Example sentences of "[vb pp] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both ships stopped for an hour while repairs were made to the launch 's engines . |
| 2 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 3 | Look at what happened with Jim Harvey he did a lot for the club and Ian Muir was severely punished for an incident aimed at John King . |
| 4 | However , with 75 minutes gone , Hearts scored a quite superb ‘ goal ’ which was disallowed for an offence not immediately apparent . |
| 5 | However , as I am conscious of the strong feeling that the hon. Lady has registered on behalf of her constituents , I assure her that before a plant can be registered for an incinerator it must comply with the emissions standards enforced by Her Majesty 's industrial pollution inspectorate . |
| 6 | It was he who arranged medical care , arranged the hospital — even arranged for an adoption ; but once I 'd had the baby , and she so soft and little , so lovely , I could n't do it . |
| 7 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 8 | In 1743 , in consultation with the governor , he decided that an attempt should be made not to fortify the watersheds of all rivers leading to the Arctic — a mammoth task indeed — but to defend all the lands necessary and useful for the Province of Siberia , provided that care was taken not to include territories so important to the natives that a pretext would be given for an uprising . |
| 9 | Dispensations can be obtained and will usually be given for an acquisition of a company by private contract . |
| 10 | Only in exceptional circumstances can the administrative effort and substantial costs be justified for an exercise such as at Church Road and I hope that this is recognised by the Community Council . |
| 11 | Once a specific PCR has been developed for an organism , it requires little expertise to perform the test . |
| 12 | The wort is then run into a copper where it is boiled for an hour or more with hops . |
| 13 | The curved planks or tubes of cork are stacked out in the sun for three months or more to dry , then boiled for an hour or so with fungicides and antiseptics to kill off any bugs and moulds , and to soften the bark by extracting tannins and minerals . |
| 14 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 15 | He said it was not clear whether the device was intended for an animal or a person ’ . |
| 16 | Such writing is essentially public and intended for an audience . |
| 17 | The latter is normally intended for an operator in a central exchange to tell a subscriber engaged in a conversation on an automatic exchange that he has an incoming trunk call . |
| 18 | Sun 's SunPro unit is expected to come out with new compiler technology to allow applications to take advantage of HyperSparc — and Viking — features , indeed Sun 's whole SunWorks compiler set is now being readied for an overhaul . |
| 19 | Lexie McConnell was being treated for an eye complaint . |
| 20 | Lexie McConnell was being treated for an eye compalint but the steroids she took hampered her bodies natural defences . |
| 21 | Total secrecy surrounded the morning surgery in Nottingham 's Queen 's Medical Centre where he was treated for an arm injury two years ago , after falling from his polo pony . |
| 22 | The National Dairy Council was reprimanded for an advertisement headlined : ‘ Worried about Osteoporosis ? |
| 23 | For an elliptical crack Inglis 's stress concentration factor is : Though this was calculated for an ellipse it turns out that it is very nearly accurate for any sharp re-entrant or notch . |
| 24 | For an instant she let her gaze travel over his features , highlighted for an instant in a shaft of autumn sunlight . |
| 25 | Other member countries had pressed for an increase to help cover the cost of integrating east German agriculture into the common agricultural policy ( CAP ) . |
| 26 | Mr Patten , who 's the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon , was pressed for an apology by Labour . |
| 27 | Masoud Barzani of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan ( DPK ) , who led the Kurdish delegation during the talks in Baghdad , was believed to have pressed for an acceptance of the proposed settlement , despite uncertainty over the status of Kirkuk , claiming that the government was unwilling to make any further concessions . |
| 28 | The tactic worked for a while but it was madness to remain obstinately wedded to it while his son 's frustration increased and while men pressed for an end to political uncertainty in order to permit the launching of the crusade . |
| 29 | McGreevy saved well from McIlroy as Swifts pressed for an equaliser and on the stroke of half-time Patterson made a good save from McDonagh . |
| 30 | In parliament , those on the Left pressed for an inquiry into the causes of the riots . |