Example sentences of "that [noun] [verb] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , they misunderstand the nature of the task upon which the judge has been compelled to engage himself , which is to discover , using the tools with which the law has furnished him — the accepted presumptions and canons of construction — not some speculative but unexpressed ‘ intention of Parliament ’ but the ambit of the written rules that Parliament has imposed for the regulation of the subject 's conduct and his rights and duties under the law .
2 It was sheltered from prying eyes by trees , in the very heart of that section of the Dresden Heide that Mitzer had purchased for the Party .
3 ‘ There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that Mills did work for the Russians . ’
4 This was the second success that Pat had landed for the Scott stable since his return , the other having been on Crawford Says who beat subsequent Irish national winner Ebony Jane at Fairyhouse .
5 The Chronicle A ( s.a. 685 ) says that Caedwalla began to contend for the kingship in 685 , but it was not until 686 that he established himself as king over the western Saxons .
6 In 1916 he cited conscription and the suspension of trades union restrictions as things that coalition had done for the nation ; Gleanings and Memoranda headlined the speech " The Coalition Form of Government almost indispensable . "
7 Williams , certain that he had not been detected by Tawell , returned to his office , confident that Tawell had retired for the night .
8 Next morning Shiona remained in bed until she was certain that Jake had left for the office .
9 There were unpaid bills , receipts and invoices , all spread around the large dog-eared ledger that Fred had used for the past-few years .
10 I had nothing against Dr Hill , except that he seemed to me an entirely incongruous appointment that Harold had made for the wrong reasons .
11 He found the bag of bread and sultanas that Philip had filled for the pheasants .
12 Erm t th certainly it makes me really angry that people have to struggle for the basics and I you know I I just do n't see how people who are on long term benefits , erm state benefits , can survive without getting into serious debt .
13 Jordanian and Iraqi embassy officials told Customs investigators that Iraq had paid for the guns as a ‘ gift for Jordan ’ .
14 When allegations that Schnur had worked for the Stasi for at least 20 years were first made on March 9 his denials were supported up by the West German government which said that he had on the contrary been passing information on political repression in East Germany to them .
15 The likeliest explanation seemed to be that , in the autumn of 1986 , Control had indicated to the DEA that Coleman had worked for the DIA in the past but , as he was no longer active , the agency had no objection to his taking up a consultant 's job with Hurley on Cyprus .
16 But he added that voters had fallen for the ‘ Labour lie ’ that voting Labour would result in a Labour victory in the UK .
17 An old friend of Thomas 's lived on the island , but he was a Negro politician with a mind in the world that Thomas had lost for the moment .
18 Take note of the DC identifiers that LIFESPAN has supplied for the package and the new modules .
19 In stressing this aspect , Marx and Engles were basing themselves in great part on the excellent description that Morgan had supplied for the matrilineal descent groups of the Iroquois , and , in his stress on the community aspect of descent groups , Morgan has been in many ways supported by later work .
20 Carlos Abadia , leader of the broad-based opposition movement National Civic Crusade ( NCC ) , claimed that it was well known that Ford wished to stand for the presidency in 1994 and that he wished to give up his ministerial post " to reduce the political pressure on him " .
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