Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Black Sea only recycles its water once in every 140 years and it is estimated Turkish beaches will remain contaminated by waste for more than a century . |
| 2 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 3 | He expects profits this year of £135m and has pencilled in £150m for next year . |
| 4 | Despite the lines round her mouth and the flecks of grey in her hair , there was a bloom in her cheeks and her eyes shone like those of a girl who has fallen in love for the first time . |
| 5 | Finally sport : Oxford United have made a new signing this afternoon ; Jim Magilton has joined from Liverpool for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 6 | If the business has different sections or different sites , you should enquire whether all its employees have been considered for redundancy or whether your particular part of the operation is the only one which has come under scrutiny for cut-backs . |
| 7 | THE Welsh Office has come under attack for refusing to hold a public meeting into their controversial choice for a bypass around an Anglesey village . |
| 8 | A city council has come under fire for putting up its Christmas lights too early . |
| 9 | The Scottish Office has come under fire for failing to increase capital spending on social work . |
| 10 | Keen Hunter defends his Abbaye crown and the rain has come in time for John Gosden 's flier . |
| 11 | These included not only the psychiatric cases but also those suffering from tuberculosis ( nineteen patients in 1945 ) and others con fined to hospital for long periods . |
| 12 | Since the 1983 Rayner Scrutiny of NHS residential accommodation there has been a steady rationalisation of accommodation provided for DHA employees , and this has added to problems for recruiters , especially in areas where private rented accommodation is expensive and in short supply . |
| 13 | He has impressed as stand-in for the injured Tommy Wright . |
| 14 | Anybody who has operated in business for more than five years knows that invariably in five years the business is not all right unless something has been done about it . |
| 15 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 16 | The equity proportion of financing has risen to 43% for deals below £10m in the last 18 months and to over 40% for deals above £10m . |
| 17 | Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time . |
| 18 | In contrast , the real value of excise duties has risen by 7% for beers and by 17% for wines ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 19 | Gary Penrice , the Bristol Rovers striker , has moved to Watford for £500,000 . |
| 20 | Gary Penrice , the Bristol Rovers striker , has moved to Watford for £500,000 . |
| 21 | THE mother of a North Wales soldier serving in Bosnia has appealed for pen-pals for him and his colleagues . |
| 22 | I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’ |
| 23 | Protestantism has a deeper significance in Ulster than it has had in Britain for over two hundred years . |
| 24 | BAeSEMA 's work varies from design contracts for equipment and services to support contracts for equipment the navy has had in service for many years . |
| 25 | It has floundered in recession for five years . |
| 26 | Mr Gysi has spoken out for sweeping political and economic reforms and has acted as lawyer for the opposition New Forum . |
| 27 | As the MOD has shopped around Europe for additional supplies of 155mm shells , some of the responses have done little for any future spirit of co-operation . |
| 28 | Poul Christensen has farmed in Oxfordshire for 25 years ; a time when the European landscape has changed dramatically . |
| 29 | The International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists ( IFSCC ) has called for applications for the Maison G. de Navarre award by 1 June 1992 . |
| 30 | Ivan Lendl has been a great credit to the game which he has played with distinction for so long . |