Example sentences of "in [verb] [noun pl] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE BRITISH government has extracted a price for generosity in providing funds for the British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) . |
| 2 | The essence of the association 's idea was to develop flats for sale and this would make it possible to bring in private institutional finance — eg from a building society which might then become involved in providing mortgages for the individual purchasers . |
| 3 | In our own celebrations this Christmas , may we join with Mary in giving thanks for the amazing gift of human life . |
| 4 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 5 | Representing Weymouth ( with his father ) in the Short Parliament ( 1640 ) and Bridport in its successor , as a student of mathematics Strangways was chiefly occupied in counting votes for the nascent Royalist party in the Commons . |
| 6 | ‘ This is another stage in finding players for the strongest squad possible for the World Sevens next April . ’ |
| 7 | At an earlier hearing , Mr McKenzie had told the judge that he had been employed in making doors for the transatlantic liner . |
| 8 | In proposing models for the future Mr Clarke should study the facts about the past . |