Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 13 the UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) announced a massive humanitarian food plan for Iraq , the first consignment of which involved the despatch of 15,000 tonnes of wheat and cooking oil for the Kurdish population . |
| 2 | At the moment John Cleese is in full sail , way ahead of the field , confident , at ease , and gathering energy for the next thing . |
| 3 | During the afternoon meeting , several breaks were called to allow discussions between the various groupings to examine the three motions on the table : a strong attack on the MPs , calling on the executive not to endorse their actions ; a motion regretting their action , and the successful statement welcoming the concession wrung out of the Westminster system and pledging support for the parliamentary group . |
| 4 | The Prime Minister would be most welcome to visit the Wallsend part of North Tyneside where he would have an opportunity to visit Swan Hunter and see a dedicated work force , a dedicated management and , above all , the pride of the people in Wallsend in building and refitting ships for the Royal Navy . |
| 5 | ‘ Q-shed ’ was once the warehouse and booking office for the much-loved P. & A. Campbell pleasure steamers , Today , a wide range of exciting and dynamic events and activities frequently changed are held here . |
| 6 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 7 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 8 | All the valve and operating fittings for the above locos were completed and burnished by hand at Wolverton Works Brass Shop . |
| 9 | Their relatively humdrum job these days is merely to argue about the best mechanism for finding out what the people want , the best way of looking after the country 's interests abroad and , in economics , the rival merits of maximising productive efficiency and maximising compassion for the poor devils who get least out of the efficiency . |
| 10 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 11 | To this framework people may add their own memorials to their loved ones , while the Association can ensure that memorials can benefit the living through undertaking projects such as Eagle Lodges and providing homes for the sick and elderly . |
| 12 | Some Conservatives also suspected that the welfare ethic — by removing the risks and disciplines of the market , providing a cushion for failures , and undermining incentives for the ambitious — weakened enterprise . |
| 13 | We have set out our tax and spending plans for the next three years . |
| 14 | In particular , the project will study a method called the Holt-Winters procedure , and examine ways of choosing smoothing parameters and starting values for the automatic version of the procedure , as well as testing a non-automatic version which allows subjective adjustment in regard to such features as outliers . |
| 15 | A training allowance and travelling expenses for the 16 weeks of the programme . |
| 16 | In this way , the Party furnishes itself with an army of willing and uncomplaining helpers for the vital tasks of conducting electoral campaigns . |
| 17 | There were craft workshops , shops and counting houses for the commercial and artisan community . |
| 18 | One output of the study will be suggestions for improved record keepin and monitoring procedures for the two authorities . |
| 19 | Eventually — and with some relief — we were out into open water and setting course for the other two large islands in the group , Barentsøvya and Edgeøya . |
| 20 | In 1920 the Imperial Bureau of Mycology was established at Kew under the directorship of Butler , who , after assembling a small staff and laying plans for the abstracting journal , the Review of Applied Mycology , visited plant pathologists in the United States , and subsequently Commonwealth countries , to obtain support for the Bureau , which flourished . |
| 21 | There will consequently be a longer gap than usual between buying the material and receiving payment for the delivered order . |
| 22 | There will consequently be a longer gap than usual between buying the material and receiving payment for the delivered order . |
| 23 | Some geographical targets might be covered , locating historical sites on a map using a grid , and planning marches for the Roman army on a topographical map , which would involve understanding of landforms and contour lines . |
| 24 | Roy Lambe , aged 25 , of Belfast , was charged with having two rifles , a pistol and ammunition with intent to endanger life ; possessing information likely to be useful to terrorists and raising money for the illegal loyalist group the Red Hand Commandos . |
| 25 | On Oct. 9 the Mozambique legislature approved a number of amendments to the Constitution which effectively incorporated the terms of Protocol Number 3 signed between the government and Renamo on March 12 and covering arrangements for the future electoral system [ see p. 38804 ] . |
| 26 | Walsall Museum and Art Gallery has developed an energetic and lively educational programme around the collection , encouraging primary school teachers to use it as a teaching aid for the national curriculum , starting up a printmaking course inspired by the works in the collection and offering prizes for the best short description of one of the works . |