Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | G. Britain has been occupied by people for a long , long time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Random numbers selected by computer for a newspaper competition called " Millionaire of the Month " were held to be protected by copyright in Express Newspapers plc v Liverpool Daily Post & Echo plc [ 1985 ] . |
| 6 | It was not until 1947 that he was selected by Surrey for a Championship match , and in 1948 he twice took five wickets in an innings . |
| 7 | We possess , however , a refined version , in an ode written by Pindar for a victory in the games here at Olympia in 476 , not many years before this pediment was designed . |
| 8 | Commerciality has been granted by Pertamina for a gas development in the Madura PSC [ LASMO 12.58 per cent ] . |
| 9 | In the smoke made by sea for a new world |
| 10 | The repairs to the points ' circuits took a little longer and the points were operated by hand for a short time . |
| 11 | This is a valuable tool at the disposal of the negotiator since it promotes movement towards agreement and yet ensures that proposals to give the buyer something are matched by proposals for a concession in return . |
| 12 | First there were a series of general review papers sometimes based on inaugural or presidential addresses and these included a review of Man and the Natural Environment ( Wilkinson , 1963 ) ; advocacy of the need for study of anthropogeomorphology because of the earlier deficiency of studies of the form-creating activity of man and of the influence of man in natural phenomena ( Fels , 1965 ) ; and a revival of the title used by Sherlock for a review by Jennings ( 1966 ) in which he stressed that ‘ Man as a Geological Agent ’ is significant because studies of contemporary processes are nearly always heavily biased by anthropogenic effects . |
| 13 | The call offered by Lewis for a revaluation of the fundamental principles of one element of social work practice finds echoes in other areas . |
| 14 | He seemed to have cracked bones complaining all over his body , and when they stopped at night he ate , stayed by Madra for a while , and usually fell asleep beside her . |
| 15 | Earlier , on Aug. 31 , 1989 , the non-executive President , Wee Kim Wee , had been unanimously re-elected by Parliament for a four-year term . |
| 16 | David and Barbara Owen say the property is blighted by plans for a bypass just yards away . |
| 17 | To the Pre-Raphaelites women were very much the muse and so , as Griselda Pollock puts it , they become ‘ ciphers for the ( masculine ) creative process itself , inspired by love for a beautiful feminine face ’ . |
| 18 | Competition , feared at first for its degenerative effects on programme quality , was rationalized as consistent with public service principles , because it was not driven by competition for a single source of revenue , as in the USA , but ensured a proper sensitivity to audience needs . |
| 19 | Devising a replacement timetabling system for the original scheme invented by Mobbs for a full-time course in science took at least ten months of negotiation and debate . |
| 20 | As in Britain this qualified support for the free market has been accompanied by measures for a stronger stance in defence and law and order ( which have increased their shares in public spending in most Western European states ) . |
| 21 | R. S. Wood himself , occupying a central position in more senses than one , wished to see a transfer of all pupils at the age of eleven to a common secondary school , followed by transfer for a selected minority at the age of thirteen to either a grammar or a technical school . |
| 22 | Finally , certain matters will continue to be governed by requirements for a unanimous vote in the Council . |
| 23 | On defence and nuclear issues , Solanki expressed his " unhappiness and disappointment " that the Soviet Union had on Nov. 11 voted in a UN General Assembly committee in favour of a proposal sponsored by Pakistan and seconded by Bangladesh for a nuclear-free zone in south Asia . |
| 24 | Civil servants who leak information are criticised by politicians for a breach of trust . |
| 25 | He was renominated and confirmed by referendum for a further six-year term in October 1987 . |
| 26 | Adam and Eve were created by God for a glorious destiny with him . |
| 27 | He himself thinks of matter after the analogy , if not actually of the timber which is the concrete meaning of Greek hulè and Latin materia , at any rate of the ‘ materials ’ utilized in making an artefact ; and the usage of ‘ matter ’ has behind it a larger model , of a universe created by God for a purpose , from which the transparently metaphorical ‘ laws of nature ’ also derive . |
| 28 | Each boat would then be licensed by horsepower for a set number of days at sea based on a three-year track record . |
| 29 | Studies of the relationship between communication and socio-economic change and political transition have been conducted by WACC for a long time . |
| 30 | The head of state is the President of the Republic ( currently Konstantinos Karamanlis , who has largely ceremonial functions and is elected by Parliament for a five-year term . |