Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun prp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE POPE and the European bishops have invited Christians , Jews and Muslims to pray and fast together in Assisi for peace in the Balkans . |
| 2 | Or , put another way , are the Powell conditions too tough — tough not just for Americans , but for those , like Bosnia 's Muslims , whose plight is such that they can plausibly look only to America for salvation ? |
| 3 | Before twelfth-century English bishops helped to propagate a canon law based on papal direction by appealing constantly to Rome for guidance , Boniface had done the same in the eighth century . |
| 4 | He is guaranteed to find his plans frustrated by the more powerful departments of state , unless he runs constantly to Major for backing . |
| 5 | ASHINWARI or Afridi tribesman in Afghanistan grows the poppies and sends them by donkey or truck to his cousin a few miles away in Pakistan for processing . |
| 6 | The evidence that the continents have drifted , that South America did indeed break away from Africa for instance , is now literally overwhelming , but this is not a book about geology and I shall not spell it out . |
| 7 | The case against police sergeant Glynn Victor May , 47 , of Gloucester Way , Fellgate Estate , Jarrow , who is accused of raping a Sunderland woman in her home last July , was adjourned by Sunderland magistrates yesterday until July for committal proceedings . |
| 8 | I 'VE just heard Daley Thompson on telly trying to explain away Jason Livingstone 's being sent home from Barcelona for drug-taking . |
| 9 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Philippines is bracing herself for a legal battle over her decision not to allow the remains of the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , to be returned home from Hawaii for burial . |
| 10 | He postponed concerts twice in Bangkok and once in Singapore for health reasons . |
| 11 | In choosing , Alsys has to weigh up two objectives : which technology has greater market share and is more attractive to third parties and which technology will be the standard internally at Thomson for engineering . |
| 12 | Turn right in Cockfield for part two of this figure of eight walk . |
| 13 | The budgets for the two movies ( $11 million versus $28 million ) were roughly comparable , allowing for inflation ; but unlike Star Wars ( $9.5 million , less than half the cost of 2001 , allowing for inflation ) , Alien and others , shot mainly in England for economy , 2010 stuck to MGM 's home base in Culver City and did not economize on actors , except by avoiding superstars . |
| 14 | Down itself comes from the breasts of birds as a by-product — they 're farmed mainly in China for food . |
| 15 | Now in Selby for example , where I think a we'v Bill and I have tried to offset the balance a little bit , but in the past they have been better staffed . |
| 16 | Another point which has n't been taken up , despite us being invited to is why is the Greater York area the size that it is , and this is a point that the Senior Inspector raised , er in other towns and cities , I 'm thinking particularly of Exeter for example , the districts have looked at supplying their city based land supply problems on a journey to work area , now that area would be significantly greater than we 're looking at here , and it seems to me in this location er where we see a potential abundance of supply beyond the strict confines of the Greater York area is a very apposite question to ask , why is the Greater York area the area that it is ? |
| 17 | ‘ So you are here in Seville for part work , part pleasure . |
| 18 | Then , as you say , Dr McDonald visited us in Cambridge , liked what we were doing and announced his intention of setting up an institute here in Cambridge for research into archaeology . |
| 19 | In the first year Laura wanted to see everything herself so the colours , prints and designs were all taken regularly to France for inspection . |
| 20 | Charlotte has her old master , too , and she keeps fairly regularly to Bordeaux for wine , though at different times of the year she may go to Spain for oranges , or to the Canaries for new potatoes or bananas . |
| 21 | He looked uncomfortably to Owen for support . |
| 22 | Child care and education providers , and colleges working in partnership with such providers are now being invited to come forward to SCOTVEC for approval to offer the new SVQs . |