Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only two developments are worthy of note , both of which serve to substantiate further the notion of the institution as formalizing and legitimizing property arrangements : first , the gradual recognition of the right to end the relationship ( with greater ease as social mobility increases and old class structures requiring protection of their pedigree collapse ) on the condition that the more vulnerable party economically be protected ; and the corollary idea that , given the possibility of separation and divorce , while the relationship subsists , certain mutual rights of support exist for the partners . |
| 2 | But if that were the explanation , it would imply that the movement was only willing to act in the general interest when the Labour Party formed an assured Government , and having decided that its defeat was impending , abandoned any sense of responsibility save for the unions ' immediate , sectional interests . |
| 3 | At the end of October the Department of Agriculture called for the elimination of all export subsidies on US agricultural produce within five years . |
| 4 | It is in the erm statement of faith to substitute for the phrase by his death on the cross the words he died on the cross for the sins of the world . |
| 5 | Do you remember looking over the ship 's side at the flying fish , and the phosphorus gleaming along the side of the ship at night — and of course looking for the Southern Cross in the stars at night ? |
| 6 | New stock was of course required for the proposed Thameslink service , and Chris Green formally accepted the first Class 319 dual-voltage unit at BREL York on 2 September . |
| 7 | You could of course opt for the new Marshall JMP-1 MIDI preamp , which would almost certainly do the job ; I could equally recommend Boogie 's TriAxis , but that breaches your £1,000 ceiling . |
| 8 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 9 | The king , who had returned from Flanders in February and was present in person , was asked to agree to confirm and observe the charters ; to agree that no taxes should be levied without the assent of parliament , and to appoint a council which would supervise the expenditure of money raised for the war and exercise jurisdiction over ministers . |
| 10 | Beto is very proud , and I think justifiably so , that in the early 1960s he asked the Texas legislature at every session for a considerable amount of money to build for the future , and received it . |
| 11 | he 's retired , but he 's , he 's been quite busy with this Festival , but I , I said to him , now what I 'll do is maybe come and you and him and Jane maybe kind of will just sort of have a quick confab sometime just talk about what he wants , and he will be kind of happy to do that with obviously we 'd have to find a drop of money to pay for the tapes , I mean that would n't be huge and expensive . |
| 12 | The papers of counsel acting for the plaintiffs in a pending action in the Commercial Court were mistakenly sent to the solicitors for the other side . |
| 13 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 14 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 15 | One of the biggest potential costs is the building of under-road ducting for the speed sensors . |
| 16 | The judge , asked to decide as a preliminary point when the cause of action accrued for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 held that it arose on completion of the works required by the notices . |
| 17 | Public disorder incidents are frequently transitory and fleeting events ; the constable has to make quick decisions as to what course of action to adopt for the best . |
| 18 | Jackson may well have the spirit of punk to blame for the misunderstanding . |
| 19 | The diversity of crime accounts for the unconvincing nature of attempts to explain it by all-encompassing theories . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The time that the candidate has been registered as a supervised postgraduate student will normally count towards the period of study prescribed for the degree . |
| 22 | Numbers and commentaries upon them lay at the heart of the Robbins Report , although there was much else besides : the scale of research undertaken for the Report and the quality of the statistical analyses were unprecedented . |
| 23 | Catholicism is presented as a potential remedy , but the philosophy of indeterminacy appears for the first time in this novel as a rival discourse . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The bones consist of lagomorph remains for the most part with a few small lizards and rodents . |
| 26 | In Chapter 14 we saw that risky activities on average will need to earn a higher rate of return to compensate for the higher risks involved . |
| 27 | I hope that those pieces of correspondence supplied for the last 2 addresses are acceptable . |
| 28 | It 's now up to the country of origin to vouch for the health of the animals . |
| 29 | There is no reason why Tanzania should not combine an examination , which is based on the things we teach , with a teacher and pupil assessment of work done for the school and community . |
| 30 | Well , at last some good news on the jobs front , with the number of people out of work falling for the second month running . |