Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two requirements were first established by Greek playwrights and were later codified by the Académie Française ( 1635 ) when it laid down rules for the composition of any literary work . |
| 2 | This appears from the decision of the European Court of Justice in Zuckerfabrik Sûderdithmarschen A.G. v. Hauptzollamt Itzehoe ( Cases C 143/88 and C 92/89 ) , The Times , 27 March 1991 ( judgment delivered on 21 February 1991 ) where the court laid down conditions for the grant of a stay of execution of a national administrative Act based on a Community Regulation because of doubts on the part of the national court as to the validity of the Regulation ( see paragraphs 22–23 of the judgment of the court ) . |
| 3 | A meeting at the House of Commons between Maxton , Brockway , Campbell Stephen and McGovern of the ILP , and Pollitt , Gallacher , Kerrigan and Springhall of the Communist Party , laid down conditions for the continuance of the United Front . |
| 4 | In 1628 , now established as chief minister , he drew up proposals for the systematic preservation of official papers of all kinds , including those relating to foreign affairs ; but nothing came of this . |
| 5 | The family drew up plans for the four-bedroom house after their previous home on the same site in the village of Meopham , Kent , was destroyed by fire . |
| 6 | As well as his authorship of many books he drew up plans for the House of Correction at Maidstone , was elected to the Rochester Bridge Corporation , a deputy Alienations officer , deputy Keeper of the Rolls , President of Cobham College and , a few months before his death , Keeper of the records in the Tower of London . |
| 7 | Even in his own troubled mind , Vologsky dredged up sympathy for the old man . |
| 8 | This handed over responsibility for the poor law from the boards of guardians to the local authorities . |
| 9 | Normally he handed over responsibility for the routine maintenance of their relationship to Ellen , but she was letting him down , so he was going to try the only technique he knew : drop some explosive overboard and see what floated to the surface . |
| 10 | Other than that he showed up Giggs for the puke faced brat that he is ( all 10,000,000 and Papin worth of him — Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer ) . |
| 11 | What should have happened , perhaps , was for all the actors in this particular drama to have realised the rival groups ' strengths and weaknesses and for senior management to have developed control procedures that divided up responsibilities for the production process in an equitable way . |
| 12 | They also raised over £800 for the Sick Children 's Hospital . |
| 13 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 14 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 15 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 16 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 17 | From within this perspective bishops and clergy lay down rules for the laity to follow in any given situation and the teaching of the church is seen as absolutely clear and devoid of problematic . |
| 18 | Existing agreements lay down guidelines for the maximum credit period and the minimum interest rate . |
| 19 | In 1918 , the C.T.D.D. and N.C.T.D. merged to form the National College of Teachers of the Deaf ( N.C.T.D. ) which took over examinations for the diploma in the teaching of deaf children . |
| 20 | In 1948 , the Bucks Water Board took over responsibility for the supply and water for the Urban District was obtained from Foxcote reservoir and the Thames Valley Water Table . |
| 21 | The death of the AHA was not the last word of its members , since the caucus moved across to a position within the new Victoria District Authority , which took over responsibility for the management of the AHA 's asylums . |
| 22 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State for the Environment , Brice Lalonde ( Ecology Generation ) , was promoted to Minister-Delegate responsible for the prevention of technological and natural disasters , while Hélène Dorlhac ( Union for French Democracy ) , Secretary of State for the Family , also took over responsibility for the Elderly , from Théo Braun who left the government . |
| 24 | Bill Robertson took over responsibility for the West of Scotland area from Bob Doran . |
| 25 | The outrageous philandering May Sharples , Ethel and Mabel Helliwell who both eventually took over choreography for the troupes , the four successful Holt sisters , the formidable Jessie Wharton , Head Girl of the first Palace Girls and later inseparable companion to Mrs Tiller , and the most important dancer of all to John , Mary Read . |
| 26 | it did n't come down again it , it went up tuppence for the crisis . |
| 27 | Even so , the process operated under conditions of acute economic difficulty which , combined with a lack of understanding on the part of the government , stored up problems for the future . |
| 28 | Thomas Forster was the only English Tory MP who actually took up arms for the Pretender . |
| 29 | A few months later , in the White Paper on adult offenders , the Home Office brought out proposals for the abolition of the special sentences of corrective training and preventive detention , and for the release of prisoners on parole , without making any mention of the Commission . |
| 30 | This sorted out staffing for the office Diane ? |