Example sentences of "for the minutes " in BNC.

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1 The Club obviously preferred to have a public supply but this did not seem easy to arrange for the Minutes frequently talk about ‘ bringing pressure to bear on the Water Companies ’ .
2 You can maintain ‘ official ownership ’ of your case by summarising for the minutes ( 'Following my proposal the meeting agreed … ' ) and by literally having the last word on the item : ‘ So we 're agreed on that .
3 The watch face consists of two different coloured hands — the shorter , red ‘ Flik ’ hand rotates around the inner circle of numbers ( 1–12 ) to indicate the hour of the day whilst the longer , blue ‘ Flak ’ hand ticks around the outer circle of numbers ( marked off in fives up to 60 ) for the minutes .
4 Although this rank was that of a clerk , in the Constantian period it was applied to those officials who were responsible for the minutes of the imperial consistory and some of them rose to the highest ranks .
5 The postal services in those days must have been extremely efficient , for the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held in London four days later ( on 26 June , at No 12 Austin Friars ) recorded the receipt of Sir William 's plan , commenting that he had indicated there ‘ would not be found a want of active and intelligent Committees , and hardy boats ’ crews ’ !
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