Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

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1 Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) .
2 More than 400 people are expected to attend auditions for the Sainsbury 's Choir of the Year competition at York 's Barbican centre on March 21 .
3 In other words , the Board of Trade could more or less control the Service , co-operating with other agencies when and where it thought necessary , although those LEAs which had or might have in the future statutory powers for dealing with juveniles were permitted to submit schemes for the exercise of these powers , provided they could obtain the permission of both Boards .
4 The study is expected to have implications for the design of information systems , for the targets that are set to evaluate investment decisions and for finding ways of correctly assessing risk .
5 There were projects in rural areas too , such as the Arnhem-Elst-Nijmegen route , which were designed to improve conditions for the large volume of cyclists who cycle to school or work in neighbouring villages and towns .
6 The local CPS is now expected to prepare papers for the case .
7 The 5–14 proposals , which are designed to prepare children for the Standard Grade and Revised Highers syllabi currently in place throughout mainstream Scottish Education , will form the basis of Scottish Primary Education for the rest of this century and beyond .
8 Neither was it organised to recruit members for the Anti Nazi League/SP .
9 The unfortunate turn of events also threatened to disrupt plans for the Hamon Building , a 140,000-square-foot three storey annex slated for unveiling within less than a year .
10 If the family can be said to perform functions for the society of which it is a part , it performs these functions indirectly ( that is , through the individuals who , as adults , move out of their own families of origin and form families of procreation ) , and possesses a certain degree of latitude as to the performance of these functions .
11 Withdrawal of American troops was prepared by 19 May in fulfilment of Truman 's decision that , ‘ Every effort should be made to create conditions for the withdrawal of occupation forces by 31 December 1948 . ’
12 Indeed , as workers come to recognise that the corporatist game is rigged against them — wage restraint in return for the " benefits " of a social contract , whilst everything is done to foster profits for the capitalists — they will rebel against it .
13 So unilateralism says Mr. O'Brian must not be made to pay damages for the emotional injury he caused Mrs. McLoughlin even though the judge thinks the opposite rule would be better for the future .
14 Boxing and Las Vegas , joined in very unholy matrimony , are waiting with bated breath and heavily baited betting slips for the outcome of a fight that can be almost relied upon to restore some credibility to the heavyweight division .
15 Congress is not empowered to make laws for the states or to substitute them for the laws of individual states and so on .
16 One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years .
17 Such papers as the Reporter , and the British Emancipator were in part intended to win abolitionists for the emancipation and anti-apprenticeship campaigns .
18 This method might be used to gather ideas for the next course of sermons , for example .
19 In 1651 , the Rump Parliament debated a suggestion that all twenty-six should be demolished and their stonework and furnishings sold to provide funds for the poor .
20 Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many .
21 Police officers investigating the case have n't ruled out the possibility that the missing funds have been used to buy supplies for the refugees .
22 He said it was a playground for the idle rich and ought to be used to grow crops for the proletariat .
23 Instead of going to Silver it 'll be used to build homes for the people of Leeds or other most desirable things .
24 Arrays of this kind were also used to raise men for the campaigns in France in the 1340s , and the crown 's failure to observe in every instance the legislation of 1327 led to renewed complaints from the commons about the burden borne by the local communities in providing wages and equipment for the troops .
25 have a small stock remaining of their Centenary Souvenir Dinner Brochures , and would be happy to send them out to keen rugby folk in return for a cheque for just £1.50 , which will be used to raise funds for the paraplegic centre at Stoke Mandeville .
26 However , machine knitters need not be deterred from contributing to this worthwhile cause as , after they have been exhibited and judged , all garments entered will be sold to raise funds for the Association .
27 ‘ You 've got to have thongs for the beach .
28 Several classes have offered to sponsor groups for the less able .
29 He is expected to reveal the truth of whether Julius and Ethel Rosenberg , executed in 1953 for wartime espionage , had in fact helped obtain plans for the American atom bomb for the Soviets .
30 He had been told to take photographs for the magazine , not to give to Ana .
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