Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 2 | Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work . |
| 3 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 4 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 5 | After all , I had ‘ covered ’ the Boys ' Parliament sessions and other church activities for him on a free lance basis , and I was sure he knew I was determined to take up journalism as a full-time and life-long career . |
| 6 | We aim to take an active role in setting up projects which will set standards of excellence and make the arts more accessible by developing a wide ranging programme of arts activities for everyone in the South East . ’ |
| 7 | You 're going to have the job of changing the ice-packs for me through the night , are n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | 750,000 copies of this booklet have been produced and we will try to get copies for you for the next Q.T. Day . |
| 9 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 10 | Arguably the most satisfying of all winter puddings for anyone with a trencherman appetite is Sussex Pond Pudding . |
| 11 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 12 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
| 13 | If there are enough requests for them in the web , I 'll stick them in . |
| 14 | She is not working here this week but should be fielding calls for us after the election . ’ |
| 15 | After leaving Argentina illegally in 1940 , he flew Spitfires and Hurricanes for us during the war . |
| 16 | It concerned him the more to see that Titch , also , appeared to have no eyes for anything but the Wheel . |
| 17 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 18 | Harry played in eight of the last nine Palace Football League matches of season 1921–22 and scored two goals for us in the last eight minutes on his debut to help Palace defeat Bury 4–1 at The Nest on 25 March , but all these appearances were in the inside or centre-forward positions . |
| 19 | George moved to Sheffield to play for The Wednesday in the summer of 1925 but his 48 goals for us in the higher divisions , scored generally when we were far from being a great side , were easily our best tally in the period 1921–5 and have only ever been bettered by Mark Bright and Ian Wright . |
| 20 | The reader in men and masculinity from Bradford University conjured up images for me of a muscular man walking in with a few four-packs of larger under his arms ready to address BASW delegates . |
| 21 | Much of this he was to achieve , though he received little thanks for it from the Parisians who , in large part , remained hostile to the regime . |
| 22 | They ate well , but she got little thanks for it from the mistress of the hut . |
| 23 | When he was looking to expand with another concept , he looked at the labels in his shops for something with a distinctive yet commercial image and decided on this French casualwear label . |
| 24 | We will have words for you in a minute , ’ and he turned round to the crowd . |
| 25 | Tony Asmar 's lined up a couple of people in Beirut to shoot some pictures for us near the airport . |
| 26 | If they are churchgoers , but unable to go out alone , it is usually possible to organise lifts for them in the cars of other church members to Sunday services as well as week-day activities . |
| 27 | They want the Government to abolish Child Benefit and all tax allowances for parents and use the money to set up full-time Community Homes for everyone under the age of sixteen . |
| 28 | They excavate homes for themselves in the skins of animals and burrow long winding tunnels within the thickness of a leaf . |
| 29 | ‘ So what we did was to take a couple of months for everybody in the band to write songs , and to rehearse everything . |
| 30 | 'I 'll arrange some training sessions for you in the data processing section . |