Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It relates to the reasons given for the justices ' decision . |
| 2 | Ribeira Brava used to be like a Wild West or oasis town where buses and cars stopped for the occupants to take advantage of coffee , drinks and food and to fill their vehicle with petrol before venturing into the ‘ Beyond ’ or the ‘ Outback ’ . |
| 3 | All major opposition parties voted for the bills , whose adoption marked the first time since 1945 that an opposition bill had been passed in the Upper House . |
| 4 | We said goodbye to Ned again and headed north from Queenstown back towards Christchurch , staying overnight at Ruataniwha in huts built for the workers at Twizel dam . |
| 5 | Near the window was a small pair of scales with polished brass weights whilst at the other end of the counter was a larger pair with iron weights used for the vegetables which were kept in the left hand corner of the shop . |
| 6 | Too few libraries train according to a pre-arranged plan and many are not only unable to justify the methods used for the processes taught but may actually be unaware of what these methods and processes are . |
| 7 | His original intention was to have the walls constructed out of fibre glass , but costs proved prohibitive and so they were made from wood with vacuum-formed PVC roundels used for the indents . |
| 8 | Even so , such crowds gathered that in parts of Lower Bavaria and the upper Palatinate halls reserved for the ceremonies were overfilled and had to be closed off by the police . |
| 9 | Keep the party room fairly dark and decorated with ghostly-like pictures , broomsticks with a few twigs attached for the children to practise flying on , pictures of black cats and so on . |
| 10 | The strategies adopted for the closures of Powick , Banstead and Exminster were at once puzzling in their diversity . |
| 11 | He had new cases made for the shells , covered in scarlet Genoese velvet with two rows round of gilt-headed upholstery nails on the lid , the sides and ends blank-panelled with a single row of the same . |
| 12 | After washing , cleaning , packing and breakfast , the companies departed for the ranges in four-tonne trucks : like most of the infantry , we fight on our feet , but generally travel in vehicles . |
| 13 | The rich in hot countries made for the mountains . |
| 14 | If enough of the synthetic peptide molecules are supplied then there might be very few free receptors left for the viruses to bind to . |
| 15 | Then I laid a paler colour into the gaps left for the highlights and took it back over the previous work as well to unify the colour . |
| 16 | The bowmen slipped backwards from tree to tree , fitting and shooting as they could , the lancers aimed for the men rather than the horses , and brought down three in the first onslaught . |
| 17 | This ‘ quasi objective ’ exercise suggested that the RHA 's need to sell the most valuable parts of its estate , in order to recoup the capital moneys advanced for the closures programme , was not its officers ' primary consideration . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 19 | Just keep yer mince pies peeled for the rozzers when yer doin' yer lucky dips . ’ |
| 20 | It concludes — you want a quote from a famous person — ‘ In his decision letter of the sixth of September , the Secretary of State for Energy accepted this recommendation , ’ that is , that the figures are quoted in kilogrammes per stations with appropriate error bands specified for the quantities per station |
| 21 | Suppose , for example , we had as our task the programming of two robots in such a way that they could systematically aid one another in an open range of tasks : what properties beyond the specific abilities required for the tasks would they need to have ? |
| 22 | Predictions made for the proportions of various elements in the early universe were therefore rather inaccurate , but these calculations have been repeated in the light of better knowledge and now agree very well with what we observe . |
| 23 | I wish to make it clear that it is a safety net clause which follows on similar provisions made for the telecommunications , electricity and water industries . |
| 24 | ‘ In any proceedings ( whether or not under this Act ) — ( a ) a statement of affairs prepared for the purposes of any provision of this Act which is derived from the Insolvency Act 1985 , and ( b ) any other statement made in pursuance of a requirement imposed by or under any such provision or by or under rules made under this Act , may be used in evidence against any person making or concurring in making the statement . |
| 25 | Victories in three primaries , including the battle of New York , were a turning point that have given the Arkansas governor an unassailable lead in delegates needed for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 26 | But Europe was split by nationalism , and by its own internal rivalries as local space ran out and European powers rushed for the colonies . |
| 27 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 28 | A similar state of affairs obtained for the coinages of Sasanian Persia and medieval England , neither of which issued any significant copper coinage or small silver coins in any quantity . |
| 29 | Cost of sales is also adjusted to reflect these deductions , except that only equal annual charges for debt service are deducted so as to spread the financing costs over the remaining lives of the respective sales contracts rather than the uneven repayment schedules established for the loans . |
| 30 | Far and wide over the common-grazing 's green undulations the encampments spread , colourful tents and pavilions erected for the lords , chiefs and great ones , banners fluttering in the October breeze , cooking-fires smoking , horse-lines being watered , smiths busy shoeing and beating out iron for spear and axe heads , troops and squadrons practising formation riding , infantry deploying to form squares , hedgehogs and wheelings-in-line , trumpets and horns sounding , captains shouting commands — and half the citizenry and dogs of Edinburgh out to watch and add to the din . |