Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Zahid Dar , a spokesman for their solicitors , said the other two may seek compensation for wrongful detention . |
| 2 | It empowers the Department of Justice to sue to obtain redress for victims of housing discrimination ( the damages may include payment for personal humiliation as well as loss of time or money ) . |
| 3 | The English curriculum should prepare pupils for possible study of these subjects as separate options , and not seek to supplant them . |
| 4 | It was held that Bennett must compensate Harper for that work by paying him £226 ) . |
| 5 | The single market should boost demand for electronic equipment and components and therefore the chemicals used in their production , says the report . |
| 6 | We must consider priorities for public expenditure on education , as elsewhere . |
| 7 | It must provide opportunities for social rehabilitation |
| 8 | Under these proposals EC heads of state and government ( i.e. the European Council ) would decide , under conditions requiring unanimous agreement , which aspects of foreign policy should become matters for common policy . |
| 9 | In the case of + , centres must take responsibility for this element ; the presence of a system for internal verification will be a condition of approval of a centre . |
| 10 | Whatever view is taken of this analysis , and it will be discussed more fully below , it seems to state quite clearly that the determination of sex is a matter for lawyers and courts ; that the law , in other words , must establish methods for determining sex which may or may not correspond to medical opinion . |
| 11 | While Cadbury recommended that the Accounting Standards Board ( ASB ) and the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) should issue standards for interim presentation and review , the jury is still out on what these standards should contain . |
| 12 | The debt must exceed £750 for this procedure to be invoked . |
| 13 | Instead , we should promote opportunities for flexible retirement and combinations of part-employment , part-retirement which suit the different needs of older people . |
| 14 | It may carry genes for delicate surface ornament , yet be worn smooth by abrasion . |
| 15 | It may carry genes for large size but remain stunted through starvation . |
| 16 | However , the practices and procedures which the team has adopted seem to have been shaped more directly by a -latent agenda of issues : a preference amongst the team 's management for a " hands on service ; the maintenance , until recently , of a strong health authority orientation to the team ( a hospital base , the dominance of the psychiatrist 's authority , the hospital itself as a central feature of the Borough 's service pattern ) ; a separatism which has been maintained between the social workers and the CMHNs over the team 's access to health and social service resources , so that social workers may refer clients for social service resources , and nurses for health authority resources , but not vice versa ; These features have tended to rule out for the team any sustained attention to the developmental role — a role which is certainly a part of its official brief , but which is clearly not a priority in terms of its current practice . |
| 17 | It may however , present a defendant in a criminal trial with a way of side-stepping the requirement that only the Attorney may bring actions for unintentional contempt . |
| 18 | DIVISION in the oil industry on tax changes intensified yesterday when the body representing small independent producers warned that some of its members might withdraw applications for new drilling licences . |
| 19 | He 'll have responsibility for regional programming as well as scheduling , marketing and ITV network matters . |
| 20 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 21 | Maximising present value ought , furthermore , at least in theory , to serve the interests of all shareholders , notwithstanding that some shareholders might have preferences for high dividend payouts rather than capital growth . |
| 22 | With ‘ loan-back ’ schemes , which mainly concerned repossessed properties being bought by BES companies , an investor might pay 100p for each share . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll save Greece for another year . |
| 24 | The precautionary approach to development in areas which may become candidates for managed retreat in the future is most welcome . |
| 25 | Under s20(4) a local authority may provide accommodation for any child within their area if they consider that this would safeguard and promote the child 's welfare ( s20(4) ) . |
| 26 | Aberconwy Borough Council said the damage figure passed the point at which they could make requests for financial help to the Government . |
| 27 | Why graft your arse off for a full week to make £130 , when you could make £150 for one day 's shoplifting ? |
| 28 | If he could win support for domestic expansion by coupling it with other proposals , he was only too eager to do so . |
| 29 | ‘ But if we could swap jobs for one day my first task would be to address the Free World wearing the Everton strip , then run a Blues flag up the mast at the White House . ’ |
| 30 | Equally if the Soviet Union did not participate , this could provide room for Russian meddling . |