Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | Occasionally , perhaps , gerontophiliac tendencies account for the disruption of an engagement or marriage through attraction of one partner to the parent of the other ; but marriages are broken far more often through infatuation with a third party of a partner 's own age group , while attraction to an in-law may equally denote a need for a surrogate mother or father irrespective of true gerontophilia . |
| 3 | But this , as I have indicated , does not in all cases make for the construction of a more liberal society . |
| 4 | With only one domestic index futures contract for the London Stock Exchange ( the FT-SE 100 ) , the creation of synthetic index futures contracts for the UK is not yet possible . |
| 5 | The latissimus dorsi account for the very impressive ‘ V ’ shape of athletes and bodybuilders . |
| 6 | It relates to the reasons given for the justices ' decision . |
| 7 | I have read carefully the reasons given for the record levels of inward investment that has come into the United Kingdom , including Wales . |
| 8 | The adviser will have to complete the relevant documentation based on the reasons given for the refusal of the application . |
| 9 | The applicant must file and serve the following documents on all parties and any guardian ad litem : ( i ) notice of appeal in writing , setting out grounds ; ( ii ) a certified copy of the summons or application , the order appealed against and any order staying its execution ; ( iii ) a copy of any notes of evidence ; and ( iv ) a copy of any reasons given for the decision . |
| 10 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
| 11 | But policies intended for the poor in general , which are politically more acceptable than those designed for specific racial groups , will aim at a big section of blacks too . |
| 12 | Other experts fear for the future — MDMA damages nerve terminals in rats and monkeys , and there is a strong possibility that it causes similar damage in humans . |
| 13 | This year 's theme is Museums and the Environment and a database will be set up on projects completed for the 18 May . |
| 14 | At least two reasons account for the latter . |
| 15 | Reading-based standards organisation X/Open Co Ltd has picked one of Digital Equipment Corp 's key transaction processing technologies as part of its standard for distributed transaction processing : X/Open has licensed the company 's Remote Task Invocation technology , a protocol for implementing remote procedure calls developed for the Multivendor Integration Architecture consortium ; it is the basis of the Transactional Remote Procedure Call X/Open just released and unites OSI/TP and Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 16 | X/Open has licensed the company 's Remote Task Invocation ( RTI ) technology , a protocol for implementing remote procedure calls developed for the Multivendor Integration Architecture consortium . |
| 17 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 18 | In what follows the interpretative dimension will come alive only on the next layer of the problem , where we ask whether social rules and institutions account for the performance of social roles , or vice versa , In other words , we think international institutions too fragile to permit a fully systemic answer on the highest layer and so incomplete that an answer which favours the international units must yield to curiosity about how these units work . |
| 19 | Increasingly all institutions catering for the 16–19 age group will need to run a ‘ mixed economy ’ — preparing students for entry into higher education or for employment . |
| 20 | At Culham , the very special skills developed for the fusion programme have been transferred to a variety of other applications , including Strategic Defence Initiative ( ‘ Star Wars ’ ) work for the US Government . |
| 21 | Other agreements with Japan in 1989 included projects to search for the burial place of Chingis Khan and for development in the Gobi desert . |
| 22 | The services that the authorities developed for the handicapped followed the model already established for the blind . |
| 23 | However , plans remain for the construction of major irrigation works — with possible support from EC structural funds — which would transform the habitat . |
| 24 | As figure 4.3 shows , in 1984 , 41.5 per cent of fulltime women workers were to be found in clerical employment , while a very few further occupational groups account for the rest of most women in paid work . |
| 25 | Bush said that Iraq should designate military commanders to meet their coalition counterparts within the next 48 hours to arrange for the military aspects of the ceasefire . |
| 26 | Lansink is the only rider who has jumped double clear rounds in the first four contests designated for the Everest Challenge . |
| 27 | These are derivatives from the AGVs developed for the Kalmar plant . |
| 28 | In Vaill 's terms , organizations or groups qualify for the title ‘ high-performing system ’ if they : |
| 29 | The competition was tough with 304 UK projects competing for the honours . |
| 30 | It is as if academic freedom were a largely fixed commodity that was passed around among the groups contending for the right to make the key academic decisions . |