Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But look out for hidden extras : most operators will charge a preparation fee of around £30 for airport transfers and installation of toilet chemicals and a starter tank of propane gas . |
| 2 | Non-members were charged a total of over £2,000 for use of library services . |
| 3 | Gastric carcinoma is a chemosensitive tumour and early reports showed response rates of over 20% for adriamycin , cisplatin , 5-fluorouracil , and mitomycin C given as single agents . |
| 4 | The next example shows how the reported form may sometimes have the reporting clause embedded as a parenthesis , so that the whole sentence resembles , in word order , the structure of quoted speech , but with only commas for punctuation : |
| 5 | By then , the team will have marched 10 miles a day for a fortnight to reach base camp and endured temperatures of -40C and galeforce winds — with only tents for shelter . |
| 6 | By the middle of 1802 , as the family house and shop passed into other hands , Ben was left alone with only sisters for company ; Elizabeth , the eldest , had very recently married , and little brother must have been in imminent danger of succumbing to the petticoat government of Mary and Sarah . |
| 7 | The man said that he had been alone in a cell 4 metres by 5 metres , with only loudspeakers for company for a week . |
| 8 | Each locus was analysed in pairwise combinations for recombination frequencies using the additional data . |
| 9 | Each locus was analysed in pairwise combinations for recombination frequencies using the additional data . |
| 10 | Growth by acquisition may take many forms : the purchase of a publicly held company 's shares by a recommended offer or by contested takeover bid , or the acquisition of shares or business assets by private agreement ( in either case for cash or by way of share exchange ) ; merger through the medium of a holding company which acquires the merging companies or their assets ; and , in France and certain other member states , merger by ‘ fusion ’ whereby a company loses its identity and is absorbed , with its assets and liabilities , into the new concern . |
| 11 | B. Until recently power for industry and homes was produced locally by separate companies . |
| 12 | In a significant departure for P&P Plc , the company is to market Northern Telecom Ltd 's Visit multimedia communications system , which combines telephone and personal computer : Visit , Visual Interaction Technology , will start at under £3,000 for camera and boards , including training , maintenance and support ; compatible with Mac and MS-DOS machines , Visit has an attached video camera to enable videoconferencing freely and cheaply . |
| 13 | — In the past few weeks , Alan Butterfield and Fred Wilcoxson , members of the club committee have received Certificates of Merit from the CIU. — Darlington 's Hopetown and Whessoe Social Club is aiming to raise at least £1,000 for charity before Easter . |
| 14 | Organisers hope to raise at least £5,000 for Help the Aged . |