Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine .
2 Belgrade radio claimed that police used force only after their order for the demonstrators to disperse had been met with stone throwing .
3 Encourage children to talk about their preference for a particular toy .
4 Now , aspiring judges are called to a room at the western end of the Palace of Westminster overlooking the Thames , and , seated on chairs stamped with the gilt portcullis , interviewed about their suitability for the job .
5 The course is only loosely related to the Pimlico Connection scheme , but 15 students each year choose tutoring in schools as their fieldwork for the course .
6 The conference of 1944 had to be postponed owing to the difficulties of travel , which were imposed in the spring and summer of that year when the Allied invasion forces used Britain as their base for the ‘ reentry ’ into France : it was finally held in December .
7 Opinion surveys suggested that he would enter the election as the clear favourite against Harris Wofford , the Democrat who had been appointed by the state governor to fill the vacancy temporarily and who had been selected by the Democrats as their candidate for the forthcoming election .
8 If I can just endorse what Stewart was saying the Parish Council talked to me as their consultant for a while and said look it seems that that with the with the actions of the er County Council writing to the Secretary of State to preempt the call-in procedures and the attitude of the District Council that this thing might well get local planning permission .
9 Astrid arrived in shorts , and took the kiosk-pushers ' minds off their work for a while .
10 All her staff believed she genuinely cared for their welfare for no other reason than her deeply-felt need to be surrounded by a contented workforce .
11 Yeltsin 's decree of Aug. 22 suspending publication of six newspapers , including Pravda , for their support for the coup , was revoked on Sept. 13 .
12 For their part for the , for the part of the Labour Party , trades unionists provide a solid and substantial electoral base which , which , which will hopefully increase during the nineteen nineties .
13 Mr. Pitt said KPMG were strengthening their presence in the south-east and had chosen Gatwick as the focal point for their work for the region 's business community .
14 A showbusiness gathering of 400 will honour them and Mr McShane 's actress wife Gwen Humble for their work for the club 's children 's charity .
15 As stated on p. 13 , research studies in the real world often use a variety of methods , chosen for their suitability for the task in hand .
16 Stevens asked many of his sources for their tip for the top , and the two drugs that kept coming up most frequently were MDMA ( Ecstasy ) and Ketamine .
17 Finding out that the goods were stolen after receipt is not handling , but if the accused then , for example , sells them , he may have arranged for their disposal for the benefit of another .
18 Despite their support for the ECSC , the member states seemed wary about losing sovereignty and their own political control over an important industrial sector , and were loath to allow the High Authority to exercise its full constitutional competence .
19 All headed coalitions on the Dutch model , for despite their hatred for the Dutch they accepted their constitutional forms as their own .
20 As they walked into the trattoria opposite their palazzo for the wedding breakfast to which nobody had been invited , she shivered slightly .
21 SOUTH Africa will today give England manager Geoff Cooke an unexpected gift — a sneak preview of their line-up for the Twickenham Test in a week .
22 These people gave up three months of their life for an important mission .
23 So although they also may submit it to us as part of their assessment for a project , I mean we 're at least as interested in the work being useful to the schools and to the students involved .
24 Instead of performing the whole of their improvisation for the others , one child can report back on what has happened — either in or out of role .
25 Talks are under way to find a home of their choice for the 20 residents .
26 Monk wrote an account of their experience for the Universe , and has been promoted to write a fuller account of the Church 's teaching on death , of what happens to the soul before , during and after death .
27 Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post(s) regardless of sex , sexual orientation , religion , racial origin , marital status , disablement or age .
28 Well , more so , actually , than South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan , who , on being introduced to Dudley Nourse 's 1951 Springboks during their visit to Parliament in Cape Town on the eve of their departure for the 1951 tour of England , had said to the legendary Nourse : ‘ I hope you are enjoying your visit to South Africa . ’
29 By the close of a wearying second day , England were 19 for nought at the start of their quest for a draw .
30 The trouble with some of those who make much of their support for the health service is that they also oppose any measures taken to make it more effective .
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