Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 8 October , the Swedish government seems to have side- stepped its own strict wolf protection laws by pressuring the National Environmental Protection Board to issue a licence for her to be taken into captivity . |
| 2 | Majella Carroll spent eight hours walking through hills and dales in Wales to raise money to support a workshop for people with mental disorders . |
| 3 | The directors of the firm kindly gave B U permission to borrow a Tacker for the exhibition and after Le Leicester branch arranged a temporary replacement , Taffy began working , cleaning up the machine to showroom condition . |
| 4 | He wants to restore it to its original castellated glory to provide a home for wife Annie and two sons and realise a 15-year dream . |
| 5 | So far as the availability of judicial review ( remedies ) is concerned , the distinction was used in cases decided after Ridge to provide a basis for denying , for example , that disciplinary decisions of prison governors ( as opposed to boards of prison visitors ) were subject to judicial review . |
| 6 | THE GOVERNMENT is promising to continue the fight to find a cure for AIDS after the failure of the AZT drug to halt the onset of the disease in trials . |
| 7 | ‘ The college has been great offering to find a school for the children , and after school I will be encouraging them to join in the dance and fitness classes for children at the college . ’ |
| 8 | SURGEONS will meet in France next week in an attempt to find a cure for a little girl who faces death ten times daily . |
| 9 | This event sprung up following the failure of the Squash Rackets Association to secure a sponsor for this year 's national championships and a resultant boycott from most of the leading professionals . |
| 10 | Traditionally it was the practice to provide a footnote for every reference made in an essay , whether for a quotation or for a paraphrase . |
| 11 | Mr Sherwood reacted by saying that the new terms from Temple had once again delayed SeaCo 's intention to set a date for the shareholder meeting . |
| 12 | It was also the realisation of the fundamental concept behind page description languages , in that they were originally intended to be used for creating displays rather than driving printers , and the beginning of Adobe 's attempt to create a standard for graphics systems , now known as Display PostScript . |
| 13 | A skilful teacher uses questioning : to draw ideas from the class to introduce decision-making processes to provoke and encourage children in their use of language to draw reticent children into the drama to encourage reflection to enable feelings and thoughts to be articulated to develop skills of analysis and interpretation to consolidate learning to build tension to encourage research to create a focus for the drama . |
| 14 | We will modify GDP by incorporating measurements of pollution and resource depletion to create a figure for sustainable national income . |
| 15 | It 's no criterion to arrest a man for being drunk . |
| 16 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 17 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 18 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 19 | The other party was a builder who bought a plot of land at auction to build a house for himself and his family . |
| 20 | As we have already said , the practice seems to be to use the Optional Procedure for relatively simple cases , the only known refusal of an Optional Procedure action being an attempt to pursue a claim for asbestosis thereunder . |
| 21 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
| 22 | All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect . |
| 23 | In both cases the combined efforts of state functionaries , professionals , and selected volunteers from the " community " were instrumental in shaping quasi-state institutions ( often called " quasi-autonomous , non-governmental organizations " , or " quangos " ) Furthermore , a discourse on " art " was a central factor for the work of the Newbolt Committee — in their attempt to formulate a strategy for national cultural unity . |
| 24 | She had given up her hard-earned scholarship to make a home for them — she could n't do both ! |
| 25 | The UK 's Liberal Democrat Party has launched a raft of environmental policies in the form of a strategy document entitled Coming Clean on the Air We Breathe , thereby signalling its intention to make a pitch for green sympathizers in the forthcoming general election . |
| 26 | It hastened the growth of the kulaks , peasant farmers hiring labour to produce a surplus for the market , and increased their productive power . |
| 27 | The rule to enter a verdict for the plaintiff must be made absolute . |
| 28 | The child would be allowed a sum of money to feed a family for a week . |
| 29 | Patten turns down Foxley Wood plan for ‘ instant town ’ : The decision to halt a scheme for 4,800 houses signals a shift in government policy , Richard North reports |
| 30 | Gaston and Mound may have to wait before the 750,000 insects can be handled , but IOPI is already building on the expertise of ILDIS , TROPICOS and the Australian Plant Census to create a system for the world 's 250,000 vascular plants . |