Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A designer was using a computer to specify plans for the igniter for an aircraft engine . |
| 2 | At any rate , Templer won a contract to supply granite for the new London Bridge , built in 1825–31 to replace the earlier one which was no longer safe or adequate . |
| 3 | Irish authorities are to urge the US to be as flexible as possible over visas in a bid to maximise support for the Republic 's bid for World Cup glory . |
| 4 | Julie , from Minors Crescent , Cockerton , Darlington , will go up in a glider to raise money for the Darlington Meningitis Support Group . |
| 5 | In May 1788 , immediately after Pitt had persuaded the Commons to agree the slave trade would be debated in the next session , the mainly Quaker members of the London committee , accompanied by Thomas Walker and Thomas Cooper from Manchester who had come to the capital to inspire urgency , formed a deputation to prepare MPs for the forthcoming discussion . |
| 6 | On Tuesday Feb 12 there will be a benefit to raise money for the 1991 women 's Delegation to Belfast and Derry featuring women 's bands , Irish music , food , videos etc . |
| 7 | In the following year , addressing the Royal United Services Institute , he was to be found covering his tracks across the same ground : ‘ They accept us now ; they used to suspect us of being a trap to catch boys for the Army … |
| 8 | They need a home where they will be safe from hunting animals such as bears or lynx and they also need a place to store food for the winter when the land is snow-bound . |
| 9 | The UN is also being asked to garner Iraq 's oil revenues and use a portion to pay compensation for the damage done during the occupation of Kuwait and the war that followed . |
| 10 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ it is essential for a suitor to request permission for the hand in marriage of the women he has chosen . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman must recognise that we have not given a commitment to establish a funding council : we simply gave a commitment to provide powers for the Secretary of State to do so . |
| 12 | The person organizing the party can come dressed as a referee and , in games such as ‘ bus stop ’ [ p.41 ] where instructions are given , blow a whistle to attract attention for the various instructions . |
| 13 | On Nov. 4 the Országgyülés ( parliament ) passed a bill to allow prosecution for the crimes of murder and treason committed between Dec. 21 , 1944 , and May 2 , 1990 — the period between the first meeting of the independent Hungarian parliament after the Soviet occupation and the convening of the present parliament . |
| 14 | Throughout June President Lech Walesa and the Sejm ( the lower house of parliament ) remained deadlocked over the passage of a bill to establish procedures for the country 's first democratic general election , expected to be held in October . |
| 15 | In 1810 the Factory bought the piece of land and opened a fund to raise money for the building of a church . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 17 | This was when Anna Essinger 's philosophy of self-help came into its own , not least in transforming the jungle of a garden to provide food for the entire school . |
| 18 | By 1924 the party was recognisably the party of today ( McKibbin 1974 p 236 ) , and in a position to take power for the first time . |
| 19 | Driven from his home county by the opposition of cotton workers to any machinery that seemed to threaten their livelihoods , Arkwright went to Nottingham and , in partnership with Jedediah Strutt , set up a factory to produce yarn for the knitting industry . |
| 20 | There has always been a tendency to build houses for the dead to resemble houses for the living . |