Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louisa Twining campaigned ceaselessly for trained nurses and matrons . |
| 2 | As a member of the cabinet which had to cope with the Irish famine , Clanricarde pressed hard for remedial measures , pointing out that from time to time ‘ an adherence to sound principle will cause an immediate sacrifice ’ . |
| 3 | A year or so earlier George Younger stepped aside for Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who had renounced his peerage . |
| 4 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 5 | Argyll applied unsuccessfully for judicial review based on a restrictive view of the Commission 's substantive and procedural powers . |
| 6 | God works together for good in all things . |
| 7 | But if , and most of are I 'm sure that we 've come today with some thorn in our flesh somewhere , some worry , some difficulty or a disappointment perhaps of some kind , then just remember that in all things God works together for good with those who love him , and for that rejoice and give thanks , and again I say , rejoice . |
| 8 | They were buffeted psychologically as well as physically , and , although W.G. Quaife batted tidily for undefeated 40 , the crafty Hampshire pair , Alec Kennedy ( 4 for 47 ) and Jack Newman ( 5 for 53 ) ran through Warwickshire for 158 , the last wicket falling at 4.20pm . |
| 9 | As early as 1913 a conference was held of all local authorities in Greater London to plan comprehensively for arterial roads . |
| 10 | India called yesterday for international help in identifying those responsible for the bombings , after investigators said the trail pointed abroad , possibly towards Pakistan , or to Tamil Tiger guerrillas in Sri Lanka . |
| 11 | Back from injury , Selby skipper Ray Adamson kicked well for good positions downfield and he also succeeded with three penalties and converted one of scrum half Dave Bramley 's two tries . |