Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 2 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 3 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | ‘ We shall carry on the fight for individual airlines in this complaint to the EC , ’ he said . |
| 5 | As far as I know , Sainsburys have n't yet taken that decision they 've they 've hung on the brink for more than six months now . |
| 6 | In 1988 T.R. Shipping took on the responsibility for the Rheintainer Line Agency in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | They will take on the responsibility for providing stock and glasses , experienced staff and will also obtain the necessary licence for the event . |
| 8 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 9 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 10 | In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields . |
| 11 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 12 | Palm have taken on the franchise for Dagger kayaks . |
| 13 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |
| 14 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 15 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 16 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 17 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |
| 18 | She 's switched on the radio for the traffic update . |
| 19 | Just in time , she remembered to switch on the radio for the eight-thirty news on LBC . |
| 20 | Each morning he first switched on the power for his terminal . |
| 21 | This was the yard where Mrs Hollidaye fed the hens , throwing down the corn for them to peck up . |
| 22 | I wish to notify other divers that while diving in Cornwall earlier this year , my buddy and I were charged £2 each for just walking down the slip for a shore dive . |
| 23 | Notice that throughout the 1980s , the objectives of the MTFS have remained the same : that is , to control inflation , to reduce the government 's budget deficit and to lay down the foundation for sustainable economic growth . |
| 24 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |
| 25 | Without a sound , the fire 's wicked eye changed colour as the villagers opened their doors to walk down the valley for the second sacrifice . |
| 26 | If you have a lot of different dates to enter , either use a keystroke macro — something that I will cover in a future Step-by-Step ( but see ‘ Further Reading ’ ) or just enter the same date , say @DATEVALUE ( ’ 1-Jan-90 ’ ) in the first cell , copy it down the column for as many rows as you expect to need and then edit it ( using F2 ) to enter the real dates . |
| 27 | Order 53 ( which was introduced in its present form in 1978 ) lays down the procedure for what are called Applications for Judicial Review ( AJRs ) . |
| 28 | He 's been travelling up and down the country for over a quarter of a century watching the Clarets and he would n't dream of being anywhere else but on the coach to Brighton on Boxing Day . |
| 29 | He left his job as Chairman of Ratners in November and was busy searching up and down the country for another shop . |
| 30 | He 's been playing the part in theatres up and down the country for over a year , so he 's had several first nights for this production alone . |