Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McKeown also urged the Arts Council to provide funding for an extension to the theatre , comprising a rehearsal room , set construction workshop and studio theatre with flexible seating for between 50 and 150 people . |
| 2 | Responsibility was claimed by the Islamic Jihad Movement — Bayt al-Maqdis ( Jerusalem ) , which had also claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israeli tour bus in Egypt in February 1990 [ see pp. 37265-66 ] , and which in late October had been declared illegal in Israel and the occupied territories . |
| 3 | On April 3 the People 's Revolutionary Struggle ( ELA ) and the May 1 group jointly claimed responsibility for an explosion outside UN offices and for placing bombs under European diplomats ' cars . |
| 4 | Both groups had claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on Antonio Rios , former president of the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela ( CTV ) and a leading member of the ruling Democratic Action ( AD ) party , who had recently resigned from his post to face trial on charges of influence peddling . |
| 5 | The study found that 89 per cent of all companies interviewed provide assistance for an employee buying a home in the new location . |
| 6 | This decision was described as exceptional in Alexander v Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd ( 1990 ) , where the High Court reasserted the traditional principle that the courts should refuse to grant an injunction to restrain a breach of contract which would force an employer to provide work for an employee he does not wish to employ . |
| 7 | The ISCSH also found evidence for an association between exposure to passive smoking and low birthweight and said that , since active smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive might be expected to confer one also , albeit a smaller one [ 4 ] . |
| 8 | They provide evidence for an accuracy order in performance . |
| 9 | The failure of a small group of teachers ( who even if they were not professionally inept were certainly politically naïve ) was used to provide ammunition for an attack on schools whose approach to learning diverged from the traditional . |
| 10 | The U D M is planning to set up a giant recycling plant here to provide employment for an area badly hit by pit closures . |
| 11 | TRUSTING Carol Tierney entered hospital for an operation to free a trapped nerve in her arm — and died ten days later , her body riddled with poison . |
| 12 | Inevitably I spent long periods sitting in the staff room waiting for staff to find time for an interview . |
| 13 | There is a lot of ‘ Glasgowing on ’ within the Company as preparations are being made to provide material for an exhibition that will be one of the major events within the Cultural Capital of Europe . |
| 14 | The Privy Council , however , reconvened Parliament for an emergency session on Feb. 18 and pushed through amendments to the Nationality Act , the Passport Act and the Constitution itself , in order to provide a retroactive legal basis for the sale ; denied its legal foundation , the court case was dismissed . |
| 15 | He wished to be advised about the possibility of seeking compensation for an assault by his neighbour , for which he had received hospital treatment . |
| 16 | With his vowels short as his hair , it was easy to mistake Wellington for an Afrikaner . |
| 17 | In early days the judiciary greatly encouraged litigants to use it and the number of civil applications rose from 356 in 1981 to 1580 in 1989 , the House of Lords having ruled in 1983 that those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights must proceed by way of this remedy only . |
| 18 | Unfortunately for Mazda , the introduction of the powerful Wankel rotary engine coincided with the massive increase in oil prices which spelt disaster for an engine with high fuel consumption . |
| 19 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 20 | But this time it went wrong and Ms Kennedy , who plays a republican activist in the drama , had to receive treatment for an eye injury . |
| 21 | Pipette the food to the mussels , and stop filtration for an hour . |
| 22 | Following the shooting of William Black , the most urgent task was to endeavour to organise support for an inquiry . |
| 23 | They had received the reports in the Place of Healing , where the body lay in the courtyard , protected from the flies and the heat by wet wrappings , waiting for someone to claim it and give permission for an examination to begin , before it was taken to the embalmers . |
| 24 | In only one of a number of retaliatory attacks in various Turkish towns , the extreme left Dev Sol organization claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus in Istanbul on March 24 in which two employees of the National Intelligence Agency were killed ; the statement linked the attack with the Kurdish issue . |
| 25 | I eat something , have a nap or watch telly for an hour , then I 'm out . |
| 26 | A POLICE federation is to sue its local water authority in an attempt to win compensation for an officer who became ill after saving a man from drowning in a polluted river . |
| 27 | The principles established for the protection of married women providing security for their husband 's debts were extended to parents providing security for an adult child 's debts . |
| 28 | He paused , as if gathering breath for an ascent up a steep mountainside . |
| 29 | Bouvard and Pécuchet , during their investigations into literature , find that they lose respect for an author when he strays into error . |
| 30 | LGCM urged support for an amendment moved by Malcolm Johnson ( the rector of St Botolph 's ) , which deleted almost all of Higton 's wording and instead affirmed ‘ the essential of the biblical message that human love is a reflection of divine love and should be characterised by the permanency and commitment of relationships . ’ |