Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Princess Diana has agreed to be patron to Centrepoint , the London-based charity caring for the homeless , it was announced last night . |
| 2 | She disposed of her errand , and armed herself with cash , and they went to shop , the usual duty shopping for the household , the more esoteric lines which were not stocked and delivered locally ; and a few items for her own pleasure . |
| 3 | Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed , confused elderly . |
| 4 | I was based in Rostov-on-Don , part of the British team preparing for the ship 's arrival . |
| 5 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |
| 6 | Their effect is to reduce the average loss arising for the UK from membership of the EC . |
| 7 | One of the crucial questions emerging for the CNAA during the 1970s was in fact the extent to which it could take initiatives as well as being responsive . |
| 8 | While classical factors were often present , and for brief periods predominated , Keynesian factors were the proximate forces accounting for the rise in unemployment over this period . |
| 9 | That weapon 's yet to be found and police have been searching through the gardens of nearby houses and lifting drains in the surrounding area looking for the knife . |
| 10 | ‘ Away you go lads ’ sent the leading squad dashing for the bridge literally under a hail of fire , for the startled Germans were shooting too high . |
| 11 | Reg. v. Committee of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council acting for the Visitor of the University of London , Ex parte Vijayatunga [ 1988[Q.B. 322 ; [ 1988 ] 2 W.L.R. 106 ; [ 1987 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 12 | These were an appeal by the applicant , Edgar Page , and cross-appeals by the University of Hull and the Lord President of the Privy Council acting for the visitor of the university by leave of the Court of Appeal ( Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. , Staughton and Farquharson L.JJ. ) [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 from its decision of 31 July 1991 allowing an appeal by the university and the Lord President from the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division . |
| 13 | As the HEFCE is fully aware , one of the major issues arising for the University within the planning period is the likely effect on the University 's Medical School of plans by the Oxfordshire Health Authority to consolidate Oxford hospital activity at Headington . |
| 14 | Geldof 's idea and the money which was raised can not be faulted , even if it was a pathetic sight to see the fat popsters fighting for the limelight . |
| 15 | The various lawyers acting for the pressure groups that advocate the law breaking are saying that the Shops Act 1950 is not extant and that the referral to the European Court of Justice implies that the 1950 |
| 16 | Cecilia went down the steps at West Hampstead station and stood on the lefthand platform waiting for the train to come down from Kilburn . |
| 17 | It took a day of debate additional to the agreed three-day sitting for the amended proposals to be passed , clause by clause . |
| 18 | The twins , David and Michael , had been prowling about in the front garden waiting for the sight of Belinda 's car , and as soon as she stepped out into the driveway and came up the path to the house they raced ahead of her inside to relay the news of her arrival , without even saying hello to her . |
| 19 | That 's all I 've been able to do all afternoon , sit here like bloody Mariana in the moated grange waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 20 | So it was indeed a classic nightmare where I dreamt that I was the only person searching for the child , and the only person who saw that this vast Argosy was down near the coastline , and I landed in a most difficult position near the aircraft and found nobody else about . |
| 21 | Rain recovered herself but not before Shildon , the only person waiting for the lift , had registered the scene . |
| 22 | Flying Scot Colin McRae is third , but Malcolm Wilson showed his highly-rated compatriot that he is not the only Briton gunning for the Pounds 100,000 jackpot being offered by sponsors Lombard for a home winner . |
| 23 | The regional officers also wrote to the Chilean authorities calling for the prompt introduction of legislation which will give official licenses to the many community radio and TV stations that hitherto have been operating under severe restrictions . |
| 24 | I was about to contact the American lawyer acting for the defendants , Mr William Rogers ( later to become famous as Secretary of State under Nixon ) , when the telephone rang and it was the New York Times enquiring when I was going to meet him . |
| 25 | when when you 're in in the fucking station waiting for the old train you 're on the front of the fucking platform . |
| 26 | identify the other factors making for the expansion of private residential care , but give primacy to public finance : |
| 27 | THE OTHER ME Falling for the Romanesque |
| 28 | The other site competing for the plant is in Lockerbie , Scotland . |
| 29 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 30 | But the designer writing on the camera body needlessly confuses the first-time user searching for the shutter-release pad , which even adults find hard to operate . |