Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The burden of the message was that good men were dying in Belfast for lesser sins than MacQuillan was committing and unless he changed the Post 's tune he would be shot . |
| 2 | Sidney Stallard , Minister for Community Affairs , resigned in April for personal reasons and was replaced by Leonard Gibbons . |
| 3 | They hoped that the number of troops committed to NATO for conventional defence could be reduced when tactical nuclear weapons , then under development in the US , became available within the Alliance . |
| 4 | ‘ How funny to come to London for French style , ’ Constance replied sweetly . |
| 5 | He was booked by Gallagher for ungentlemanly conduct after falling to the ground as he squared up to Pearce . |
| 6 | However support in Krajina for Babic continued to disintegrate under intensified pressure from Serbian leaders and a Serbian media campaign against him , and on Feb. 4 the leader of the newly formed Serbian Democratic Party , Jovan Raskovic , called for the removal of Babic from power . |
| 7 | Concerned by their distinct lack of success in ‘ culturally acceptable mass media writing ’ , the Australians had turned to Britain for tutoring . |
| 8 | Since 1967 the children have travelled to Boynton school three miles away , then transferred to Bridlington for secondary education . |
| 9 | Marvellous acupuncture , then shop at Selfridges for anti-wrinkle cream with liposomes , which flawless friend , Julia McKenzie tells me I should be using , ‘ by now ’ . |
| 10 | In action where Gerald Boden 's three ‘ Teddybears ’ , ex BR Class 14 loco 's originally built at Swindon for local freight trip working anywhere over the BR system . |
| 11 | TNC still needs to be tailored by OEMs for specific Unix flavours , although the company says it plans to bring out a shrink-wrapped version in the future . |
| 12 | In part Marx say this task as paralleling what had been done by Darwin for biological evolution . |
| 13 | Big-spending Derby were pipped by Middlesbrough for automatic promotion last time — then they lost to Blackburn in the play-offs . |
| 14 | It was a series of financial penalties imposed by Washington for manifold breaches of the 1977 Clean Air Act which forced the LA authorities to formulate such an epic approach in the first place . |
| 15 | IBM ‘ TO BUY INTO PARALLAN FOR HIGH-END SERVERS ’ … |
| 16 | Maybe the specific association behind each of these works , generally commissioned from Arnold for particular events or celebrations , has got in the way of their wider circulation . |
| 17 | In Sarawak , figs are considered to be homes of spirits and the Iban people will not fell them , even when clearing forest for rice culture ; they are also preserved in Africa for similar reasons . |
| 18 | The death penalty is routinely used in China for serious economic crimes which involve no personal violence . |
| 19 | Church schools which have chosen to transfer to the education authority , rather than be independent , become public schools ( the term used in Scotland for maintained or state schools ) , although they can make separate arrangements for denominational instruction . |
| 20 | D. The skills learned in the shipyards have been used in Belfast for allied engineering industries , making marine engines , electrical generators and switch gear . |
| 21 | I look to NI for factual-thought-provoking journalism , not April Fool 's Day articles . |
| 22 | Jed turned to Creed for solid ground . |
| 23 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 24 | UI ‘ TO LOOK BEYOND USL FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES ’ |
| 25 | That defeat caused France — who had previously looked to Russia as an ally — to look to Britain for mutual support , enhancing the Entente Cordiale which had developed following King Edward 's visit to Paris , with Queen Alexandra , in May 1903 . |
| 26 | Dave Morris , the Ramblers ' Scottish officer , said the Government had already accepted that it needed to look to Europe for future ideas for the countryside . |
| 27 | In August , Armenia had unsuccessfully appealed to Russia for military support , invoking the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) security treaty [ see pp. 38922 ; 39059 ] . |
| 28 | Faced with revolt in the north by anti-government guerrillas of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) , the Djibouti government was reported to have appealed to France for military support , on the basis of the 1977 defence treaty between the two countries , and for the intervention of French forces stationed in Djibouti . |
| 29 | It seems sometimes as if this theory , used to explain the processes not only of combustion but also calcination , definitely had been handed to Priestley for special keeping as he adhered to it unswervingly all his life . |
| 30 | Antiochus was used by Thucydides for Sicilian antiquities at the beginning of hi ; book vi , but not for fifth-century history , though he went down to 424 . |