Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |
| 2 | BRITAIN 'S trade gap with non-EC nations has narrowed for the second month in a row , it was revealed today . |
| 3 | The outcome of this work , which was carried out just after candidates had enrolled for the Batch 1 courses , is still awaited . |
| 4 | By July 30 , 12 candidates had registered for the presidential elections due to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on September 29-30 . |
| 5 | In 1983 , of the 1 16 ‘ publishers and journalists ’ standing only 45 were elected : 30 of the 71 defeated candidates had stood for the SDP ! |
| 6 | It was true that there were now ‘ whole chanceries ’ of paperwork in the offices of village-Soviet secretaries , but most of the secretaries had worked for the volost' in the Tsarist regime and were somewhat suspect . |
| 7 | The Scots had compensated for the lack of indigenous wealth by developing a tradition , over the previous century and a half , of regarding themselves as far more powerful , more important , more interesting than their remote geographic position and comparative poverty actually entitled them to be . |
| 8 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 9 | The answer to our Lords And Commons Cricket Competition is as follows : the three England Captains to have played for the LCC are Lord Harris , Sir Stanley Jackson MP and Lord Tennyson . |
| 10 | When he asked about the lack of black faces , he was told that no blacks had qualified for the university because of the institution 's high standards . |
| 11 | The five other directors had called for the Deanses to leave the board . |
| 12 | The house was empty and quiet , all the guests having left for the day . |
| 13 | According to the 1990 report of the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( ECA ) , 100 million people , one-quarter of Africa 's population , were receiving less than 80 per cent of daily food needs , and per capita incomes had fallen for the 12th successive year . |
| 14 | Linfield 's board , alarmed by the adverse publicity , released an unprecedented statement outlining their position and policy , and revealing that over 70 Catholics had played for the club in the past . |
| 15 | Both governments had asked for the help of the governments of Argentina , Chile and the Andean Pact countries ( Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru ) to resolve the matter . |
| 16 | However , the Palace did deny a report that senior royal officials had admitted for the first time that the marriage was in difficulty . |
| 17 | The officials had opted for the more prestigious Royal Mail charge , rather than the more tenuous one of murder of the post-boy . |
| 18 | Annie Get Your Gun , opening on November 25 , has sold 25,000 tickets , and 80,000 seats have gone for the revival of Barnum , which opens on December 17 with Paul Nicholas in the starring role . |
| 19 | ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park . |
| 20 | Will Tendulkar 's arrival mean the end of Yorkshire 's perceived racial policy — no Yorkshire Asians have played for the county ? |
| 21 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 22 | A parallel debate is evolving in Maine where officials have asked for the removal of a dam , built in 1936 , in order to preserve salmon runs . |
| 23 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 24 | Fears had grown for the safety of Pringle 's former girlfriend , 21-year-old Leanne Rees , who had been held hostage in the house since Sunday . |
| 25 | For the Third World or rather the underdeveloped world these questions have existed for the greater part of this century . |
| 26 | Since the ban was imposed by Margaret Thatcher , campaigners have argued for the restoration of union rights , and three secret meetings have taken place at the Cabinet Office , the last of them this afternoon ended in breakdown . |
| 27 | Since the ban was imposed by Margaret Thatcher , campaigners have argued for the restoration of union rights , and three secret meetings have taken place at the Cabinet Office , the last of them this afternoon ended in breakdown . |
| 28 | But all eyes will be on the opening event on the morning of Sunday , June 20 , when over 200 entrants have applied for the Mountain Time Trial over one lap of the TT course against the watch . |
| 29 | PRISON officers have called for the reopening of the special segregation unit in Inverness , called ‘ the Cages ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I ken you were all right when the Prince was here , ’ he continued , ‘ and there are plenty in Glasgow that will keep you safe , but things have changed for the worse since you went away . |