Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians demanded compensation for installations the former Soviet army is leaving behind , and the Poles sought payment for four decades of use of Polish property as well as environmental damage at military sites . |
| 2 | They readily admitted responsibility for that evening 's aborted robbery ( by destruction of meters ) at Thistle Street during the preceding months . |
| 3 | A doctor asked permission for some medical students to see how the wrist was set in plaster . |
| 4 | If I can demonstrate that the Kaiser himself , the monarch who ruled Germany for thirty years until nineteen eighteen , had ideas very similar if not identical to those of Hitler 's , at a time when he was not in contact with Hitler , when Hitler 's party was nowhere in political terms , then I think that 's yet another very important indication that there is continuity in German history from say the Bismarckian period through to nineteen forty-five , and that Hitler stands in that national tradition , and is not some kind of lightning erm that , that struck Germany erm from a blue sky . |
| 5 | He recognised that there was general resentment of the oppressive conduct of the Forest officers , and made provision for regular inquiries into it , and for presentment of Forest offences to be made at the attachment courts , as a procedure preliminary to the Forest Eyre . |
| 6 | Some schemes made provision for such practical work in the classroom . |
| 7 | The Act made provision for such an office , which has now been established and has already contributed to increased efficiency in the division . |
| 8 | Undaunted , the 1918 Education Act made provision for local authorities to begin to open such schools for all 14–16 year-olds not otherwise engaged in full-time secondary education . |
| 9 | France ratified Protocol No 1 of the treaty , which made provision for nuclear powers outside the region which had territories under their jurisdiction within it , in this case French Guiana . |
| 10 | The Act also made provision for some appeals to be disposed of by courts composed of two judges rather than three . |
| 11 | The Regional Council 's Code of Practice on the Introduction of Computer Technology ( May 1989 ) made provision for voluntary screening arrangements for V.D.U . |
| 12 | Company chief David Ellwood said yesterday that his firm made nooses for British hangmen until 1964 — but had now dropped the trade . |
| 13 | In August , the Agriculture Minister , John Selwyn Gummer , announced plans for 12 experimental water protection zones including : Branston Booth , Lincs ; Sleaford , Lincs ; Chalford , Oxford ; Egford , Somerset ; Millington Springs , Humberside ; Ogbourne St George , Wilts ; Boughton , Notts ; Tom Hill , Staffs ; Wildmoor , Hereford and Worcester ; Wellings , Staffs and Shropshire ; Milton , Derbyshire . |
| 14 | He writes : Molla Hacihasanzade , who became kazasker for twenty-five years continuously through purposing the turning away and hindering of those capable of achieving renown by directing them to the path of kaza [ kadilik ] and of those who were spoken of as outstanding in excellence among their contemporaries by impeding their passage through the ranks ; and who had by this stratagem , over so long a period , found safety from the crush of those ulema who , by right of learning and excellence , might have passed through the ranks and become rivals to him … |
| 15 | However , Gorbachev on Nov. 17 salvaged his prestige with a short address in which he unexpectedly produced proposals for constitutional reforms to strengthen the central leadership and raise the level of the republics ' involvement in it . |
| 16 | The burden of the message from schoolmaster Olver , who led Quins for three seasons before a head of department post took him to Northampton in 1990 , will be about debts — moral , not financial . |
| 17 | We got funding for one year but next year we 're left with it . |
| 18 | At that hour , right across America , all airports ceased operations for two minutes ' silence . |
| 19 | Even so , Faldo , with a 71 , still finished top European , overtaking Ian Woosnam , who had shared the lead after two rounds and was still sharing it after three holes in the third on Saturday when a storm interrupted play for three hours . |
| 20 | The big studios boycotted Manhattan for seven months last year , months of wonderful peace . |
| 21 | But I got plans for this money . |
| 22 | The guard traced his finger down the typed list of names attached to his clipboard , found the name , then asked Whitlock for some kind of identification . |
| 23 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 24 | Figure 10.2 contains some paired data for all the regions of England and Wales , showing their morbidity and mortality rates . |
| 25 | In 1971 the EPA promulgated NAAQSs for six ‘ criteria ’ pollutants , and the strict legislative timetable required states to submit implementation plans which would achieve primary standards for each pollutant by 1975 , or , if the deadline was extended as the EPA was authorized to do , by 1977 . |
| 26 | This stubborn but uncorrupt dictator ruled Portugal for 40 years , and never once went abroad , apart from rare visits to his chum Franco . |
| 27 | One barman mistook Johnny for one of the regulars and apologised for standing on his foot . |
| 28 | NEWARTHILL , the McAlpine family 's private construction group yesterday joined the sector 's casualties when it announced losses for 1991 totalling £72.2m . |
| 29 | However , the King stood by his Apothecaries and their independence , although the City did not openly acknowledge them until seven years later , when they were allowed to take part in the river procession on Lord Mayor 's Day , using a hired barge for the occasion , since as yet they lacked funds for such ceremonial trimmings . |
| 30 | Meeting after meeting was held at which he found reasons for further delay . |