Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acrobats , clowns and musicians jostle for your attention . |
| 2 | Finally , these two characteristics of the artefact — its extreme visibility and its extreme invisibility — may also , through their relationship , in large measure account for our difficulty in appreciating the importance of material culture for social relations . |
| 3 | Her book is not a comprehensive history of English garden design , but a much chancier , though equally delightful narrative depending for its emphasis on what happened to find its way into the collection . |
| 4 | Speaker J , in his preceding contribution , has talked about the money received for his work at a particular point in the past . |
| 5 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 6 | As in the case of the central government , the new Bihar ministry relied for its survival on the outside support of the two communist parties and the BJP . |
| 7 | In order to test the coverage of the lexicon , the test part of the LOB corpus was retrieved and each word in the text checked for its existence in the lexicon . |
| 8 | Today at the appeal court his counsel asked for his prison term to be reduced , saying it was a bad case , but not the worst case . |
| 9 | Farmworkers fear for their future if the Board now under government review is scrapped . |
| 10 | For four years , Edouard lived for his work . |
| 11 | Fabia at once volunteered , her heart aching for her sister . |
| 12 | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act , which became law in 1970 , revolutionised the public attitude to the disabled , including the deaf , by imposing statutory duties upon local authorities to provide for their welfare and to help them to overcome their disabilities . |
| 13 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 14 | He was soon bringing his skills to bear for his country , too , especially in Australia in 1986–7 . |
| 15 | Small by traditional standards , handsome and far too athletic-looking , he used pure muscular strength allied to unnerving concentration and flawless technique to compensate for his lack of body weight . |
| 16 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 17 | Britain never adopted the terms of the Convention because the Government Actuary considered that it threatened to usurp the husband 's responsibility to provide for his family and because it would have resulted in the payment of higher National Health Insurance ( NHI ) contributions . |
| 18 | That list is sent in the er assignment pack to the estate agent to wait for your arrival . |
| 19 | Many of the children in care were young , and unless positive steps to plan for their future were taken , they would continue like the older children in their sample to wait for lengthy periods in care . |
| 20 | He or she may — and probably will — possess a more subtle view of ‘ professionalism ’ than the capacity to deliver examination results , but at the same time it is well known that many parents and politicians see those results as the crucial way by which schools account for their success or failure . |
| 21 | In 1987 he was honoured with a United Nations award for his work in defence of the environment . |
| 22 | The move was apparently intended to deflect the current wave of protests , increasingly directed at Ratsiraka personally as the 16-party opposition Comité de forces vives coalition pressed for his resignation . |
| 23 | As evening approaches , other exciting opportunities jostle for your attention . |
| 24 | The readiness of individual pacifists to suffer for their faith would be ‘ a far more powerful propaganda than countless meetings … . |
| 25 | The definition the CSD used for its survey was : ‘ organisations which have been set up or adopted by Departments and provided with funds to perform some function which the Government wish to have performed but which it did not wish to be the direct responsibility of a Minister or Department ’ . |
| 26 | The long-serving 34-year-old attacked the Dragons boss for his use of tactics when he took charge , was promptly dropped and has refused to play since until he received an apology . |
| 27 | Rumour has it that last season their manager dressed a dozen tailor 's dummies in Aston Villa strips for his team to practise their passing and dribbling sills . |
| 28 | Earlier this year the SFO was forced to increase the value of frauds qualifying for its attention from £2m to £5m . |
| 29 | Perhaps this is a place more jolly by day ( it is open from breakfast time ) , but a roomful of empty wheelback chairs and leanly lit tables with paper cloths did not suggest the comforts expected for our night out . |
| 30 | She wants the killer caught for their sake . |