Example sentences of "[noun] in [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those talking optimistically about GATT claim to want the makings of a deal in time for the Tokyo economic summit in June . |
| 2 | There was a need for vigilance of the type in which Collins specialises , since the Germans had restarted the match apparently intent on finishing it as a contest in time for the largely youthful audience at Ibrox to get home to bed at a respectable hour . |
| 3 | He joined the Post Office at Bedale in time for the Christmas rush of 1957 , but two years of his service were part-time . |
| 4 | After being turned down by university , I moved to London and joined the Territorial Army , attending evening training sessions in preparation for the physical selection tests . |
| 5 | This seems to suggest that the enhancement in performance for the risky junctions as demonstrated by the P(A) scores is because of an increased number of hits for risky exemplars , whereas for the less risky junctions the decrement in performance is attributable to an increase in false alarms for the risky exemplars rather than an increase in hits for the less risky ones . |
| 6 | The urgency to complete it was put down to US pressure to achieve a result in time for the opening of the Republican Party convention on Aug. 17 , apparently in an attempt to boost the troubled election campaign of President George Bush by convincing the US electorate that his skills in the foreign policy field had domestic benefits . |
| 7 | It 's an embarrassing thing for a fault-tolerant vendor to have to say , but a bug in Guardian for the Tandem Computers Inc NonStop CLX machines caused them to reset their clocks to December 1 , 1983 on November 1 , causing systems with time-dependent programs to go haywire . |
| 8 | Trade unionists could be persuaded to accept a moderation of their organization 's stated goals in return for the fulfilment of part of those goals . |
| 9 | Last year 's run raised more than £20,000 in sponsorship for the relief and rehabilitation of famine victims in Africa . |
| 10 | This causes temporary softening of the ligaments in preparation for the birth . |
| 11 | A trial run was carried out but it was soon realized the volume of traffic in the town of Paisley would prevent any large movement of aircraft in time for the carrier to meet its scheduled departure . |
| 12 | The Air Force regained control of 42–22614 in what has been termed as a ‘ complicated swap ’ that involved a C–118 and other aircraft in trade for the P–59 . |
| 13 | Both brothers were dressed in neatly tailored white tuxedos and black ties in preparation for the formal reception being given in their father 's honour at the palace of the governor of Cochin-China , and it was Chuck who had insisted that they travel separately by pousse-pousse rather than in the official Citron sent for their parents . |
| 14 | SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE |
| 15 | In fact , he turned up to his Blackrock club ground at Stradbrook , to watch his brother Graeme training for the New Zealand side in preparation for the Lansdowne Road semi-final . |
| 16 | Banks were able to bid aggressively for wholesale deposits and to take in funds in return for the issue of certificates of deposit . |
| 17 | But once safely in position it will be worth its weight in gold for the extra light and space it will create . |
| 18 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 19 | Lou Macari took charge of his first Celtic training session this afternoon at Seamill in preparation for the Old Firm clash at Ibrox tomorrow . |
| 20 | We met at Raven Square , Welshpool in time for the 12 o'clock train . |
| 21 | Caledor II personally kills Snorri Halfhand , King Gotrek 's son , before returning to Ulthuan in time for the hunting season . |
| 22 | William Elstobb found the eighteenth-century fenmen content with ‘ uncomfortable accommodations ’ ; and Vancouver wrote of Burwell in 1794 : ‘ Any attempt in contemplation for the better drainage of this fen is considered hostile to the true interests of these deluded people . ’ |
| 23 | In fact to judge the book as a whole in determining if it was obscene had generally been the practice in law for the hundred years since the Hicklin case . |
| 24 | The most prominent of the dayis were captured and beheaded , their heads being sent to the sultan ( except for one which was carried away by the Danube whilst being washed by a gypsy in preparation for the journey to Istanbul ) . |
| 25 | Ben , whistling happily , serviced his car in preparation for the long drive North . |
| 26 | Under the feudal system , landowners owing service to the king imposed their own service demands on their tenants , usually involving a cash rent in return for the lease of farmlands . |
| 27 | Aside from its last-minute agreement with Unix System Labs ( see front ) , SCO was strengthening some other key relationships in preparation for the highly-competitive months ahead for those in the operating system software business . |
| 28 | When we launched our boat in Rangkul for the first time and motored towards the islands where the birds were said to nest , it was with considerable relief that we saw there were indeed geese , and they were on eggs . |
| 29 | Saddam offers to free Westerners held in Iraq and Kuwait in return for the withdrawal of US forces from the Gulf . |
| 30 | Des , whose singing is the butt of dozens of jokes , is releasing both a single and a 12-track album in time for the big buying season . |