Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They doubled as bench-tables for small children at Sunday School parties and prizegivings . |
| 2 | First asked for ideas for alternative employment to replace the arms industry , Mr. Browne suggested that it was the job of business not governments to provide employment , but he hoped some of the technologies currently used in defence could be deployed for civilian use . |
| 3 | In this action the plaintiff , Anna Jane sues for damages for serious injuries she received in a motor car accident on the sixth of June , nineteen eighty seven . |
| 4 | erm And he obviously thought at least that he had shaken off religion for good . |
| 5 | They should be treated as place-holders for other propositions , rather than as representing a logically independent class of propositions of their own . |
| 6 | Many can act as receptors for small molecules as well as different ion types ( including anions ) . |
| 7 | Micro Focus Plc yesterday stepped up its presence in the Unix market with launch of Micro Focus Transaction System , a distributed , client-server transaction processing system that runs under Unix , AIX OS/2 and Windows NT , which can act as servers for other copies of Transaction System and for CICS OS/2 , CICS/6000 and Transaction System thin clients . |
| 8 | The new Transaction System from Micro Focus Plc ( UX No 435 ) , runs under Unix , AIX OS/2 and Windows NT , which can act as servers for other copies of Transaction System and for CICS OS/2 , CICS/6000 and Transaction System thin clients . |
| 9 | At least the upper parts of this sequence could , by analogy with the Alum Shale of the Baltic , be considered worth investigation for possible oil source rocks . |
| 10 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 11 | Despite the labour shortage , employers have skilfully staved off demands for big wage increases , helped by sensational talk in the media of an ‘ economic crisis ’ . |
| 12 | The novel does to structuralist theories of meaning what Irigaray does to Freud 's theory of feminine sexuality : it mimics them , draws out their implications and ultimately demonstrates their limitations , using the structures they propose as metaphors for personal relations . |
| 13 | LYNDA Chalker , reappointed as Minister for Overseas Development despite losing her Wallasey seat at the election , yesterday backed United States Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady 's opposition to new funds for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whose annual meeting in Budapest ended yesterday . |
| 14 | John Daubney is no fool and has sought the solution because he , like many others , looks for reasons for unexpected noises occurring at 3 a. m. in the morning . |
| 15 | The company looks for demand for board-level products to continue — OEM customers for these have included E-Systems Inc , Polaroid Corp , General Electric Co Inc , Amdahl Corp , Encore Computer Corp , Xerox Corp and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 16 | Castles were also frequently designed as houses for great lords or to be administrative and judicial centres . |
| 17 | Those applying for credits for single elements are likely to be : |
| 18 | Linfield are of course awaiting the outcome ; they will play FC Copenhagen in Belfast next Wednesday should a Tbilisi appeal against expulsion for attempted bribery of match officials fail . |
| 19 | It also means subscription to Foucaultian power/knowledge assumptions that are difficult to square with demands for modernist universalism . |
| 20 | Another type was the invalid saloon , designed with accommodation for medical attendant , nurses , or servants . |
| 21 | Norway boss Egil Olsen has insisted all his players must be playing first team football to come into consideration for international duty . |
| 22 | Bashir dismissed the Industry Minister , Mohamed Omar Abdullah , and the Minister of Transport and Communications , Ali Ahmad Ibrahim , whose departments had reportedly come under criticism for poor performance . |
| 23 | ESTATE agents have come under fire for misleading advertisements . |
| 24 | It is in a well-known and attractive location , and is brimming with possibilities for future expansion . ’ |
| 25 | Now you TAP into plans for new careers |
| 26 | It was stated afterwards that the principles for future friendly relations had been agreed and that border and other issues would be resolved with respect for mutual interests . |
| 27 | Underwater , their nymph is just as efficient a predator and unlike the roaming adult , it lies in ambush for other insect nymphs , and larvae , for other aquatic bugs , and even for young fish fry . |
| 28 | Bedbug , which is a true bug , of the order Hemiptera , and which lies in wait for warm , still bodies . |
| 29 | Once the trap is complete the little animal burrows into the bottom of the pit and there lies in wait for unsuspecting prey . |
| 30 | In Northend ( Inspector of Taxes ) v White and Leonard and Corbin Greener and Others ( The Times , 26th February 1975 ) , a firm of solicitors receiving interest on a general client account with a bank was held in this case not to be entitled to earned income relief in respect of the interest because it had not been earned in return for professional services and was not ‘ immediately derived ’ from the carrying on of their profession . |