Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( No one believes that last year 's award did wonders for the sales of New Scientist — how many of our readers even know about the awards ? ) |
| 2 | The Socialist Government might have survived the crisis had it not been for the internal rift within the Labour Party that was brought about by the Cabinet 's decision to impose charges for medical prescriptions to curb excessive waste in the newly established National Health Service . |
| 3 | DELIGHT , elation and relief greeted the news of the government 's decision to compensate investors for the bulk of the losses they had suffered in the collapse of Barlow Clowes . |
| 4 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 5 | RAIL fares are scheduled to soar in the next few years and at least 5,000 railway jobs will be lost following the Government 's decision to slash grants for British Rail in the early 1990s . |
| 6 | So protests about the Government 's proposals to charge parents for extras ' such as swimming lessons and cooking materials fall wide of the mark . |
| 7 | From a wider perspective , the restless tides that govern world trade and industry make plant closures as well as new plant openings inevitable and healthy , and only the neanderthals that believe that it is management 's function to provide jobs for life , and the workers ' function to make management 's life as hard as possible would argue otherwise . |
| 8 | Every year , the State pays us a subsidy to cover the daily running costs of the museum , while it is the museum 's responsibility to find funds for staging exhibitions . |
| 9 | Many of Oxford 's shops have facilities for those in wheelchairs , and with walking sticks or pushchairs . |
| 10 | Many of Oxford 's shops have facilities for those in wheelchairs , and with walking sticks or pushchairs . |
| 11 | Paul clearly taught that ADAM was a real person and that HIS transgression of God 's law had consequences for every individual ( except for the virgin-born Lord Jesus Christ ) born thereafter . |
| 12 | The findings are from the Daily Telegraph Parent Friendly awards in support of the Tommy 's Campaign to raise funds for better health care for babies . |
| 13 | This is a month of changeover in the greenhouse , with this year 's plants providing cuttings for the next |
| 14 | Efforts of NALGO 's membership to develop policies for dealing with HIV infection and employment , and getting these converted into policy , have , however , led me to believe that NALGO membership is important not simply because of the wider political issues involved , but because HIV threatens employment security . |
| 15 | In the seat belt cases the plaintiff 's failure to take precautions for his own safety is regarded as a contributing cause of his injuries , but it is necessary for the defendant to prove that the failure to wear a seat belt was a cause of the injuries . |
| 16 | The contras claimed that their action was intended to focus attention on the government 's failure to provide funds for the resettlement of former contras and their dependents . |
| 17 | He approved of Clarkson 's travels to secure witnesses for the Privy Council hearings but not as a focus for popular agitation . |
| 18 | Tickets are on sale via the personnel department at Barlaston for three performances by Gandy 's Circus to raise funds for the Douglas Macmillan Home . |
| 19 | Martin telephoned on the morning of Father 's Day to say thanks for the card , and before he knew it Joe was telling him all about how we made the tree-house together . |
| 20 | This is part of the Government 's strategy to improve conditions for researchers in academia . |
| 21 | Although the firm may negotiate within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions on behalf of a client , it is not part of the firm 's role to take decisions for a client . |
| 22 | Although the firm may negotiate within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions on behalf of a client , it is not part of the firm 's role to take decisions for a client . |
| 23 | Home Guardsmen drilled with pikestaffs as Hitler 's generals laid plans for a triumphant leap across the Channel . |
| 24 | Yesterday hundreds of demonstrators marched on Downing Street following the same route as those in the Peasant 's Revolt which forced England 's leaders to drop plans for a similar tax . |
| 25 | Maslow 's hierarchy isolates needs for self-esteem as a separate motivating category . |
| 26 | A PRIVATE member 's bill to introduce payments for Crown servants who were exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons tests and have since contracted leukaemia and other cancers , and to the dependants of those who have died , was presented to the Commons by Mr Bob Clay ( Lab . |
| 27 | A REFUSAL by the Republic 's Government to provide funds for a memorial to the 22 people killed in the loyalist bomb attack on Dublin in 1974 has angered the Dublin City Council . |
| 28 | But he did n't need to give it to anyone else — no one else was flawed in the way Denis was , no one else 's loyalty gave grounds for doubt and therefore for the most unsavoury of tests . |
| 29 | UNICEF 's State of the World 's Children 1991 report , published on Dec. 20 , said that an extra US$20,000 million would be needed to fulfil the summit 's promise to improve conditions for children by 2000 . |
| 30 | This liquidity , and the market maker 's ability to adjust prices for news events , is essential for big investors . |