Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 2 | The French government has cancelled plans for the building of two of five dams planned for the upper Loire valley . |
| 3 | The imposition of a war economy has frozen plans for the development of manufacturing , and shortages of electricity , spare parts and labour have disrupted existing industries . |
| 4 | But 1992 has seen changes for the better . |
| 5 | DRA itself has done installers for the Transputer , 386/486 , MIPS , 68K , VAX and is looking at HP 's PA-RISC . |
| 6 | Family has adopted principles for the protection of children and dependent spouses which could apply equally to the unmarried . |
| 7 | No candidate may leave his place until an invigilator has made arrangements for the collection of his script . |
| 8 | The US has imposed quotas for the catching of sharks in American waters in the Atlantic , Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean . |
| 9 | Fiona has worked on set designs for the Royal Ballet Company in Dublin , and Donna has produced pieces for the Belfast Denver exchange . |
| 10 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 11 | It has reiterated demands for the closure of all ex-Soviet nuclear facilities . |
| 12 | And a recent trip by the mayor of Las Vegas has raised hopes for the sale of the train as a gamblers ' special to link the city with Los Angeles . |
| 13 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 14 | Dewey established the Lake Placid Club Education Foundation which has provided funds for the continuation of the scheme . |
| 15 | At the same time the democratisation process in Eastern Europe has provided opportunities for the churches for which they have neither experience nor expertise . |
| 16 | The British Army has provided troops for the UN all over the world . |
| 17 | Welcome back : The hot weather has brought calls for the government to introduce water metering , to stop us using so much . |
| 18 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 19 | * The Laotian Agriculture Ministry has announced plans for the semi-settlement of a quarter of a million families of shifting cultivators , in an effort to restrict the effects of " slash and burn " farming on the country 's forests . |
| 20 | The Indian Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources has announced plans for the installation of the country 's first solar power plant . |
| 21 | The Department of Transport has announced plans for the improvement of Junction Twelve of the M-Five motorway in Gloucestershire . |
| 22 | The FBI said it has ceased negotiations for the time being with Texas cult leader David Koresh , holed up with his followers in a fortified compound , to allow him to talk with his lawyer . |
| 23 | Cosmetics group Body Shop International has awarded contracts for the construction of a 10-MW wind farm in mid-Wales , as part of its drive for energy self-sufficiency . |
| 24 | LASMO has signed contracts for the sale of gas from the Kadanwari field with the Pakistan government and the Sui Southern Gas Company . |
| 25 | The new display group has started rehearsals for the 30th Anniversary but already we need to start planning for 1983 ! |
| 26 | A GAS pipeline which cuts across the Cheshire Show field has hindered preparations for the event . |
| 27 | A GAS pipeline which cuts across the Cheshire Show field has hindered preparations for the event . |
| 28 | The business has begun preparations for the Christmas season — with a festive show planned for this week . |
| 29 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 30 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has published guidelines for the practical application of economic instruments , eg taxes and charges on emissions , waste management and noise . |