Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] 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 | They should be treated as place-holders for other propositions , rather than as representing a logically independent class of propositions of their own . |
| 5 | Many can act as receptors for small molecules as well as different ion types ( including anions ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Castles were also frequently designed as houses for great lords or to be administrative and judicial centres . |
| 12 | Those applying for credits for single elements are likely to be : |
| 13 | It also means subscription to Foucaultian power/knowledge assumptions that are difficult to square with demands for modernist universalism . |
| 14 | It is in a well-known and attractive location , and is brimming with possibilities for future expansion . ’ |
| 15 | Now you TAP into plans for new careers |
| 16 | The adoption of regular reviews for residents , requiring the continuing involvement of a social worker is gradually being implemented , but is slow to come in Homes for elderly people . |
| 17 | Austrians emphasize that market coordination is a dynamic process in which entrepreneurship , or the ability to seek out and act upon opportunities for beneficial exchange , plays a crucial role . |
| 18 | The number of therapeutic abortions carried out in Northern Ireland is not known because they are contained in figures for gynaecological operations . |
| 19 | Accordingly , we intend to provide in regulations for direct payments to start once that 100 per cent . |
| 20 | The Indians regarded him as a medicine man and his apple-tree enthusiasm , odd clothing and religious devotion — he distributed religious tracts torn in parts for widespread circulation — started many folktales . |
| 21 | The major Japanese computer manufacturers expect to report sharp declines in profits for fiscal 1993 , Associated Press reports from Tokyo : five companies — Hitachi Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Mitsubishi Electric Co , NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd are expected to report a combined 72% decline in profits , according to the Nippon Keizai Shimbun , the second consecutive drop in yearly earnings among the five firms , which collectively saw a 59% drop last year from the prior year ; NEC has revised its expected loss upwards to $370m from $77m forecast in November , Hitachi expects earnings to fall 33% to $733m , Fujitsu forecast its first loss at $8.6m , and Mitsubishi Electric expects a 30% fall in profit to $336m ; Sony Corp , NEC and Hitachi are considering raising export prices to compensate for a 6.5% appreciation of the yen against the dollar in the past month , which has begun to erode Japanese exporters ' profits . |
| 22 | The Anglo.American Cataloguing Rules , prepared jointly by the Library Association , the American Library Association , the Canadian Library Association and the Library of Congress , were published in 1967 with some sixty-six pages devoted to rules for non-book materials , and dissatisfaction with these rules produced further publications from the Canadian Library Association ( Riddle 1970 ; Weihs , Lewis and Macdonald 1973 ) , the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction of the National Education Association ( 1968 ) , and the very impressive LA/NCET rules issued by the Library Association and the ( then ) National Council for Educational Technology ( 1973 ) . |
| 23 | The most likely development is that studios will imitate the music business and create separate divisions devoted to films for black audiences , where black producers who know their market best will determine what films are made . |
| 24 | The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) had on Aug. 28 approved a standby arrangement authorizing purchases up to the equivalent of SDR35,000,000 ( US$50,000,000 ) , the first since July 1982 , in support of the government 's economic and financial programme aimed at reducing inflation , strengthening the balance of payments and contributing to projects for economic growth . |
| 25 | Among the 122 works on show will be those relating to projects for monumental sculpture and architecture , particularly of the Seventies and Eighties , including maquettes for five works installed in the grounds of the Fondation Gianadda . |
| 26 | Special provisions relating to applications for new licence |
| 27 | ‘ I concentrated on toys for pre-school children because I thought I knew about them . |
| 28 | Like the Better Health Commission , it concentrated on targets for preventable mortality and behavioural risk factors . |
| 29 | ICL PERSONAL SYSTEMS LOOKS TO RESELLERS FOR NEW US PUSH |
| 30 | Graham Rice looks at ideas for continuous colour and interest |