Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some departments offer opportunities for supervised study that need not necessarily be undertaken as study for a degree or other qualification . |
| 2 | The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry . |
| 3 | It is usual to follow patients who have been diagnosed and treated for syphilis for a period of two years to make sure that the treatment is effective and that relapse does not occur . |
| 4 | Quite unconsciously , children may be regarded as rivals for a partner 's attention , or , when they cry inconsolably , critics of a mother 's competence . |
| 5 | Freud uses these two specific examples to suggest that psychoanalysis has shown that , in these cases , the animals or birds are being treated as substitutes for a parent , and the ambivalent feelings towards the animal reflect the feelings of the child towards the father — love and fear . |
| 6 | Caught off guard for a few moments , the gap between the two cars widened noticeably , before the cab screeched around a right-hand bend , losing it altogether . |
| 7 | Successful candidates then go on to work on an MSc dissertation , or are recommended for registration for a PhD or MPhil . |
| 8 | However , when we contacted Nikwax it appeared that durability is already being addressed with plans for a beefed-up outer with reinforced areas . |
| 9 | The Arnhem veteran had come from Salisbury for a memorial service . |
| 10 | ‘ If I read you rightly , ’ said Radulfus , having searched Cadfael 's face , and found it in very grave earnest , ‘ you are saying that the young man was attacked in mistake for a Benedictine brother . ’ |
| 11 | Her voice deepened in intensity for a moment , then became reflective . |
| 12 | Fortunately , the snow was cleared and the airport re-opened in time for a Monday morning flight back to London . |
| 13 | Frozen in shock for a few seconds , she recovered her wits sufficiently to let out an outraged scream , and to catapult into a kneeling position , grabbing the bedspread to cover herself . |
| 14 | Programmes are booked in advance for a particular room at a particular time and are then " broadcast " into that room as prearranged . |
| 15 | A witness in the family proceedings court who refuses to give evidence or produce any document once he gets to court may be committed to prison for a term not exceeding one month or fined up to £1,000 or both ( MCA , s97(4) ) . |
| 16 | Any witness in the family proceedings court , whether attending by summons or otherwise , who refuses to give evidence or produce any document to the court as required may be committed to prison for a term not exceeding one month or fined an amount not exceeding £1,000 , or both ( Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s97(4) ) . |
| 17 | This is perhaps not surprising given that bidders are attracted to targets for a variety of reasons that may be unconnected with the potential for improving the target 's management . |
| 18 | The London company , which the British Technology Group owns , says the Linear Array Processor can be added to Viking for a further £5000 or so . |
| 19 | The students , all Hindus from colleges of the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana , had come to Patiala for a students ' festival and were sleeping in a dormitory when they were attacked yesterday . |
| 20 | The Amoco Corporation has just agreed to pay compensation of 2.5 million francs to a syndicate of fishermen , who lost earnings when six boats from the port of Sibiril in northern Brittany were confined to port for a month . |
| 21 | If the British people had voted on Thursday for a Labour government , they would have run counter to the swing away from socialist prescriptions across the whole of the rest of Europe ; more , they would have signalled the rejection of everything that has been so painfully achieved since 1979 in making Britain a competitive modern society founded upon the doctrine of personal responsibility and enterprise . |
| 22 | Pitch and dressing room charges have been pegged at £1.35 for a number of years , but now Dundee District Council is proposing a £4 charge . |
| 23 | In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time . |
| 24 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 25 | Alongside the Vauxhall car won by Drake for a year , and the £400 team manager 's prize collected by Graham Howell , Royal Berkshire were presented with a magnificent Vauxhall Indoor Trophy and a cheque for £2,500 . |
| 26 | G. Britain has been occupied by people for a long , long time . |
| 27 | The position can be even further distorted by votes for a particular party being concentrated in a particular region or locality , as opposed to being evenly spread over the country as a whole . |
| 28 | THE WIFE of a man wounded in an INLA murder bid in Belfast six days ago says he is ‘ absolutely devastated ’ to be targeted by terrorists for a second time . |
| 29 | THE £33m management buyout by Fenchurch Insurance Group from GPG has been completed despite pressure for a better price from GPG shareholders including Robert Maxwell . |
| 30 | But now they face a battle to save another from being stripped of trees for a paper and pulp mill . |