Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the notes at the back of the book Gordon explains how he waited for hours for that one photo . |
| 2 | We have received a request from the N.E.B. for copies for all the examiners , and we were delighted to agree , and in turn asked the executive to consider financing this , or getting the office to supply copies . |
| 3 | Adjust your times so that your ETA at the holding point coincides with a time based on your last acknowledged position report , and flight plan for times for each section of the route . |
| 4 | As a capital city whose population includes , among students and more generally , a wide variety of religious , national and ethnic groups , Edinburgh can offer ethnically-based social facilities and opportunities for meetings for several forms of non-Christian religious observance . |
| 5 | As a capital city whose population includes among students and more generally , a wide variety of religious , national and ethnic groups , Edinburgh can offer ethnically-based social facilities and opportunities for meetings for several forms of non-christian religious observance . |
| 6 | Bicarbonate concentration was reduced and urea , creatinine , phosphate , and urate were increased in all groups , but there were no significant differences between groups for these values . |
| 7 | She talked about plans for another mini-series , hinting that those ‘ hefty ’ sex scenes may not be too far away . |
| 8 | Suddenly Rain laughed : ‘ Paul , I hope you do n't mean to swap this inconclusive stuff about knives for any worthwhile information I might have . |
| 9 | Their writings are designed as spring-boards for that action which enables the understanding which is felt experience . |
| 10 | As in the Congress of People 's Deputies elections in March 1989 [ see p. 36513 ] , practices reminiscent of elections held before the introduction of the democratic reforms under Gorbachev continued to prevail , including artificially high turnouts , a lack of choice between candidates for many seats , and overwhelming communist majorities . |
| 11 | Obliged to ask parliament for funds for these expeditions and for his other expenses , the King found that , instead of voting him the customs duties for life , as was normal on the monarch s accession , it attempted to impeach Buckingham for corruption and incompetence . |
| 12 | Three countries-Brazil , India and Japan-were initially identified in May as candidates for such retaliatory action ( see p. 36926 ) ; at a special GATT Council meeting on June 21 and at the subsequent regular meeting on June 21-22 these three all expressed the apprehension that eventual US action under this provision would undermine GATT and the Uruguay Round , whereas the USA maintained that no trade action had yet been taken and assured the Council of its continuing strong commitment to both GATT itself and to the Uruguay Round . |
| 13 | Slowly , homosexuality and the ( male ) deviant sex it introduced became yet again a metaphor for ideas of the ‘ private ’ , or the hidden — as pop , once more , concentrated on ever more fragmented ideas about private possibilities — introduced , by way of example , ‘ case histories ’ that could serve as models for this new round of pleasure and fantasy . |
| 14 | There are smaller differences between countries for this variable than for the other dependents , and the overall significant correlations are reflected to some extent in all countries except Japan . |
| 15 | A state is a set of values for all its switches ; so if the BM has N nodes , then it has 2 possible states . |
| 16 | Choose suitable scales on the x and y axes , and draw graphs of the following equations , First draw a table of values for each equation . |
| 17 | With inverted files the records are held in a data area on disk , but there is also an index which contains values or a range of values for some of the data . |
| 18 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 19 | Sheila Payne suggests a number of reasons for this : the side effects of the drugs become more distressing ; patients are aware that they will have to go through further courses of similar treatment and feel gloomy at the prospect ; and they receive less support from health professionals than at the start . |
| 20 | There are a number of reasons for this . |
| 21 | There are a number of reasons for this which could take all day to expound , but the main reason and the one I shall elaborate is that industrialised agriculture nearly always consumes more energy than it produces and is living off capital in the form of fossil fuels . |
| 22 | There may be a number of reasons for this . |
| 23 | There are a variety of reasons for this , which may be deeply rooted in our past . |
| 24 | There are a number of reasons for this : |
| 25 | I can think of reasons for this , but who am I to say ? |
| 26 | There are a number of reasons for this failure . |
| 27 | There are a number of reasons for this advice . |
| 28 | They suggest a number of reasons for this . |
| 29 | There are a number of reasons for this and Malina is aware of how such phenomena as poverty , crowded home conditions and poor diet can affect physical performances . |
| 30 | There may be a number of reasons for this , but a very likely one relates to the whole question of our treatment of people within the community who are different . |