Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our idea — which would involve wheeling a building large enough to cover London 's Tower Bridge over the damaged reactor — gained us a $ prize and , more importantly , an automatic place on the short list for bidding for the 3 million ECU feasibility contract . |
| 2 | During 1991 , BTR increased its workforce from 105,000 to 140,000 but , after allowing for the 48,000 staff added because of acquisitions , there was a net reduction of 13,000 . |
| 3 | Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew . |
| 4 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 5 | I would of gone for the four wheel |
| 6 | These meetings are Making the most of the seventy fifth in shops , Involving young people in singing for the seventy fifth , Branches sharing fund raising ideas for the seventy fifth and Small World Theatre extracts from Moving , a play on the theme of refugees . |
| 7 | In voting for the 56 Greek-Cypriot delegates to the House of Representatives ( the nominal allocation of 24 seats to Turkish-Cypriots continued unfilled ) , the conservative Democratic Rally ( DISY ) finished first with 35.8 per cent of the vote and 20 seats ( one more than in the previous assembly ) . |
| 8 | Joyce was committed to providing for the two daughters of his first marriage , to whom he was a conscientious father , as well as supporting his second wife . |
| 9 | Sixteen patients with the irritable bowel syndrome acted as controls for the 1 1 1 In leukocyte and 5 1 Cr red cell studies . |