Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government will work in partnership to secure our heritage for the benefit of future generations . |
| 2 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 3 | By accepting the jurisdiction of an external authority in domestic matters , the UK in effect converted her responsibility for the external relations of the Isle of Man into a total responsibility for its internal affairs , and abrogated by a sidewind the semi-independence of the Islands , which are under the Crown but not part of the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Clearly he is a man who , on the night in question allowed his enthusiasm for sex to overcome normal behaviour . ’ |
| 5 | Indignation grew as the stench became increasingly nauseating and each local body in turn denied its liability for disposing of several tons of putrefying whalemeat . |
| 6 | Russia in turn dropped its demands for compensation for its investments in military bases . |
| 7 | They 're urging any parents who 're in doubt to contact their GP for advice . |
| 8 | They 're urging any parents who 're in doubt to contact their GP for advice . |
| 9 | In each case one begins with a problem , seeks to understand it as fully as possible , works out purposes , devises a plan of action , carries it out , and reviews what has happened in order to judge its implications for future action . |
| 10 | Changes relevant to the LFAs proposed in the EEC Review of agricultural structures are assessed in order to predict their implications for the UK situation . |
| 11 | For there is a formula which generates the ‘ deviant ’ continuation from the same early stages ; since both series start in the same way , we can not appeal to the way in which one starts in order to justify our preference for its way of going on . |
| 12 | For example , this theory is incapable of accounting for the phenomenon of redundancies : workers surely do not want to be made redundant in order to indulge their desire for longer holidays . |
| 13 | ‘ Latterly , the Admiral had a habit of working down there on papers and one might have expected him to have arrived earlier than indeed he did , in order to do his homework for the committee meeting . ’ |
| 14 | He strung the Poles along to the very end in order to keep their enthusiasm for his cause and their manpower for his army . |
| 15 | In spite of this , we have continued to invest in existing facilities and in extending our range of services in order to strengthen our position for the future . |
| 16 | Harris had been sentenced to death for the murder of two teenage boys in San Diego on July 5 , 1978 , in order to steal their car for use in a bank robbery . |
| 17 | And who , sitting in the stalls next to John Hinckley at a matinee of Taxi Driver , would have guessed that their neighbour 's conclusion from watching the film was that , in order to prove his love for Jodie Foster , he must go out and shoot Ronald Reagan ? |
| 18 | Theudebert I was reliant on his leudes to survive the threat from his uncles on his accession , and Chilperic I created an equivalent following through bribery in order to make his bid for the throne in 561 . |
| 19 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 20 | Water and Ventilation has recently undergone a period of consolidation and the branch structure has been altered in order to meet our needs for 1992 , this is already bearing fruit as the most recent quarter produced some great sales . |
| 21 | In order to express their concern for equality and individual autonomy , liberals often insist that certain rights should be fundamental to the framework of society . |