Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matisse guarantees consistency of data through two-phase locking for data update . |
| 2 | Matisse guarantees consistency of data through two-phase locking for data update . |
| 3 | The value of the data base to researchers will be enhanced by the systematic inclusion of references to allow the identification of the parliamentary constituency within each ward falls ; the tracing of changes in ward boundaries over the period since 1973 ; and the matching of ward level electoral data with material collected for the 1981 census . |
| 4 | I left the aircraft in order to go for de-briefing but I got as far only as the jetty when an attack was made on the Sunderland by three Me109 aircraft . |
| 5 | One of the ‘ cattle men ’ turned up one day at Costa Rica 's legitimate airport and had to be rescued by Fernandez : in his cattle-man 's briefcase were $5,000 in cash to pay for workers on the strip , a spare cassette from North for Fernandez 's KL-43 encrypting device , and brown manila envelopes from the White House containing photographs of Fernandez with Reagan . |
| 6 | Ivan Cooper called on the people of Derry to fight for their rights , ‘ as the Blacks in America were fighting ’ . |
| 7 | No executions had been carried out since 1984 , and there were currently 287 people in prison waiting for parliament to confirm or commute their death sentences ( mostly handed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 8 | The current clampdown on drinking and driving has allowed people without embarrassment to ask for soft drinks at functions and market forces have led to an influx of low-alcohol wines and beers . |
| 9 | ‘ There were times when I just wanted to give up and catch the next train home , ’ said Bill , ‘ but it was the thought of all the people at home praying for us and wishing us well that kept us going . ’ |
| 10 | Similarly Henry V was seen as the Judas Maccabeus of his day who , faced by great odds at Agincourt , worried little about his lack of forces but trusted in the rightness of his cause , the piety of his people at home praying for him and for his army , and in divine strength . |
| 11 | Now the State has already got a problem because in the next century , it will have insufficient people at work to pay for old age pensions we already know Mr Portillo is doing a pension review and is looking about only targeting it to the needy at the bottom well that means a lot of people like you and me will miss out on State pensions . |
| 12 | Only $25,000 p.a. at present to care for great Renaissance garden |
| 13 | In the breeding ring a large entry of 450 saw in-lamb hoggets sell to a top of £80 and £78 per head paid for Suffolk/Cheviot presented by D Foot . |
| 14 | As yet , however , there was no indication from the accounts available to Gould that these different species of finch depended for their characteristics on their different localities . |
| 15 | Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Lilley 's decision to abide by European Commission rules on the distribution of regional aid from Brussels immediately unlocked £18.9m of investment earmarked for the stricken former coalfield communities of Durham , Tyne and Wear , and Northumberland . |
| 16 | Two drug smugglers with some 360 kg of cocaine bound for the United States from Colombia had made a refuelling stop at Tlalixcoyan airstrip in south-east Mexico . |
| 17 | GATT Director-General Arthur Dunkel had set mid-April 1992 as the latest in a series of target dates for completing the talks . |
| 18 | All you have to do is raise £140 in sponsorship to qualify for a free full day introductory course at one of the club 's sites around Bristol . |