Example sentences of "to their [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | European Community officials in Brussels said the move had removed a barrier to their plans for a similar levy , which were frustrated by opposition from the Bush administration to the idea . |
| 2 | In addition to their work for the Fabian Society and the Labour party , and the prodigious nature of their social inquiry work , they were responsible for founding — as institutional outlets for their ideas — the London School of Economics in 1895 and the New Statesman in 1913 . |
| 3 | RUGBY UNION : French selectors have made no changes to their squad for the final game of the International Championship against Ireland in Paris on March 21 . |
| 4 | Soviet officials were gratified by the reaction of the radical Arab states to their plan for the Persian Gulf but they could anticipate a less forthcoming response from the conservative Gulf states . |
| 5 | Applications must be processed Assuming that the company requires a range of different skills , the applications must be divided into groups according to their suitability for the different posts Some applicants may appear in more than one group , in which case some account will need to be taken of their preferences Managers involved in the selection process must choose those to be invited for initial interview . |
| 6 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 7 | Sammy was presently delivering one of our Nautor Swans to its Massachusetts owner ; many of the charter yachts were privately owned and only leased into Cutwater 's care on condition that we delivered them back to their owners for the northern summer . |
| 8 | This did not put an end to their hunt for a privileged place in allied planning , nor did their efforts go unrewarded . |
| 9 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 10 | NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election . |
| 11 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 12 | The men of the ship 's company lived in a makeshift hut for ten months , and then took to their boats for the homeward passage , reaching Novaya Zemlya , where they met the Hope , commanded by Sir Allen W. Young [ q.v. ] , who had been sent to find them . |
| 13 | At 4.00 p.m. on Saturday 11 June the drivers engaged in their traditional sprint start to their cars for the 23rd Le Mans , scheduled to cover more than 4000 mkm ( 2500 miles ) . |
| 14 | But Christian MPs held firm to their demand for a programmed Syrian military withdrawal , brushing aside repeated verbal assurances from Arab countries that such a withdrawal would take place . |
| 15 | From 1898 the Prison Commissioners became , as their chairman already was , Directors of Convict Prisons in addition to their responsibilities for the local prisons . |