Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women . |
| 2 | I have a couple of mates who are Forest fans , and I got them tickets for the first game of the season . |
| 3 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 4 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 5 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 6 | Essex Water is giving a presentation explaining its reasons for the application and answering questions on March 25 . |
| 7 | Although Goldmann accepts the significance of the social determination of knowledge thesis for epistemology he does not pursue its implications for the Marxist concept of ideology . |
| 8 | A program allows one to frequently modify the hypertext database and test its consequences for the linear form . |
| 9 | This liberal attitude has its benefits for the university . |
| 10 | This has its advantages for the mother . |
| 11 | IXI managing director , Ray Anderson , says his company is girding its loins for the ‘ mother of all battles ’ as it seeks to drive into Sun Microsystems Inc turf armed with X.desktop over OSF/Motif . |
| 12 | At this same time Force ‘ H ’ discharged its responsibilities for the ‘ Tiger ’ convoy to Admiral Cunningham 's force , the two fleets meeting some 40 miles south of Malta . |
| 13 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 15 | People living within walking distance of the track decorate their houses for the family cookout with checkered flags and banners . |
| 16 | On the basis of the information given the children will discuss their tactics for the match and decide the instructions to be typed in . |
| 17 | She 's been reported missing and we 're checking her movements for the two weeks before she vanished . ’ |
| 18 | Some felt that they needed to compensate their children for the ‘ loss ’ of the other parent , and so should devote more time to them . |
| 19 | A report by the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) , details of which were published by the Economy Ministry on Nov. 4 , called for at least another year of economic stringency , noting that by the end of 1991 ( the first year of the three-year stabilization plan which the EC had required when making its February 1991 loan — see pp. 37968 ; 38478 ) the government would have failed to meet its targets for the reduction of inflation and of the public-sector deficit . |
| 20 | Things were just a touch grim at the Shakespeare School before it occluded its portals for the vacation . |
| 21 | Lionel Elvin , Director of the University of London Institute of Education , had , as a member of the Robbins Committee , framed its recommendations for the teacher training colleges ( as they were called before the committee 's recommendation that they be renamed colleges of education ) to be brought within the universities ' ambit . |
| 22 | A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks . |
| 23 | We did n't discuss his plans for the day , only mine , and those I presume are hardly of interest to you . ’ |
| 24 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 25 | But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained . |
| 26 | ‘ Listen ! ’ said the young man named Lawrence suddenly , and checked to strain his ears for the small , recurrent sound that had reached him . |
| 27 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 28 | You 'll forgive me , sirs , but I 've forgotten your names for the moment . |
| 29 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 30 | Right , very good , that 's all from Headquarters , right then we move on to then any other business , erm I think mainly it 's just the odd verse with arrangements for next meeting , because our next meeting is our own A G M , erm , at , which we erm elect our officers for the next year , er , and there are , are other arrangements to make , erm we sometimes put a little form do n't we on the end of the minutes that , people to fill in if they wish to nominate someone , I think we should do that even though very , very rarely gets actually filled in , erm , and we have some post which we have elections for others where we can phone the people who are doing those jobs and , and hope they 'll carry on . |