Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The campaign of the Conservative candidate , Richard Hickmet , was criticized for the way in which it dwelt on the controversial claim that it would be a " moral victory for terrorism " if the seat were to change hands as a result of the killing of Gow . |
| 2 | Lightbown argues on the basis of all the published evidence that Piero 's National Gallery ‘ Baptism of Christ ’ was painted for the Pieve in Sansepolcro ( which was the only church in the town where baptisms were performed before 1520 ) and not the Priory of San Giovanni Battista d'Afra as most , including Bertelli , believe . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Senator Bennett R. Hapgood rose to his feet on the podium erected for the purpose in the sweeping grounds of the open-air Hancock Center in the heart of Austin and surveyed the crowd with satisfaction . |
| 4 | In each case students registered for the module in the current or a future term must be counselled about and registered for viable alternative programmes . |
| 5 | Around 30 members of the clergy and laity gathered for the meeting in Cheltenham . |
| 6 | To compensate a bit for the loss , Greatest Hits from that long and illustrious lineage — ‘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ and its copains — have been gathered for the nonce in a smaller space elsewhere in the museum . |
| 7 | Where partners are sued in the name of their firm , unless the plaintiff requests that he ( the plaintiff ) serve a partner personally , service is effected in the first instance by the court by first class postal service to the address given for the firm in the request for summons ( N 201 – 4 ) . |
| 8 | Unless the plaintiff requests that he ( the plaintiff ) serve personally , service is effected in the first instance by the court by first class postal service to the address given for the defendant in the request for summons ( N 201 – 4 , 208 or 209 ) . |
| 9 | A Mareva injunction was granted by the English court , but the Irish action was the one which went to trial , judgment being given for the plaintiff in the sum of some £3.4 million . |
| 10 | Both relate to the social environment of the person with an established schizophrenic illness : while he is being treated for the disorder in hospital , and after he has been discharged into the community . |
| 11 | Finally , let unc be the unit matrix with the element unc substituted for the unit in the i , ith position . |
| 12 | ‘ According to gossip , your uncle was substituted for the Scapegoat in Saturday 's festival . ’ |
| 13 | Two simple recipes are included for the teacher in Appendix B on page 94 . |
| 14 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 15 | Roy Hattersley , deputy party leader , was blamed for the change in policy which has been approved at three previous conferences . |
| 16 | If this does occur there is a danger that womens ' movements will be blamed for the rise in the female crime rate , and that this may be used to argue against further female emancipation . |
| 17 | The suspected assassin , José Sales , who was arrested later , was believed to be a professional gunman hired by local landowners who had been blamed for the murder in 1985 of his predecessor Joao Canuto . |
| 18 | I am now shown correctly in Hansard as having voted for the Government in Division 15 . |
| 19 | In June , two million West Germans voted for the party in the European Parliament elections , sending Schönhuber and five colleagues to Strassburg . |
| 20 | Nichols , watching this pantomime , quickly explained that this was the guy he had picked for the lead in The Graduate . |
| 21 | The portrait bust of the artist himself is made out of eight pints of Quinn 's own blood , frozen for the occasion in a specially constructed vacuum chamber . |
| 22 | Combined with the rather weak correlation between inflammation and bleeding ( r : 0.60 ) , this suggests that while most of the neutrophils are seeking a mucosal signal , some may also be destined for the lumen in NSAID induced enteropathy . |
| 23 | Sky City One had been built by constructs such as these , their bodies and minds tailored for the job in hand . |
| 24 | It was argued for the defendant in the present appeal that Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
| 25 | As the constitutional deadline for the government 's term in office approached , Labour MPs increasingly sought to avert electoral disaster by calling on Palmer to step down in favour of Moore , whom he had defeated for the leadership in August 1989 . |
| 26 | Above right : the Sixties re-created for the film in Los Angeles , 1990 |
| 27 | Towards the end of the fourteenth century an Office for St Richard Hermit was written for the Priory in the hope of his canonisation . |
| 28 | Supplies collected for the charity in Worcester remained in a warehouse in the city , and West Mercia Fraud Squad were asked to investigate the withdrawal of funds from the Worcester branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 29 | Joshua , who had made for the exit in search of a cup of tea , noticed Edwina Currie standing by the door . |
| 30 | Throughout the day Axis reconnaissance aircraft searched for the convoy in variable visibility , Beaufighters from Malta continuing to provide cover and frequently heard making reports but experiencing difficulty in maintaining contact . |