Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything they did not eat went to waste : nothing was recycled or left for the servants , though Nicolae 's beloved dogs got scraps , if they tired of their imported frozen meat . |
| 2 | This approach is in accordance with s 74(a) , ICTA 1988 , being expenditure ‘ wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of the trade , profession or vocation ’ . |
| 3 | In general , we think of the criminal law as the means by which individuals are prosecuted , tried and punished for the offences ( e.g. theft , assault , etc. ) which they have committed . |
| 4 | Today fewer have occupational experience related to the park purposes ( down 30 per cent ) ; and fewer still are involved with bodies like the Council for the Protection of Rural England , the County Conservation Trust , the Ramblers ' Association and the Youth Hostels ' Association , whose members have traditionally supported and lobbied for the parks ( down 60 per cent ) . |
| 5 | Like Dean , Landau had studied the Method approach to acting devised by Stanislavski and modified for the Actors Studio by Lee Strasberg . |
| 6 | Overall , the two types of study each had its own areas of strength and compensated for the weaknesses of the other ; the neighbourhood studies were intended to obtain depth of linguistic and social information , while the telephone survey provided breadth . |
| 7 | She excused herself when halfway through the meal , and made for the ladies room . |
| 8 | In October Rupert at last slipped out and made for the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 9 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
| 10 | When the 850 patrons then rose en masse and made for the exits , the actors wondered what they 'd done wrong . |
| 11 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 12 | Carrie kissed her husband lightly on the cheek and made for the stairs . |
| 13 | ‘ Bon ! ’ as he pushed back his chair after a meal and made for the stairs and his own preoccupations . |
| 14 | ‘ Why not ? ’ he said carelessly , and made for the stairs with the care of someone not absolutely steady on his feet . |
| 15 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
| 16 | Surere put down the knife , turned his back , and made for the steps . |
| 17 | The stout man ran into the cottage and phoned for the police and then for other keepers to come to Smiling Meadow . |
| 18 | Another material , charcoal-grey cartridge paper , was found to be quite dark in all ranges , and it is cheap , readily obtainable and easily cut and shaped for the purposes described above . |
| 19 | There he was in due course tried on indictment , convicted and sentenced for the offences . |
| 20 | motor vehicles owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for the purposes of the disposal of bombs or explosives |
| 21 | motor vehicles owned by the National Coal Board and used for the purposes of rescue operations at mines ; |
| 22 | motor vehicles owned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and used for the purposes of launching lifeboats . |
| 23 | The principal assets for which roll-over relief is available under ss152-160 TCGA 1992 are land and buildings occupied and used for the purposes of the vendor 's trade , fixed plant and machinery and goodwill . |
| 24 | Although they faithfully echoed the time-honoured myth that the Tsarist government stood above social divisions and cared for the interests of all classes , they firmly grasped that the mainstay of the autocracy was in fact the landed nobility . |
| 25 | The NCC urged the government to review school meals and called for the supermarkets to be closely monitored to ensure consumers were not being exploited . |
| 26 | He also angrily denounced the changes sweeping Eastern Europe , saying that Israel would be the " main beneficiary " and called for the Arabs to unite in a holy war " as long as time " against Israel . |
| 27 | The court thought that the law was " impenetrable " and called for the Lords to review it . |
| 28 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
| 29 | the provision of work instructions , in sufficient detail , to employees who are suitably qualified and trained for the duties they are required to perform . |
| 30 | But , after nearly an hour , it was obvious that she had simply been brought to this near-empty building and left for the police to find her . |