Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing to do with me : in fact , I spent six hours fighting that decision in a totally futile meeting with Topaz and three top-level gorillas from Resource Deployment with cottonwool in their ears and Closed For Lunch signs on their brains . ’ |
| 2 | A recent Protestant Church Synod , where speakers aired grievances and called for change , was a conspiracy ‘ to prepare the way for reunification ’ . |
| 3 | While the Consumer Credit Act licensing system imposed a restraint on credit traders and provided for criminal and financial sanctions against unlicensed trading , the Association was concerned in 1985 at the minority of creditors who were either unaware of , or careless of the existence of , the licensing system . |
| 4 | Thereafter , Leo 's relationship with his adopted country dipped to the point where he was charged with stealing a car , sentenced to six months and recommended for deportation . |
| 5 | THIS can be cut into small festive shapes and used for Christmas tree decorations . |
| 6 | Newspapers were also cut into squares and used for toilet paper . |
| 7 | While she was working , Kalchu came up the ladder carrying a basket of jharo , the resinous wood that 's gouged from deep inside the trunks of the oldest , tallest pine trees , then cut into chips and burned for lighting . |
| 8 | Additionally , there would be various piles of books taken off the shelves and marked for action of one kind or another . |
| 9 | Because they are highly-trained professionals , prompt action has saved many innocent lives and accounted for terrorist gunmen engaged in the act of indiscriminate killing . |
| 10 | WORSHIPPED by the Druids and used for generations to guarantee a Christmas kiss , mistletoe — long a traditional part of the festive season — is dying out . |
| 11 | When it was sunny we picnicked among the forest 's ponies and searched for fossils on deserted beaches . |
| 12 | He was a clever , devious swine , she reflected bitterly as she cleaned her teeth and prepared for bed . |
| 13 | They were promoted by local landowners and farmers or industrial and commercial interests and even by the clergy , and their active promoters in groups of around a dozen ran their affairs at monthly meetings , employed the paid surveyors and labourers and contracted for repairs . |
| 14 | Enclosed is a copy of the new ACE Booklist 1991–2 , which lists all our consumer titles and intended for distribution to members of the public . |
| 15 | In chapter 5 below , David Howell , his leading backroom boy , describes the work of the Public Sector Research Unit , how it scoured North America for business methods adaptable to Whitehall 's needs and searched for think-tanks to visit . |
| 16 | Although some of them were used as guards , others were placed in bases and used for attacks on anti-apartheid activists . |
| 17 | He used to be a keen sportsman in his younger days and rowed for England . |
| 18 | Library guides and information skills planning sheets are examples of documents which can be used with different classes and amended for use each new session . |
| 19 | German Justice Minister Klaus Kinkel had visited Moscow on Oct. 21-22 for talks with the Russian and Soviet governments and pressed for Honecker 's extradition ( although there was no extradition treaty between Germany and Russia ) . |
| 20 | Telephone orders placed by retail dealers are processed at the distribution centre , and their requirements are ‘ picked ’ from the storage lanes and packaged for delivery to shops . |
| 21 | Industrialists should temper their drive for growth with the development of sustainable resources and thought for pollution , he added . |
| 22 | Grammar is a series of four illustrated exercise books written for young learners and designed for use in the classroom and for homework . |
| 23 | Edam and Gouda are both eaten as table cheeses and used for cooking , when they melt readily . |
| 24 | They fed trout in the lake at Sandringham House , slid down the banisters , took Jill , their springer spaniel for long rambles , played hide and seek in the garden , listened to the wind whistling through the trees and hunted for pigeons ' eggs . |
| 25 | The baby struggled purposefully out of its mother 's arms and made for Alexandra . |
| 26 | In early April students had rioted in Kinshasa , the capital , showing frustration over lack of political reform , corruption in politics , and low levels of grants ; they set fire to 25 buses and called for Mobutu 's resignation . |
| 27 | In white hooded overalls and trained for snow warfare , the Commando quickly occupied the two harbours on the westerly island of Moskenesöy , where they found the local Norwegians anxious they should stay in case there were German reprisals . |
| 28 | It reveals a systematic tendency for able black students to be allocated to sets and streams and entered for examinations below their capacities , and exposes the significance of racist discourses in legitimating these practices ( see also Wright , 1987 ) . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , now it has the necessary imprimatur from the Pope , the Catechism will be sent for translation into dozens of languages and prepared for dispatch around the world . |
| 30 | The CFDT then refused to sign the agreements and called for intensification of the strike movement . |