Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 BASTIA , Corsica ( Reuter ) — After 11 years of deliberations , a court has ordered the pretender to the Italian throne to stand trial for manslaughter in the shooting of a German youth .
2 The clearances for sheep farming were delayed by the temporary prosperity of the kelp industry , which required abundant labour for the arduous work of collecting and burning seaweed to extract alkali for use in the manufacture of glass and soap on the mainland .
3 Now Mr Beach , 34 , is taking private action to claim compensation for injury and loss of earnings .
4 In 1916 , it was rebuilt as a welding car to carry equipment for track welding at night .
5 Any attempt to exclude liability for property damage will be subjected to a test of reasonableness ( s. 2(2) ) .
6 Into this situation came the decision of Sheffield Education Department to provide support for curriculum development in secondary schools by providing cover for the release of five teachers to undertake school focused curriculum development in the academic year 1986–7 .
7 The grass-ley break in an arable rotation is a typical attempt to provide food for life in the soil .
8 Any change must not make it easier for a defendant to escape conviction for murder in cases where there is a planned or revenge killing .
9 Conifers other than yew usually resent harsh treatment , however , and are difficult to rejuvenate , Deciduous species are best pruned hard back in late winter , evergreens in late spring — cutting one side a year back to a foot within the intended final width to allow room for regrowth .
10 The Swedish government sought the extradition of the applicant to face trial for drug trafficking offences in respect of which P. , an alleged accomplice who had been convicted of similar offences , had made a statement to the Swedish court implicating the applicant .
11 BINSTED resident Judith Stephens , who recently launched a One Hundred Club to raise money for Breakthrough , is appealing for more support .
12 Widespread deforestation to make way for ski slopes has eroded topsoil , increasing the incidence of avalanches .
13 Bishops might seize the opportunity to urge support for peace councils , abbots to press for protection , lay lords to obtain charters while plentiful clerical help was available to draw them up and suitably important men present to act as witnesses .
14 And it is also to send out £60,000 worth of equipment to provide back-up for power supplies to textile machinery at a factory on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Lagos .
15 Some of the regulators see Jardines ' bluster as a tactic to secure room for manoeuvre in the run-up to 1997 , when Hong Kong reverts to China .
16 The progress made towards that increase allows " individual staff to commit themselves to their own professional development and makes it possible for management to accept responsibility for implementation " ( Hewton 1988:89 ) .
17 A full on-licence enables the licensee to sell liquor for consumption either on or off the premises to any member of the public who is permitted by the law to consume it .
18 To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he next plans to meet the chairman of the Sports Council to discuss funding for sport .
19 The University seized the momentum that the press conference had generated and lobbied the Statehouse to get money for fusion research .
20 A couple whose baby was a victim of cot death are opening up their stately home to raise money for research .
21 Costs per job in schemes where developers had received assistance to improve property for use by others were much lower .
22 A Swedish proposal to ban fishing for bluefin tuna in the west Atlantic , and to limit catches in the eastern Atlantic , was withdrawn on March 10 .
23 A Swedish proposal to ban fishing for bluefin tuna in the west Atlantic , and to limit catches in the eastern Atlantic , failed to win endorsement from the CITES secretariat .
24 Up to now the US airwaves have been free , but there are moves to license any new frequencies that become available to the highest bidder — some argue that television should go entirely by cable to free capacity for radio communications : the US Federal Communications Commission is supporting a bill in Congress to free 200MHz of government-controlled radio frequencies for commercial use , in part through auctions ; the National Association of Broadcasters said it would support the bill if broadcast frequencies were exempt from the auctions ; McCaw Cellular Communications Inc is also a supporter of the bill .
25 The warmth rating a bag gets is due to its filling/insulation ; construction — the way the filling is organised in the bag — and the level of ‘ loft ’ it is capable of — how well the filling can expand within the shell to trap air for insulation .
26 The need to preserve experience for knowledge based systems , the need for verification in case of dispute over contract or other liabilities , legal requirements and citizens data access rights will ensure the preservation of wide ranges of data .
27 It should have the right to initiate legislation for consideration by the Commission and the Committee of Ministers in addition to its existing right to comment on those bodies ' legislative proposals .
28 We reserve the right to edit correspondence for length and to remove potentially libellous statements , or other matter that may lead to litigation .
29 We reserve the right to edit correspondence for length and also to remove potentially libelous statements , or other matter which may lead to litigation .
30 The trees will be used as fuel to generate electricity for farm generators .
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