Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pliny himself advised amulets of amber against delirium and recommended powdered amber for the stomach . |
| 2 | Radio is booming and offers excellent potential for the PR operator . |
| 3 | The second strong PR option would be to take the opposite line , to say how outrageous it is that there is all this terrible auditing going on , and to promise painful retribution for the wrongdoers . |
| 4 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 5 | In 1343 Archbishop Zouche of York at first resisted the king 's nominee for the deanery of York because Cardinal Talleyrand had already been papally provided ; when the king 's judges found against him , Zouche acquiesced in the royal candidate , rejected the cardinal and endured papal excommunication for the last four years of his life . |
| 6 | My company is an outstandingly tolerant one , and has great respect for the individual . |
| 7 | The aim is to focus world attention on the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in other parts of Europe and to encourage humanitarian aid for the victims . |
| 8 | In a draft policy statement entitled : ‘ University Consensual Relationships ’ published last week , the AUT recommends lecturers officially report romantic or sexual involvement and cease professional responsibility for the student concerned . |
| 9 | The hydrogeologist supervised the national groundwater monitoring programme and retained overall responsibility for the computerisation of water borehole records . |
| 10 | We will reverse cuts in design consultancy schemes and provide additional funding for the Design Council . |
| 11 | Will the Minister confirm that the total cost of the Trident programme is likely to be over £23 billion , that it is a monstrous waste of money , that to hold nuclear weapons is immoral and that in the interests of world peace he should cancel the programme and provide useful work for the highly skilled people who have manufactured those awful weapons of mass destruction ? |
| 12 | Let me feed you and provide soothing balm for the lady 's wound . |
| 13 | It went on : ‘ The board of governors acknowledges the widespread public and staff concern that John Birt was not employed on a staff basis and accepts full responsibility for the errors made and apologises for them . ’ |
| 14 | Reflecting on the political upheaval of the past several years , Mr Gubenko warned against politicisation of museums and lamented widespread disregard for the 1970 Hague Convention . |
| 15 | Others offered to man phones , to work out rotas of helpers , and to provide clerical back-up for the two solicitors . |
| 16 | As a common carrier , the NVOCC enters into contracts of affreightment with his shipper , issues his own bill of lading , and assumes full responsibility for the carriage not merely from port of shipment to port of discharge , but from the point of origin to point of destination . |
| 17 | Yet more instructions are given as to how the people should live , how they should avoid oppression , and show true compassion for the poor and the vulnerable . |
| 18 | The result — a rather higher rate of completion of power stations and higher spending four or five years later in the mid-1950s — was welcomed by the Electricity Division , but it annoyed the Treasury and caused political embarrassment for the Government ( which had been promising restraint in the public sector ) . |
| 19 | It has also formed a Candle Advanced Solution Institute through which it plans to share its experiences and recommendations in areas of client-server computing , open systems and object oriented software for the mainframe and other environments . |
| 20 | As part of the evolving role of the regions of Europe , we will establish a Scottish representative office in Brussels and seek appropriate representation for the Scottish Parliament in European institutions . |
| 21 | However , he gained the confidence and personal friendship of Pope Pius IX and exercised considerable influence for the next twenty years . |
| 22 | For example , in Indonesia LASMO is sponsoring a land rehabilitation scheme involving a number of villages ; in Colombia , LASMO is actively involved in the construction of schools and providing financial assistance for the supply of educational material and scholarships and has begun work on a Small Business Development programme to generate economic activity and assist local communities to become increasingly self sufficient ; and in Scotland a LASMO Arts Trust has been set up to provide cash awards for promising musical students . |
| 23 | All these activities are aimed to ensure that as more job opportunities become available , the profession will compete successfully in attracting and providing accessible training for the highest quality students . |
| 24 | These two linked workshops explore the techniques used in ‘ Skylark ’ to devise and perform original work for the theatre , and should not be missed by anyone committed to developing their work as performers . |
| 25 | There were 44 tournaments on the Challenge Tour this season , the idea behind its formation being to discover and launch new talent for the future good of European golf . |
| 26 | It comes from taking a genuine interest in and having persistent enthusiasm for the company 's products , services and customers . |
| 27 | Annie Griffin came to Britain from New York in 1980 as a student and since 1986 has been devising and performing original work for the theatre . |
| 28 | An anti-homosexual initiative was passed in Colorado but turned down in Oregon ; California rejected proposals to give the Governor greater control over the budget and to allow doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill ; an equal rights amendment to give women statutory equal rights with men was rejected in Iowa ; environmental proposals on mandatory recyclable packaging and an excise tax on hazardous substances manufactured in the state were defeated in Massachusetts ; and Arizona voted to observe a state holiday in memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King , the 50th state to do so , and decided to switch its method of execution from gas chamber to lethal injection . |
| 29 | He said in a letter to MPs : ‘ Maxwell pensioners will be asking Parliament to bring this gnawing uncertainty to an end by calling on the Government to shoulder its responsibilities by guaranteeing their pensions and assuming full responsibility for the pursuit and recovery of all stolen assets . ’ |
| 30 | Their idea was to set up a cooperative to supply computer skills to voluntary groups and other co-ops , and to develop new software for the purpose . |