Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The junior recruits set about their evening tasks While the seniors pack and then head for the NAAFI for their end-of-course party . |
| 2 | And while there were crudely economic motives in , for example , sending Hitchcock to reconstruct English and Oriental settings in Italy and Germany for his first film , The Pleasure Garden ( 1925 ) , it did at least show that he was as aware as the Film Society 's membership of the backwardness of British films . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , WBA and IBF champion Bowe has lined up Michael Dokes for his first title defence on February 6 . |
| 4 | In August 1980 the United States assumed control of the naval facilities at Berbera for its Rapid Deployment Force . |
| 5 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 6 | In 1987 , the Nobel prize for chemistry was awarded to Charles Pedersen Donald Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn for their pivotal contributions to macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry . |
| 7 | Record crowds were the reward of RAF Abingdon , RAF St Athan , RAF Finningley and RAF Leuchars for their hard work in preparing and running their ‘ At Home ’ days . |
| 8 | The driver was taken to the same hospital , but later moved to Wolverhampton for his own protection as angry relatives and friends of the girls ' families gathered in corridors . |
| 9 | His successor , President Endara , says he wants him extradited to Panama for his alleged part in the 1985 beheading of the politician Hugo Spadafora . |
| 10 | Gradually , over the years , the colour of the breed became darker through mahogany to black , and there was plenty of crossing to the Hereford for its grazing characteristics and to the Ayrshire to restore milk yields . |
| 11 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |
| 12 | Jackie , of Seathwaite , Acklam , was nominated by mum Dorothy Morren for her outstanding courage . |
| 13 | We are extremely indebted to Professor Hayek for his intellectual defence of the market economy : in particular for his placing it so clearly within a philosophical context which is logically consistent . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've also praised Darren Ferguson for his brilliant performance at Sheffield and said he 's an outstanding prospect , and last season I said that Steve Bruce should be picked by England . |
| 15 | ‘ I admired Kenneth for his tremendous wit , ’ says Joan today . |
| 16 | Particularly when it was discovered — as it would be — that she was the mother of a bastard child , the daughter of a man who had left Frizingley heavily in debt , and had already been dismissed by Miss Ernestine Baker for her loose behaviour in a public street . |
| 17 | Brian Honour and Paul Dalton combined on the right before the latter set up Paul Baker for his 17th goal of the season at the far post . |
| 18 | Why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination ( see front page ) ? |
| 19 | Yes but why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination ( see front ) : in the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |
| 20 | He thanked Laurent-Perrier for their generous award , and said it would be spent in building the ‘ Laurent-Perrier Hide ’ to overlook the wild fowl area , and to be used as a classroom to educate children in wild game , wild flower and butterfly conservation . |
| 21 | Murton choose between keepers Barry Corfield and Nigel Stewart for their local clash with Peterlee , but midfielder Kevin Young is doubtful . |
| 22 | If memory serves , Adam Smith once proposed that the independence of the Scottish judiciary might be guaranteed by setting aside a tract of the Highlands for their exclusive use . |
| 23 | Over £60,000 was in the king 's Treasury in November 1326 , but some of this was spent paying off the force of Hainault mercenaries which Isabella had recruited for her invasion in 1326 ; some of it was simply appropriated by Mortimer and Isabella for their personal use , and some of it had to be used to finance the war against the Scots which was renewed in the summer of 1327 . |
| 24 | In September 1975 the IDA announced a £4 million investment by Raybestos Manhattan for its advance factory in Ovens , Co . |
| 25 | No doubt there are plenty of conceivable Ks for which these statements would not be true , plenty of conceivable evolutionary pathways for which the intermediates would not be improvements on their predecessors . |
| 26 | Guttersnipe would , in ordinary circumstances , reproach Mr Reed for his boorish behaviour . |
| 27 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 28 | Table VIII sets out the range and means of the peak winter counts recorded in the period 1964/65 to 1974/75 for the commoner ducks , in the most important wintering sites in Sussex for which regular figures are available . |
| 29 | ( It was from a manuscript music-book belonging to Rosa that Burney copied ‘ Intorno all ’ idol mio' from Orontea for his General History of Music . ) |
| 30 | Finally a word of appreciation must go to Jonah for his insufferable Diary . |