Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Booking is essential — contact centre/library listed for details of costs , times and bookings . |
| 2 | defendant in belief that it was necessary to enter an appearance before a payment into court could be made was not estopped when he sought to have the case dismissed for want of prosecution on discovering that the writ had not9 been served . |
| 3 | To illustrate the paradigm , reference is made to an alcohol education course developed for offenders in trouble through drink . |
| 4 | ‘ And have his decision delayed for weeks by Agnes Algar 's mob screaming Rape because we 're trespassing on their terri-tory ? |
| 5 | Texts are sometimes altered editorially for particular purposes , and in this respect , for example , you could compare Shakespeare 's play Henry V with a version of the play revised for performance in the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | The latest surface mount inspection stand designed for use with the Olympus fixed magnification stereo microscope heads has an extra large XY stage that will accept most board sizes . |
| 7 | Among the latest technology displayed at the Farnborough Air Show was a little black motorised Rogallo-winged hang-glider designed for use as a self-fly escape kit for aircrew downed behind enemy lines or for clandestine special forces missions . |
| 8 | San Jose , California-based Alliance Semiconductor Corp has bought the Sparc Mbus/Sbus chipset designer Nimbus Technology Inc on undisclosed terms : the Santa Clara , California start-up created a stir last year with its chipset designed for use with the superscalar Sparcs from Texas Instruments Inc and Cypress Semiconductor Corp ( UX No 383 ) — Nimbus received $1.5m funding from Cypress subsidiary Ross Technology Inc . |
| 9 | In 1981 , the fishing industry lobbied for changes in the Act , asserting that the goal of zero mortality would be satisfied by the ‘ application of safety techniques and equipment that are economically and technologically feasible . ’ |
| 10 | Shells were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm , using a vernier caliper , and the sample mean calculated for collections of 100 shells ( later reduced to 50 and then 30 as it became apparent that increasing the number of measurements did not improve the accuracy of the mean ) ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 11 | We aim to deliver first class mail as soon as possible , with most mail targeted for delivery by the next working day . |
| 12 | The employer had not received any royalty income by the time the employee applied for compensation under section 40(1) . |
| 13 | Here the Inverness-Wick rail way , which mainly follows the east coast , makes a great loop inland to Lairg Station , this being the nearest point of the line to the coastal villages of the west and north , and here the incoming mail for the whole area is deposited for distribution and the outgoing mail collected for transport on the trains . |
| 14 | Michael Flood , an independent energy consultant , has concluded in a study done for Friends of the Earth that 20 per cent of our power could come from renewable sources within 50 years . |
| 15 | A motor car bought for resale at a cost of £3,500 the retail price of which was £5,000 . |
| 16 | He says that this was a cell used for patients in the early days of the hospital . |
| 17 | A torpedo boat used for years by the Soviet military authorities as a " dustbin " for nuclear waste has been secretly towed from Lake Ladoga through the Baltic and along the Norwegian coast to Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic . |
| 18 | In addition , the administration called for changes in court rules to permit the use of illegally seized evidence , provided that the police had acted " in good faith " in seizing it . |
| 19 | I had a sudden mental picture of a struggling and reluctant group of climbers being herded into a minibus bound for Anglesey by Dunne , Littlejohn et al . |
| 20 | Your own key provided for access at all times . |
| 21 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 22 | Again , the Leader of the Opposition seemed not to grasp the fact that , in article 118B , the social chapter provided for circumstances in which , if European businesses and trade unions agreed , they could take Europe-wide action through the Council without reference to the European Parliament , let alone this one . |
| 23 | 5 Airborne Brigade has been tasked to carry out the mission , as the Army 's only dedicated force earmarked for operations outside the NATO area . |
| 24 | We have already touched on the challenge which the beginnings of modern historical study posed for theology by questioning a certain understanding of the authority of the Bible . |
| 25 | Further recognition followed for Maitland with appointment in 1919 as CMG , and the award of the AFC ( 1919 ) and the United States DSM ( 1917 ) . |
| 26 | SHORTS : Crinkle Antron Nylon , inner nylon brief with cotton panel , overlap side split for freedom of movement . |
| 27 | He sees a car advertised for sale in a newspaper . |
| 28 | She released a statement calling for the international community to make good a US$70,000,000 shortfall in the US$376,000,000 of aid planned for victims of famine and war in the Horn of Africa . |
| 29 | Moreover , the limited exception to the nemo dat rule created for dispositions of motor vehicles to " private purchasers " , does not distinguish between a conditional buyer or a hirer under a hire purchase agreement ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 30 | * Some 47 per cent of British soils , vegetation and surface water will still be at risk from acid rain early in the next century , despite the planned 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide emissions , according to research conducted for Friends of the Earth by consultancy Earth Resources . |