Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [vb base] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following blast at its offices at Charlemont Place in Armagh , spokesman Paul Jackson said students should not telephone the board or call for the next two weeks until the backlog of work has been cleared . |
| 2 | A labourer complained , " touching in particular the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor , not finding a house and providing labour or work for the said William Ashton to do in the parish " . |
| 3 | Stock broking firms that are involved in the issue or act for the authorities have been banned in the run up to flotation from issuing any research . |
| 4 | You should start as the planners do ; draw up a plan or outline for the essay in some form . |
| 5 | Such a corporation , it was held , should have the same power to maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured as the law allowed to a corporation at common law , and the power to sue for libel or slander for the protection of its reputation in the carrying on of its business . |
| 6 | Membership or support for the CP and other white supremacist groups was disproportionately prevalent within the police and security forces ; this , it was suggested , could jeopardise the successful implementation of any significant reforms . |
| 7 | ‘ In no case did I make a formal approach to the top management of any of the firms to get approval or support for the research . |
| 8 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 9 | The arches , columns , and huge statuary of the exterior prepared the traveller or sightseer for the vast vaulted concourse and waiting-room within . |
| 10 | Do they augur victory or defeat for the Israelites ? |
| 11 | One result of this moral panic was that , even as the anxiety mentioned by Furlong ( ibid. ) forced us to react to these public demands with some arrests , we insiders with ‘ special knowledge ’ , who were working face to face with the counter-culture , knew there was a different social reality abroad which we could never adequately explain to the entrepreneur or encapsulate for the media headline . |
| 12 | A win or draw for the Army will give them their 29th outright title while victory for the RAF will result in the 10th triple tie of the competition . |
| 13 | In a new television interview , he calls Mr Clinton a person without the background or experience for the office . |
| 14 | Salary is paid by the province or state for the first year after which the employer accepts responsibility . |
| 15 | Do you elect to go for the drop goal or go for the try ? |
| 16 | But this is only half the story , for Norris also believes that the lower jaw acts as an acoustic channel or probe for the returning sound . |
| 17 | The penetrance ( probability of having the disease for given genotype expressed as P ( disease/genotype ) ) of the abnormal allele A' was almost the same for the liability classes above class 1 , being 0.26 in the heterozygote or homozygote for the highest incidence groups . |
| 18 | Gerald Patterson and his psychologist colleagues in Oregon , USA , observing children in nursery schools , found that 80 per cent of aggressive behaviour had some positive reward or payoff for the aggressor ; for example , the victim gave up a toy , or cried , or ran away . |
| 19 | No one should be without a kanga or sarong for the summer . |
| 20 | The period in question was one of make or break for the conservation of Rome 's antiquities , and this book explores in satisfying depth the activities , notably of the French , in saving them . |
| 21 | When a sudden shock wave pressurises water captured in the pores between soil particles , there is no time or place for the water to move : the high pressure pushes the soil particles apart . |