Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No. 2099 was taken out of service and removed to Charlton Works for preparation for the journey and left for Leeds on approval on 20 September .
2 Fortunately we were able to use a FIS race , in Pitztal , Austria , as preparation for the World Cup season .
3 Whig lawyers , such as Treby and Somers , served as counsel for the defence in the bishops ' trial , a curious development considering the mutual antipathy between bishops and Whigs during the Exclusion Crisis .
4 I shall continue as chairman for the present , and shall continue to edit the newsletter .
5 Summerill is staying on as chairman for the time being .
6 The results should be capable of being used formatively and to indicate any particular need for support for the child , or for more specific diagnostic assessment .
7 ‘ Remember , though , ’ says Dennis Gunning , ‘ that the intensive model is not a replacement for either normal sampled visits or for support for the kind of staff development activities which subject assessors get involved in at present .
8 Now that European Community funds are available to assist in that process , what success did our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State have in his dealings with Commissioner Millan over his request for support for the gas and electricity interconnectors from the mainland to Northern Ireland , which would reduce energy costs in the Province ?
9 President George Bush had appealed for support for the agreement in a national television broadcast on Oct. 2 in which he described the deficit as " a cancer gnawing away at our nation 's health " .
10 Bright stockings , and long hair , and trousers in untrouserlike colours like pink and lemon yellow , velvet jackets , loud voices and laughter , warned the staider citizens of Shorehaven that actors had arrived in their midst , an exotic flock of migrant birds whose fine plumage mocked the grey and tan and black that they had adopted as camouflage for the winter months .
11 I should say in the context of the working of the Anglo-Irish Agreement that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Minister for Defence for the Republic of Ireland taken part in the conference .
12 And me and Chris talking about money for the kitchen .
13 The Smiths invited Rough Trade stablemates Easterhouse to act as support for the tour .
14 The Bridge has two and a half thousand steel wires running through its spans which act as support for the concrete .
15 This can be regarded as support for the view that such meteorites typify much of the material from which the three planets accreted .
16 Mike Coote , managing director of ICL 's mid-range systems division cites ‘ tactical ’ reasons such as price-performance for the decision to use HyperSparc , and not any inability on the part of Texas to deliver SuperSparc in sufficient quantities or at suitable performance levels .
17 There may be cases where it may be appropriate for counsel for the Crown to be present .
18 ‘ That he 's already got the ransom money here , that it was probably on its way already as payment for the house .
19 Some seeds are light enough to be blown away but bigger seeds can only be shifted by animals and once again plants produce special food as payment for the job .
20 Having registered at the reception desk they went to their room and found a notice which purported to exempt the hotel for liability for the loss or theft of property from the rooms .
21 Visitors were torn between admiration for the art of Expressionism ( Stephanie Barron 's reconstruction excludes Cubism , Constructivism and Dada ) and shame at the barbarism of those who denounced , seized and destroyed these works of art .
22 Niall Hammond , Durham County Council 's sites and monuments officer , wrote to Darlington Council asking for permission for the dig to go ahead .
23 That this is heartening , and cause for hope for the future , is due to its existence being unaffected by all the philosophies , religions , superstitions , political systems and cults that have ever been formulated .
24 He was also carrying £70,000 which he was depositing in a bank for payment for the work that had just been completed .
25 I entirely agree with Richard Harwood that those district societies that put the effort into breaking their society down into local groups , small practitioner groups , commercial membership groups and , for that matter , any other group that seems appropriate , have seen the real benefits from this assistance in the vital area of communication and , perhaps an unseen fact , value for money for the subscription as seen through the eyes of the Institute 's membership .
26 They asked for money for the child 's family .
27 We have a duty to obtain the best value for money for the taxpayer .
28 The Ministry says it has a duty to buy from overseas if that provides the best value for money for the taxpayer .
29 The Department of Employment has said that the market testing programme aims to provide the best value for money for the taxpayer .
30 Competition does not mean invariably choosing the cheapest service ; it means combining quality and price to provide the best value for money for the service .
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