may at the same time declare the period which it recommends to the Secretary of State as the minimum period which in its view should elapse before the Secretary of State orders the release of that person on licence under section 27 of the Prison Act 1952 … |
| 10 | In this room , the tree has pride of place , decorated with purple , red and gold baubles with strings of pearl beads and silver cord garlands draped from branch to branch for a touch of elegance . |