Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 2 | We have not dealt with the reasons why The Head Teachers ' Association called for the teaching of modern foreign languages in primary schools . |
| 3 | The band of the Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Association performed for the patients and they were reported to have enjoyed another concert which included lantern views . |
| 4 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 5 | The draw means Wales ' bid to qualify for the USA finals is now partly out of their own hands . |
| 6 | This officers ' group lasted for the duration of the occupation , which is to say , for six years , though most of its leaders were caught and executed in the course of the war . |
| 7 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 8 | A residents ' petition called for the venture to be shelved until a more suitable access route was devised . |
| 9 | It is the sweet street sound that heals the wounds of deprivation ; the dangerous music that Dorcas ' aunt blames for the 200 black dead in the 1917 St Louis riots ; a music of such unbearable sensual possibilities that parents vainly try to prevent their offspring from listening to it . |
| 10 | A general reference to the state of the partners ' capital accounts for the time being to establish both the quantum of the firm 's capital and its members ' shares therein may be substituted , with the important caveat , mentioned below , that poor accounting practices may serve to confuse the matter . |
| 11 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down as well , and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future . |
| 12 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future |