Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a wood glue-to be effective it has to penetrate down the tubes for some distance so as to get hold of the undamaged wood . |
| 2 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
| 3 | Similarly , the Act of Six Articles of 1539 laid down the penalties for disobedience to the prescribed articles of faith , and left it to him as supreme head to pronounce upon their doctrinal content . |
| 4 | The Bank also laid down the requirements for its own operations in the market : |
| 5 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 6 | Almost all the colonies the English ever acquired were of one or another of these three types , and in a number of other ways the overseas activities undertaken between the 1550s and the 1640s laid down the pattern for all that was to come . |
| 7 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 8 | 4–4 They were unaware that they should have filled in a Schedule for Erection of New Charges but now did so . |
| 9 | You might think , having filled in a claim for US$110 for the missing items , that would be it . |
| 10 | She had n't filled in a card for Anna , but somehow it was too much trouble . |
| 11 | Kelly died on December 7 but had earlier filled in an appointment for December 8 . |
| 12 | Six goods trains arrived at Histon every day , bringing in the necessaries for jam-making : sugar from Amsterdam , Hamburg , and other Continental ports , earthenware jars from St Helens , Newcastle , and Chesterfield . |
| 13 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I 'm hoping you 'll agree to pass on a message for me to Minter . |
| 15 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |
| 16 | I wish to notify other divers that while diving in Cornwall earlier this year , my buddy and I were charged £2 each for just walking down the slip for a shore dive . |
| 17 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 18 | Once these young people became achievers , both in keeping down a job for part of the week , and by acquiring skills relevant to the work , their self-esteem would be enhanced . |
| 19 | A quick barbecue pud is to part split a banana , put half a Mars bar in the middle , wrap it in tin foil and cook over the flames for five to 10 minutes . |
| 20 | Send off the coupon for your free T. Shirt and sponsorship form . |
| 21 | Send off the coupon for your free T. Shirt and sponsorship form . |
| 22 | And he 's hoping to brew up a shock for his old mates tonight . |
| 23 | ‘ There was no conception of opening up a capacity for you to do things for yourself . |
| 24 | The abrupt cut can be softened by a lap dissolve , originally done by gradually closing down the iris on the lens ( a fade-out ) , winding back the film and then opening up the iris for the same length of time and film ( a fade-in ) . |
| 25 | Moreover , the obvious success of MDC in opening up the docklands for mass market consumption has also effectively restrained local opposition . |
| 26 | She flashed him her most sacharine-sweet and blatantly insincere smile , mentally notching up a point for herself when irritation tightened his lips . |
| 27 | The entire ZTT organisation drew up a blueprint for world domination which was a product of the desire to change the pop star syndrome . |
| 28 | In 1956 Britain drew up a scheme for a free trade area of OEEC states , but it was not put forward until November and by then the work of the Six , to British surprise , had progressed well . |
| 29 | On July 4 the government drew up a budget for 1991 which was described officially as designed to curb inflation , reduce the budget deficit and maintain economic growth . |
| 30 | In August 1853 Britain , France , Austria and Prussia drew up a letter for despatch from the sultan to the tsar which gave Nicholas what he wanted . |