Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also sought to preserve wheat for human consumption and issued a proclamation prohibiting the manufacture of starch from wheat . |
| 2 | It was held that , because the car was referred to in the contract as a new car , this was an express term and since the exclusion clause sought to exclude liability for implied terms only , the defendants were liable . |
| 3 | His father , he added , was a musician and helped to provide work for many unemployed musicians through the Morley College in London by creating an orchestra which Tippett later conducted . |
| 4 | You ever tried keeping milk for five kids without a fridge in a heatwave ? ’ |
| 5 | He went on to propose a Rainbow Curriculum — without actually reading it first — which tried to teach tolerance for all , but in the process had to discuss homosexuality with kids of eight . |
| 6 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 7 | One problem for the Virginia planters was that tobacco could be grown in England ; James I agreed to help the company by making tobacco-growing illegal in England and , although people broke the law and tried to raise tobacco for much of the rest of the century , the American monopoly was eventually made effective . |
| 8 | The Japanese also promised to improve access for foreign companies to markets including glass , paper , legal services and computers . |
| 9 | The influence of the war was to affect social classes , groups and individuals in Britain in a variety of ways and many came to support fascism for disparate political , economic and social reasons . |
| 10 | During this period the Commission sought to win agreement for fundamental reform of the EC 's common agricultural policy ( CAP ) , in part to restrict the growth of intervention stocks ( or " food mountains " ) and in part as a result of pressure to reduce the EC 's level of agricultural subsidy in the context of the " Uruguay round " of multilateral trade talks of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , which ground to a halt in December 1990 [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 11 | The British , in late 1940 , began to integrate command for all three services deployed in what became Combined Operations . |
| 12 | The position of some of the pictures , which had left them exposed to direct sunlight for many decades , had also contributed to their deterioration . |
| 13 | After a sound seven-year grounding as a buyer for La Rinascente — Italy 's answer to Selfridges — he started designing menswear for Italian fashion giant of the Sixties and Seventies , Nino Cerruti . |
| 14 | One of the responses recommended in the report was improved counselling for offenders , with teachers urged to get help for any young person having a particularly strong interest in fire . |
| 15 | The issue before the court was whether an elaborately drawn exclusion clause in the bill of lading , which purported to limit liability for independent contractors , could be relied upon by the stevedores despite the privity rule . |
| 16 | When he was seventeen he went to study medicine for five years at University College Hospital , London , apprenticed to J. T. Clover . |
| 17 | I meant to go to the bank last , I meant to get cash for that guy but I 'll make him a cheque . |
| 18 | I thought Thank goodness for that . |
| 19 | Spray Gel can be used to add body and volume by spraying onto wet hair before drying or applied to dry hair for extra lift to your style . |
| 20 | By contrast with their failure to affect habituation , the protein synthesis inhibitors did produce amnesia for associative learning . |
| 21 | Together with this unequivocal equivocation Mr Roberts did argue support for positive images , for freedom of the individual , for a wide definition of what constitutes a family , for civilised society ; and he opposed discrimination in schools , the promotion of any kind of sexuality , and the introduction of paedophilia into the debate . |
| 22 | We did find time for some work at Orkney which even produced a few seizures , but we were a little early for the oil traffic which was only just beginning to affect the island . |
| 23 | And I had developed respect for these beautiful predators . |
| 24 | Following a further visit to Paris for talks with Mitterrand and French Prime Minister Michel Rocard on May 28-29 , Mazowiecki said that he had received support for Polish demands over the Polish-German border issue , as well as its request to participate in the " two-plus-four " talks on German unification [ see also above ] . |
| 25 | By this time , however , SAVE had received permission for judicial review of the ministers ’ decision and suddenly the picture changed entirely . |
| 26 | A fatal submassive necrosis that occurred in a 68 year old lady who had received piroxicam for 15 months is described . |
| 27 | He still had to find room for two more , so he decided to banish the two foolish , pretty O'Hanlons from their billiard-table , sensing that they would make least fuss . |
| 28 | George 's favourite model , his daughter Samantha , had turned model-maker for this project and fashioned a velvet beanbag to help him achieve a realistic finish and to portray the Teddy as an ‘ old bear with modern leanings . ’ |
| 29 | There were also reports that Iraq had sought sanctuary for many of its most modern aircraft in Iran . |
| 30 | It was reported that the couple had made love for real , and that the scene had to be drastically cut by the censors . |