Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal MP for Hull for twenty-five years , was elevated to the peerage in 1904 as first Baron Nunburnholme . |
| 2 | that 's what I said to Ron , I mean I 've never known I ca n't remember the last time I when I used to work for Colin for ten years trying to get a holiday out of Colin was like trying to get blood ! |
| 3 | An old friend of President George Bush , Tower was a senator for Texas for 24 years and chaired the Armed Services Committee from 1981 to 1985 , but suffered humiliation in 1989 when the Senate rejected his nomination as Defence Secretary [ see pp. 36515-16 ] . |
| 4 | President François Mitterrand reorganized the Cabinet on Oct. 2 as a result of the resignation of Edith Cresson as Minister-Delegate for European Affairs . |
| 5 | Income from the main revenue earning project , the Enterprise and Education Initiative , also rose slightly and the project has been extended by the Industry Department for Scotland for seven months to 31st March 1991 . |
| 6 | A wild boar forages for food in its natural habitat ; something not seen in the Forest of Dean for 500 years . |
| 7 | Mark Richards , a walker and a close friend of Wainwright for 20 years , thinks that the author would be turning in his grave . |
| 8 | Left panel : Nuclei from K562 cells were isolated and treated with 20µg/ml of DNaseI for increasing lengths of time ( t ) from 0 to 20 minutes at 37 ( indicated by a gradient above each panel ) . |
| 9 | Christine Jackson , a Manchester-based national officer of the Equal Opportunities Commission and personal friend of Horsley for thirty years , became Director of Personnel in charge of Equal Opportunities . |
| 10 | However all these composers are overshadowed in historical importance by a Flemish master of all-round achievement , Adrian Willaert ( c. 1490–1562 ) , pupil of Mouton in Paris , who served the court of Ferrara for several years from 1522 but went to Venice as magister cappellae at St. Mark 's in 1527 and spent the rest of his life there . |
| 11 | Appointments announced by the York Diocese include the Rev Catherine Durnford , assistant curate at Whitby , who has been appointed assistant curate at Redcar ; the Rev Christopher Morgan becomes vicar of St Hilda 's , York , and the Rev Simon Wright has been re-appointed Rural Dean of Middlesbrough for five years . |
| 12 | 1992–93 will be remembered as a good year for the University of Stirling for many reasons . |
| 13 | Mr Storm has been Town Clerk of Nairn for forty-two years . |
| 14 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |
| 15 | Mr Stillings , 59 , had been Rector of Trefnant for 18 months and had formerly been curate at Rhosymedre and Minera , Vicar of Bagillt and Rector of Llanfynydd . |
| 16 | But the omission of Dahl for younger readers has been criticised by Amanda Conquy , who administers the late author 's literary estate . |
| 17 | Late the following morning he had telephoned to inform her that he would be out of Taiwan for some days as a problem requiring his personal attention had arisen at the commercial recording studio he owned in Singapore . |
| 18 | Sometimes the ambivalence took an unexpected turn , as when the rebels under Odo , bishop of Bayeux , held the town and castle of Rochester for many weeks against his nephew , King William Rufus , in 1088 . |
| 19 | Sole at the heart of Scotland for many years to come Robert Armstrong on the consummate skills of the new national captain . |
| 20 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
| 21 | As ‘ Lilla ’ has been kept in the South of England for many years its trip to Bala gives Northern fans of these locos a chance to see this one of two in British preservation . |
| 22 | The story will be illustrated by examples of Castles in Northamptonshire , in particular from Rockingham itself , built by William the Conquerer as a royal fortress and regularly used by the Kings and Queens of England for 400 years . |
| 23 | If so , I can not think that your Lordships would do right , if you were now to reverse , as erroneous , a judgment of the Court of Appeal , proceeding upon a doctrine which has been accepted as part of the law of England for 280 years … . |
| 24 | There is a tradition in some parts of Denmark for round churches , probably based on Eastern European origins . |
| 25 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 26 | Pravda claims that red mercury was first synthesised in 1968 and has been smuggled out of Russia for many years . |
| 27 | A no-through-road follows the coast of the northern headland of Gairloch for several miles , supplying small townships and crofts along the way . |
| 28 | Damien Lewis , environmental writer and film-maker , was filming in the rainforest of Cameroon for four months . |
| 29 | Although I have been billed as a " computer man " — I have been employed in the computer marketing and services side of IBM for 17 years — for over half this time I have been a line manager . |
| 30 | The tanker was searched by coastguards protected by the marines from H M S Brazen and was found to be carrying stores in breach of the UN embargo ; it 's being diverted to a nearby port on the coast of Amman for further investigations . |