Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing unusual about clogged up roads in London , but this was the school half-term holidays — usually a haven of relatively clear tarmac , a glorious window of opportunity to leave home for the office a quarter of an hour later . |
| 2 | For most of the following day , the team of operators waited patiently for the temperature to drop . |
| 3 | A Plan of Action drawn up for the conference was estimated to cost between US$4,000 million and $6,000 million . |
| 4 | He looked about him , noting how Spatz had had his suite of offices decorated specially for the occasion , the furnishings replaced . |
| 5 | A crowd of Glaswegians waited patiently for the ferry . |
| 6 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 7 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 8 | Try explaining it to Ashley as he sits in the back of the minibus watching the streets of Salzburg slip by for the last time as — filming finished — we begin the journey back home . |
| 9 | However , even a change from one class of use to another will require planning permission only if the change is deemed to be a ‘ material ’ change : if , for instance , an entrepreneur wishes to convert a shop , which falls into the class of buildings used primarily for the sale of goods by retail , into a restaurant see Westminster City Council v. McDonald 's Hamburgers ( 1986 ) 7 CL 325 ( b ) . |
| 10 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 11 | AI believes that the nuns from Shungsep nunnery are prisoners of conscience imprisoned solely for the peaceful advocacy of their political views . |
| 12 | The evidence is that at the present time there is a serious lack of resources to care adequately for the number of sufferers living in ordinary housing , and that this mismatch between numbers and resources is likely to increase at least to the end of the century . |
| 13 | It 's only ten years since the Comedy Store opened , but already there is a note of wistfulness creeping in for the good old days . |
| 14 | Hollyhocks is a collection of cosmetics designed specifically for the man who does n't need a macho image — the whole range is based on English country garden flowers . |
| 15 | Send the form to your local social security office , and you 'll be sent claim form BW 1 to be completed in order to receive the book of orders to cash in for the widow 's allowance . |
| 16 | This Act introduced the Rate Support Grant , made LEAs ( rather than central government ) responsible for paying for school meals and milk , and allocated funds ( under Section 11 ) to local authorities for payment of staff employed specifically for the education and welfare of immigrants . |
| 17 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 18 | Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of the PC Patrick Dunne , who was shot dead on duty in South London . |
| 19 | The men who obey their party 's call in the House of Lords do so for the highest of motives . |
| 20 | In the examples of objectives given above for the cognitive domain , the affective component will be revealed in the quality of the interaction between the student and patient , in the way the nurse handles any complications arising , and in the evaluation stage , in the emphasis she places on personal and psychological needs . |
| 21 | She delights particularly in this dominance of architecture over furnishing , ‘ a piece of space enclosed simply for the sake of beautiful outline ’ , so that the small dining-table appears as ‘ an odd and insignificant accident ’ . |
| 22 | The European Commission has accepted the first set of standards worked out for the EC 's ecolabelling scheme , which aims to inform consumers about the environmental impact of particular products . |
| 23 | HUNDREDS of runners turned out for the annual Race The Train cross country event on the Talyllyn Railway on August 15 . |
| 24 | When you weigh it up , would any amount of perks make up for the fact that joining this particular firm involves waking up next to the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York ? |
| 25 | ‘ There used to be 200 , but since the food stopped coming … a lot of women came mainly for the donations . |
| 26 | The limits of pitch given above for the three drums remain true for mechanical drums , though composers have at times demanded extra large or small ones . |