Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also worth reiterating that traditional rape laws frequently give rise to light sentences for lesser offences . |
| 2 | The Socialist Government might have survived the crisis had it not been for the internal rift within the Labour Party that was brought about by the Cabinet 's decision to impose charges for medical prescriptions to curb excessive waste in the newly established National Health Service . |
| 3 | In response to the failure of a number of attempts to provide foundations for certain knowledge of empirical facts , many epistemologists have tried to defend various forms of fallibilism . |
| 4 | Will the Minister use his powers to enable local authorities to provide houses for homeless people , whether through local authorities or housing associations , jobs for redundant construction workers , and new business contracts for the building companies which are going bankrupt ? |
| 5 | It permitted , but did not , as Wilson had intended , require local authorities to provide meals for needy schoolchildren . |
| 6 | The North Side Civic Development Council placed the latter firmly on its agenda through its attempts to establish incubators for small businesses and local labour contracts in larger projects , with limited success . |
| 7 | They have also developed the use of ‘ self inspection ’ — each group responsible for inspecting its own work — and giving responsibility to work groups for minor routine maintenance such as changing tips of welding guns and making minor adjustments . |
| 8 | In September 1912 the Leeds and District FA expressed concern at the takeover of practice pitches by Rugby Union clubs , and urged senior soccer clubs to provide grounds for junior players . |
| 9 | We take very seriously our attempts to secure employment for disabled people in the Government . |
| 10 | THE US is preparing for a showdown with other North and South American countries over plans to launch satellites for beaming TV to roof-top aerials . |
| 11 | In 1652 they had established a very well-placed port at the Cape of Good Hope as a supply depot , but the Dutch East India Company was always a little worried when settlers at the base interpreted their responsibility to provide food for passing ships as a reason for pushing on into the hinterland . |
| 12 | So he was , McLeish observed , the devil plainly being given no opportunity to find work for idle hands . |
| 13 | For centuries , traditional windmills harnessed the wind to drive machinery for grinding wheat into flour . |
| 14 | The Association of London Authorities wants a long-term Government-funded programme to provide accommodation for homeless single people . |
| 15 | It had taken a full day for Merymose to obtain permission for Huy to visit the embalmer . |
| 16 | Typically , torque rise figures are 10–15% from rated speed to peak torque for non-turbocharged diesels , 15–30% for turbocharged diesels and 25–60% with charge-cooled turbo diesels . |
| 17 | However , the American ambassador , Mr Thomas Pickering , told the council yesterday that Washington 's approval was based on the assumption that the force would take steps to halt aid for Salvadorean guerrillas . |
| 18 | Qualitative research to generate ideas for new products . |
| 19 | A bill revising the local autonomy law was passed in December 1989 , enabling political parties to field candidates for local parliament elections ; political parties soon agreed to hold such elections in the first half of 1990 . |
| 20 | Furthermore , in an attempt to reward men for military service and to encourage others to serve in France , Henry had pursued a policy of granting lands and titles which had come into his hands , thereby creating an important interest , other than his own , in the extension and maintenance of the conquest . |
| 21 | Under a self-build scheme , a group of seven or more persons can form a housing association to use their own labour to build homes for separate owner-occupation . |
| 22 | A bid to reduce bills for rural householders who live away from the district 's three main cemeteries , by making them pay less for burial services , was narrowly defeated . |
| 23 | Paints supplied by Courtaulds Aerospace 's Shildon site in the UK coat the Warrior combat vehicles used by the United nations to ride shotgun for humanitarian aid convoys . |
| 24 | I. crenata is a good alternative to dwarf box for small formal hedges . |
| 25 | And the disingenuous becomes invidious when this is set against an attempt to locate blame for economic dislocation on its victims , cast inner city residents as ‘ a poor social mix ’ ( Trippier , 1989 , p19 ) , and offer instead a radical recasting of multi-national capital as the means of saving the inner cities . |
| 26 | The visit to Derry yesterday was part of a week-long study visit , aimed at providing opportunities to develop partnerships for future youth exchanges between Europe and Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | They concocted a shopping list of stars , which included Queen , Peter Gabriel and Dire Straits , in an attempt to raise £250,000 for local charities , announced their plans and then started trying to secure the groups . |
| 28 | The distinction between the cases is that the Hydraulic Power Co. were empowered by statute to supply water for industrial purposes , that is , they had permissive power but not a mandatory authority , and they were under no obligation to keep their mains charged with water at high pressure , or at all . |
| 29 | CW to add boxes for non-networked systems , |
| 30 | It used to be the normal practice to adapt buildings for different purposes over their lives . |