Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that the clothing ( Carhartt and its ilk ) and the footwear ( Blundstone , Red Wings , Georgia Boot ) — traditional US , Canadian , Australian and even Japanese labels producing clothing for the outdoor worker — have only recently gained proper agents to represent them around Britain . |
| 2 | If someone who is offered an obviously forged check believes that if the issue is litigated a court will lay down a rule denying recovery for the future and apply that rule against him , he will not take the check in the first instance , and society will have the benefit of the better rule without actually paying the costs of litigation or incurring the disadvantages of bad commercial practice before the case is litigated . |
| 3 | On the same day that the article appeared in The Saturday Review , Hofland , perhaps prompted by the tone of the article , wrote to Manners commending Italian for the Foreign Office design and asking when the architect was to be appointed . |
| 4 | The FBI have identified a screenplay touting suspect for the 1990 robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 5 | Where the only evidence available is that of one party against the other , or a wife giving evidence for her husband , or an employee giving evidence for the employer etc. the court may well find the case not proved . |
| 6 | Labour councillors have secured a deal with the Society of Friends and the Two Castles Housing Association for the Court Arcade shops to be turned into sheltered accommodation . |
| 7 | Dublin had feared that up to £6 billion in EC aid could be lost if pro-life campaigners turned the forthcoming referendum seeking approval for the Maastricht Treaty into a plebiscite on abortion . |
| 8 | Propulsion of steam colliers was mainly by coal fired boilers providing steam for the engines . |
| 9 | It was a reservoir containing water for the palaces of the city , water which was brought from the Belgrade Forest 19 kilometres distant . |
| 10 | I had another serious battle getting approval for the M54 to Telford — the only road I know of finally settled at a full meeting of a Cabinet committee . |
| 11 | Thank you for your letter of 2nd February giving permission for the use of the Mill Yard for siting of a rubbish skip . |
| 12 | 281 , save that it extended a principle previously confined to the husband/wife cases to a case of parents giving security for the debts of their son . |
| 13 | The first stage of a divestiture search is often a pricing analysis , designed to advise the client on the initial asking price for the business . |
| 14 | Respondents felt that safeguards should be introduced where exemptions were granted : 67% thought that only wholly owner managed companies should be exempted , 85% believed that minority shareholders should have the right to require an audit , 76% wanted a compilation report prepared by a qualified accountant , and 86% wanted a statement by the directors acknowledging responsibility for the accounts . |
| 15 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 16 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 17 | I REFER to the report about Darlington Town Council banning parking for the disabled in the town centre ( Echo , February 1 ) . |
| 18 | From the window of Kate 's room they watched Mrs Blakey on the distant seashore throwing driftwood for the setters . |
| 19 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |
| 20 | These include the so-called CHOTS programme , the ICL-led partnership currently developing and installing a £250m secure office system for the UK Ministry of Defence ( CI No 1,863 ) ; an electronic news gathering and distribution system for German news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur ; a cash dispensing system for the Polish Bank Gdanski ( CI No 1,974 ) ; Smart Card credits system for Merseyside Training and Enterprise Council ; and secure system for the UK government . |
| 21 | The Pattani United Liberation Organization ( PULO ) , an outlawed group seeking independence for the country 's four southern provinces , claimed responsibility for a bomb explosion at a railway station on Aug. 13 in the southern city of Hat Yai , 40 km from the Malaysian border . |
| 22 | They will spend six weeks writing material for the pack which will then be tested in the autumn school term . |
| 23 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 24 | The French government announced on April 8 that it was suspending its nuclear weapons testing programme for the remainder of the year as a gesture towards halting the process of nuclear proliferation . |
| 25 | The French government has announced a moratorium on its nuclear weapons testing programme for the remainder of the year . |
| 26 | The result is a mid-engined sports racing car for the road that borrows its styling from the Pininfarina Mythos . |
| 27 | This is a 1U mains distribution device providing power for the other units in the rack . |
| 28 | His win/loss playing record for the year up to 23/3/92 was 20/3 , bettered only by one player , Perez Roldan , who had only played in one tournament , in Casablanca . |
| 29 | They churn up the ground , scare away the wildlife and drive across the scrub flattening cover for the animals . |
| 30 | Vandalism , for example , might be thought of as a collection of clearly identifiable acts requiring sanction for the simple reason that they offend against the property , both individual and collective , of members in society . |