Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker also sought support for the USA 's opposition to a Malaysian proposal for an East Asian trade grouping which excluded the USA [ see p. 38535 ] . |
| 2 | His defects were that he lacked subtlety , was vehemently anti-communist to the point where any unrest or dissent might be regarded as a sign of communist activity , and that he lacked preparation for the tasks he faced . |
| 3 | In a bid to lift the country out of recession Norman Lamont announced boosts for the car industry , housing , the health service and schools . |
| 4 | Mr Robinson 's counsel , Kieran May , had told the judge that the MoD admitted liability for the purposes of the action , but was disputing how much should be awarded . |
| 5 | Germany and Austria led calls for the west to recognise the independence of Slovenia and Croatia . |
| 6 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 7 | At twenty , he was too old for youth training schemes , but lacked experience for the type of job he wanted in book-keeping . |
| 8 | The meeting also agreed proposals for the abolition of the visa system , for flights between the two countries and for bilateral co-operation on development projects , such as the planned construction with Indian aid of a hospital . |
| 9 | But , with that unpredictability which makes biology such a fascinating science , it was some biochemists interested in nutrition who laid foundations for the next major advance in the treatment of cancer . |
| 10 | The IRA admitted responsibility for the explosions . |
| 11 | She appeared at a police press conference in Derby with the sergeant 's mother , Mrs Joyce Newman , 58 , after the Irish National Liberation Army admitted responsibility for the murder . |
| 12 | The Army admitted responsibility for the deaths in July 1989 of 47 youths who had suffocated after being locked in a railway wagon during a roundup of suspected Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) rebels around Kumi , some 200 km north-east of Kampala . |
| 13 | The Yugoslav Federal Defence Secretariat admitted responsibility for the " undesired and tragic accident " , and the immediate suspension of Yugoslav air force commander Col. Zvonko Jurjevic suggested that the Yugoslav government was hoping to prevent the incident from impeding the deployment of UN troops . |
| 14 | The revelation came as the IRA admitted responsibility for the Tyneside blasts . |
| 15 | The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 . |
| 16 | The IRA admitted responsibility for the attack . |
| 17 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 18 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 19 | The Irish Republican Army admitted responsibility for the killing of two Australian tourists in the Netherlands . |
| 20 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 21 | The Grand Union Act made provision for the widening of the locks when and if the Grand Junction relented on the matter of Blisworth . |
| 22 | This was the formula whereby the law made provision for the descent of landed estates within a line . |
| 23 | But , above all , this enlargement made provision for the revival of the local past which Lanfranc 's building had rigorously excluded : on either side of the high altar were the altars of Dunstan and Elphege , and over the altar was a beam on which they stood flanking the figure of Christ in Majesty . |
| 24 | This authorization made provision for the removal of one large , identifiable group of surrendered personnel from 5 Corps responsibility , although at the same time Robertson instructed that " steps should be taken to ensure that Allied PW held in Russian area are transferred to us in exchange " . |
| 25 | The Factory Acts of 1891 and 1895 made provision for the regulation of homework , but the numbers remained hard to calculate . |
| 26 | We have already noted that the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 made provision for the establishment of a statutory system of legal advice , but that the appropriate part of the Act was never brought into force . |
| 27 | The legislation made provision for the compulsory purchase of 5,500,000 hectares of predominantly white-owned land earmarked for redistribution to black families . |
| 28 | In 1944 R. A. Butler , the President of the Board of Education , enacted a new Education Act which gave aid to Church schools in a new compromise and made provision for the raising of the school leaving age to fifteen at the end of the war and to sixteen at some date thereafter . |
| 29 | Talking to the researcher about South Africa , they voiced sympathy for the plight of black South Africans . |
| 30 | Arriving in Spain on a morale boosting visit to the £10 million set , he angrily attacked calls for the show to be axed . |