Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 2 | It 's money for preparation for the next phase of building work which is to restore the Grand Stair and the rainwater system which has failed . |
| 3 | He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday . |
| 4 | Valerie Schwartz had already , with her father Georges , a doctor from Geneva , climbed the Breithorn and Mont Blanc du Tacul as preparation for the big day . |
| 5 | In a healthy democracy the discussions of the representative assembly will as it were act as chairman for the multifarious informal discussion of the nation as a whole , and the measure of the successful working of democracy is the extent to which the voting of the ordinary man and woman has been informed by this widely diffused public discussion . |
| 6 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 7 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 8 | Before resigning ourselves to permanent depression and a feeling that special needs have slipped from the political agenda , it may be useful to look again at some of the implications for change for the better … |
| 9 | The unrest , which killed 11 people , spread elswhere in the south , the traditional base for support for the Hashemite regime ; first to al Hassaniyeh and al Tufeila , and then up to Kerak , Madaba and Salt . |
| 10 | Brockway , Dutt , Gallacher , Jowett , Maxton and Pollitt for the Communists and the ILP appealed for support for the new committee . |
| 11 | They 're going overland by motorbike ; it 's all in aid of SNAP the charity that stands for Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents at the John Radcliffe Hospital . |
| 12 | To re-appoint Miss Dorothea Vaughan as auditor for the coming year . |
| 13 | One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science or as support for the strong anthropic principle . |
| 14 | Thus if the data satisfy the restrictions implied by equations ( 3.14 ) and ( 3.16 ) it can be taken as support for the rational expectations model of consumption : the observationally equivalent non-rational expectations model is ruled out on theoretical grounds . |
| 15 | This did not automatically lead all in influential circles to conclude that there was a need for provision for the poor by the state . |
| 16 | It is possible to provide examples of policy patterns ( such as provision for the disabled ) varying considerably across the country . |
| 17 | In the following year he published An Observer in the Near East , and in 1911–12 returned to journalism as correspondent for the Daily Mirror covering the Balkan war . |
| 18 | I 'm grateful , that 's for today , erm my Lord it may sound slightly more erm contentious , but I 'd also ask for certificate for counsel for the thirteenth of August hearing , may I say the reason for that , it 's a matter that has n't come before you , you wo n't know about , it 's this , this reason , because at that period it was n't just the application under twenty eighty or twenty eight , four for delay there was another application er , which was unsuccessful which has n't been proceed today , but cost were also disallowed with more serious reason , I submit that said showed er negligent or that improper conduct , there was a substantial attack mounted , and I can use no other words fairly describe it on the professional conduct of and for that reason my Lord er both cos the seriousness of the allegations , but of course also because of the potential conflict that they acted for themselves and it would of been in situation for us solicitor hence to turn up , er they instructed counsel and my self , and so for that double reason in my believe we should be entitled to at , at first stage , ordinarily I would n't of had a very good run for argument but I , it 's my suspicion my clue recollection , be backed up by those behind me , and indeed by the documents that a substantial attack was mounted and it was in , I have to say in full flight terms , and much hence could n't be said to be unreasonable to deem if necessarily , unusually to send counsel in front of a taxing master , well I wo n't say any more on the point , but that is my suspicion |
| 19 | I enclose a cheque for £34 as payment for the outstanding balance on my last instalment of the Community Charge . |
| 20 | However , there is a distinction between admiration for the productive capacity of capitalism , the sense of which has always lain behind working-class hopes for the future because of a realization of the enormous capacity of the forces of production , and a kind of shocked acceptance of the innovative capacity of capital as a social force in creating conditions for its continued reproduction . |
| 21 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 22 | The second was the request for payment for the three lessons . |
| 23 | These synthetic chemicals were first generally introduced in the late 1940s and early 1950s , and are mainly used in two stages in arable operations — as protection for seed at sowing , and as protection for the growing crop . |
| 24 | Following the public consultation exercise in 1978 there was an overwhelming preference for the western alignment around Newcraighall Village , involving removal of Newcraighall Bing as fill for the new road embankments . |
| 25 | She appealed unashamedly to her English readers for money for the foreign artists : ‘ If anyone likes to send some money , I will promise to dispense it with the most rigid favouritism towards people who would probably sooner beg than risk the jaundice of a free meal and would sooner have a note of twenty francs all at once than beg every day . ’ |
| 26 | But he later acted as agent for the chief minister , Robert Cecil , first Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] , over private bills , and supported the great contract to put government finances on a sounder footing . |
| 27 | The purchaser must be the person suffering loss unless it can be shown that the purchaser was acting as agent for the injured customer . |
| 28 | Despite the fact that the rector of the English College in Rome acted as agent for the English bishops , Talbot became a self-appointed and unofficial agent working assiduously for the interests of Wiseman and Henry Edward Manning ( later cardinal , q.v . ) . |
| 29 | The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks . |
| 30 | In addition to the closure of two military bases , the USA also agreed to continue military aid to Greece at the level of US$345,000,000 for the year from October 1990 as rent for the two remaining bases , and promised Greece 62 aircraft and four naval destroyers , together worth over $1,000 million . |