Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the great behind-the-scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . |
| 2 | Citizens who had the orthodox Soviet version of Ukrainian history rammed down their throats for decades are now being told a completely different version , arguably also coloured by the political prejudices of its authors . |
| 3 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 4 | They had true grievances to settle and were ready to lay down their lives for vengeance . |
| 5 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 6 | It 's an annual ritual for the National Trust , as they close down their properties for the winter break . |
| 7 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 8 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 9 | On April 12 the ANC published a 32-page document laying down its principles for a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 10 | However , the Treasury which in the past several weeks has been preparing economic forecasts for inclusion in the November autumn statement seems almost certain to revise down its estimates for economic growth next year . |
| 11 | America can not afford to let down its blacks for much longer . |
| 12 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 13 | In San Salvador , meanwhile , the FMLN issued a communique setting down its conditions for a truce . |
| 14 | The fact that the Institute was setting down its objectives for the first time was seen as ‘ a move in the right direction ’ . |
| 15 | Qualified Teachers are invited to send in their requests for next year 's programme by 20th July either to Jean Parmiter or the Office . |
| 16 | Choreographers who would like to produce an item for presentation on stage at the Festival are invited to send in their ideas for items with the following themes : |
| 17 | This was on ‘ the night of the long knives ’ , when Macmillan dismissed seven of his Cabinet ( including Eccles ) and provoked the remark from Jeremy Thorpe : ‘ Greater love hath no man than this , that a man lay down his friends for his life . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ GREATER LOVE hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister , ’ a Cabinet minister said in Blackpool on hearing of the sacrifice made by Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 19 | Denis Healey Greater love hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister . |
| 20 | He kept remarking on Jeremy 's resourcefulness : shreds of silver indicated that he had used his survival blanket , and he had also stuffed leaves down his trousers for insulation . |
| 21 | In Churchill 's speech in Zurich in 1946 he laid down his ideas for a ‘ kind of United States of Europe ’ : ‘ The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany . |
| 22 | Write down your payoffs for being a martyr . |
| 23 | 1 John 3:16 goes on to say , ‘ And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers . ’ |
| 24 | Since a version of this argument was repeated in his broadcast talks and made a linchpin of Lewis 's defence of Christianity , it may be profitable to lay down our books for five minutes as he urged us to do when thinking of a world without chloroform and meditate on what he has laid before us . |
| 25 | ‘ The problem is that the Government has n't properly thought through its proposals for contaminated land , ’ says Mr Humber . |
| 26 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 27 | And as he mulls over his reasons for behaving as he has and for writing and publishing this record , the footnote status of ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ causes it to embrace a wide range of familiar themes . |
| 28 | Or the actor who stumbles over his words for the second time at a rehearsal . |
| 29 | The vague red haze swam over his eyes for a moment , then cleared . |
| 30 | We 've got the contract to convert the place into holiday flats and Collins wanted to talk over our arrangements for doing the work . |