Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She writes : ‘ As a paradigm for encountering terror , this story offers sustenance for the present journey … . |
| 2 | During the North-East ABA Select v London and Home Counties match , Spennymoor 's Stephen Hodgson will meet London 's Barney Doherty , who pipped Hodgson on a majority points decision for the national schools title in the finals at Derby recently . |
| 3 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 4 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 5 | The feeling at directorial level is that while the board accepts responsibility for the running of the club it is entitled to quiz Brady if a problem has been identified with regard to team matters . |
| 6 | Rock became roadie for The Band and was Muhammad Ali 's bodyguard . |
| 7 | CRYSTAL PALACE face a battle with the FA over their intention to claim compensation for the injury John Salako sustained on England duty last month . |
| 8 | So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks . |
| 9 | The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 . |
| 10 | Traditionally some vendors oppose asset sales on the basis that it takes too long to obtain the landlord 's consent and the long delay between exchange and completion causes uncertainty for the business . |
| 11 | The Employment Department has responsibility for the dissemination of information on the comparability exercise in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | If someone who is offered an obviously forged check believes that if the issue is litigated a court will lay down a rule denying recovery for the future and apply that rule against him , he will not take the check in the first instance , and society will have the benefit of the better rule without actually paying the costs of litigation or incurring the disadvantages of bad commercial practice before the case is litigated . |
| 13 | This study found evidence for the S&P500 and the NYSE Composite index futures that volume is ‘ caused ’ by volatility , that arbitrage opportunities are ‘ caused ’ by volatility , and that volatility is ‘ caused ’ by volume for the NYSE Composite but not the S&P500 . |
| 14 | The prime target of their discontent was Serrano , for he had intervened with Franco in an attempt to obtain clemency for the Falangists involved in what Galarza and Varela were presenting as an attack on the Army as an institution . |
| 15 | According to the report , the USA was " pouring millions of dollars into north-western Cambodia " in an attempt to win support for the non-communist rebels ahead of any peace settlement . |
| 16 | Its initial investment includes finance for the new Ford Cellular Airtime Operations Centre in Swindon . |
| 17 | The FBI have identified a screenplay touting suspect for the 1990 robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 18 | The auditors say the department withdrew support for the project in March after ‘ a series of delays in design , development , and preparation for installation ’ of a loop to test the reactor . |
| 19 | If consent does not exist where a woman lacks understanding of the nature of the act and if the defendant knows of her lack of understanding , then he must have the requisite mens rea for the offence . |
| 20 | It remains , under our constitution , the right of every citizen to petition Parliament for the redress of grievances and one function of Parliament , therefore , is to receive such petitions . |
| 21 | Proposals for a merger of interests in the Medlock patent with the French company Reynard Frères — in an attempt to satisfy demand for the magenta dye — were unsuccessful . |
| 22 | Where the only evidence available is that of one party against the other , or a wife giving evidence for her husband , or an employee giving evidence for the employer etc. the court may well find the case not proved . |
| 23 | Filmmaking is such an enormously complex process that it 's almost impossible for the outsider to apportion blame for the success or failure of a particular project . |
| 24 | Irish authorities are to urge the US to be as flexible as possible over visas in a bid to maximise support for the Republic 's bid for World Cup glory . |
| 25 | Two custom-built stairways have also been made for the rear of the seat scaffolding to allow access for the 546 people who will see the performance . |
| 26 | The three found they could speed up the development of the 601 chip by combining work already under way at IBM with Motorola chip technology , and early next year , IBM , Apple and Motorola will announce the PowerOpen Association to rally support for the chip , which has so far won the backing only of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 27 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 28 | His recent conversion to Christianity , his gruelling exposure to the banking system in his attempt to raise money for the rites , and his position as arbitrator between the old Tominah priests and representatives of the Jakarta government were getting him down . |
| 29 | Having recently completed a company first aid course , P&O Distribution Warehouseman , Terry Phillips , decided to run his first marathon to raise money for the St John Ambulance Service . |
| 30 | Within a few months these hopes were dashed when a majority of the Manchester committee insisted on recognising an American evangelical , the Rev. Fred Hemming , as an official agent to raise money for the anti-Garrisonian abolitionists in America although he only had the general support of Lewis Tappan and apparently regarded the Garrisonians and their British sympathisers as ‘ infidel abolitionists ’ . |