Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | 30 years of bracken-battling brings national recognition A THIRTY-year labour of love combined with new grouse moor management techniques have earned commendation for a Darlington country sports enthusiast in a national competition . |
| 32 | The student went on to say that , though he had received help for a specific question , he had not obtained enough understanding to cope with his future library problems . |
| 33 | A Scottish consortium has secured funding for a transnational pilot project to develop training for work-based coaches , assessors and verifiers . |
| 34 | He had felt misgivings for a while . |
| 35 | Meanwhile the Shildon operation , which has 40 per cent of the UK non-aerospace defence market , has secured contracts for a new generation of military vehicles and logistic equipment . |
| 36 | A donation of £260 from the proceeds of the tombola stall and refreshment/poster sales has been handed to the theatre by the Friends who have already made plans for a repeat performance in the autumn . |
| 37 | They have made proposals for a station which are unattached to any proposals for a means of getting there . |
| 38 | The company had made proposals for a coal gasification plant which it claims would be far more environment-friendly . |
| 39 | Detailed studies of English science during the period of the puritan domination have also revealed plans for a national agency to supervise technological innovation — plans that had taken shape in the mind of Samuel Hartlib . |
| 40 | For a time the movement for reform even embraced demands for a Constitution . |
| 41 | She had done research for a medical writer . |
| 42 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 43 | ( Note that " recreolisation " can also mean the development of a new Creole language from an existing one which has undergone pidginisation for a second time . |
| 44 | and , and , well and to you as well Viv but er I have n't seen Viv , I have n't seen Pete for a while . |
| 45 | The explanation of this is to be found in the matters propounded in Chapter One , that is , that members of the human race have a deeply felt need for a ‘ god ’ and a religion , and as almost everybody is reared within a family or group with some kind of religious background , each has at least a lingering allegiance to some form of established religion . |
| 46 | Subroto was re-appointed Secretary-General for a further three years after his re-appointment was initially opposed by Iraq . |
| 47 | Met searches for a new drawings curator |
| 48 | Last year , though , a group led by Eric Norman at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California declared that it had seen evidence for a 17 keV neutrino in radioactive decays of carbon-14 . |
| 49 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 50 | Have YOU made arrangements for a new class yet ? ? ? |
| 51 | I know a lot of us have done terms for a long term , but to be together closely and observe each other reacting and doing things it gives a better idea of how people think , being in this together . |
| 52 | Teri ( 43 ) , has written stars for a number of newspapers , and is the author of Love Sex and Astrology . |
| 53 | O'Shea , an oboe player who had also made albums for a west London record label , admitted the manslaughter of Miss Turner and was sent indefinitely to a secure mental hospital . |
| 54 | Monique explained that she and the children had undergone psychotherapy for a year . |
| 55 | i ) In the case where a court order has not yet been made , the nature of the cautioner 's interest may be shown as : the former wife of the registered proprietor having made application for a property adjustment order under s24 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 by proceedings in the [ Manchester ] County Court between [ husband ] and [ wife ] bearing number of matter ii ) In the case where the court order in favour of the wife has been made , but the transfer has not yet been executed and lodged in HM Land Registry and no earlier caution has been registered this might be : the registered proprietor [ husband ] has been ordered to transfer all his estate and interest in the property to [ wife ] by an order made in the [ Manchester ] County Court dated in proceedings between [ husband ] and [ wife ] bearing number of matter Unless a caution is registered there is risk ; before lodging the transfer the wife 's solicitor will make a Form 94C search , but such search does not confer priority for the registration of any dealing ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r9 ) . |
| 56 | Clearly such references are not merely longwinded substitutes for a name : they draw attention now to this , now to that aspect of the same person , and so build up a many-sided picture of each character . |
| 57 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 58 | But , they wanted written quotes for a justification more or less . |
| 59 | Honecker had undergone surgery for a malignant kidney tumour on Jan. 10 and was briefly arrested upon leaving hospital on Jan. 29 , being released on Jan. 30 because he still needed medical attention . |
| 60 | This typical lesion was also present on the surgical specimen from patient 10 who had undergone surgery for a ‘ bleeding ulcer ’ seven years before the definitive diagnosis . |