Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were similar provisions in Acts providing for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire . |
| 2 | We said goodbye to Ned again and headed north from Queenstown back towards Christchurch , staying overnight at Ruataniwha in huts built for the workers at Twizel dam . |
| 3 | S382 of the CA 1985 provides that ‘ every company shall cause minutes of all proceedings of general meetings , all proceedings at meetings of its directors … to be entered in books kept for the purpose . ’ |
| 4 | The strong sense of community between living and dead expressed in the frequent injunction in wills to pray for the soul of the deceased and to endow a priest for this specific purpose witnesses to a feeling for a purpose in existence beyond that of material well-being . |
| 5 | It was a form of devotion found not only among the learned but in prayers designed for the laity , as for instance , in another prayer recommended for lay folk at the elevation of the Host : or in the prayer , a fragment of which was carved on a church bench in Oxfordshire : Jesu for thy holy name And for thy bitter passion , Save us fro synne and shame And endles dampnacion . |
| 6 | Other miscellaneous recommendations were offered , including the provision of adequate religious instruction and positive guidance on sexual behaviour , the extension of the school day for older pupils , and the establishment of an experimental building programme ‘ to try out different forms of school organisation and teaching methods in buildings designed for the purpose ’ . |
| 7 | Victories in three primaries , including the battle of New York , were a turning point that have given the Arkansas governor an unassailable lead in delegates needed for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 8 | SPAR , as noted earlier , uses a modified version of Sidner 's focusing algorithm , which embodies both strong and weak preferences in ways appropriate for the examples discussed here . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I think Darlington council could make some extra money by wheel-clamping cars which park illegally in spaces reserved for the disabled . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Frank Taylor wants Durham county police committee to agree a £259,000 increase in police spending for the financial year 1993/94 , to pay for the salaries of 20 administrative staff . |
| 11 | Yuri soon started tapping his sock-clad feet in tune to the beat of the music , while one floor below several women in leotards went for the burn . |
| 12 | We need a good honours graduate to provide research assistance in the molecular cloning and characterisation of receptors , and in the expression of receptors in systems designed for the screening of pharmacologically active compounds . |
| 13 | Not even The Smiths , it seems , could surpass the admiration the man in shorts has for the Fab Four … |
| 14 | So , while we heartily approve of such examples as money management ( including credit use ) as an O-level subject , and encouragement to include money management and credit use in liberal-studies teaching for the over-16s , this will hardly help those who leave school early and who would profit most from wiser choice of credit . |
| 15 | While the Semiconductor Industry Association is making mollifying noises on the issue of penetration of the Japanese chip market , but the new US administration is showing no such reticence , and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor says he is ‘ resolute and determined ’ to pry open Japan 's semiconductor market to more US chips — ‘ We have every intention of creating a new framework of shared responsibility with our trading partners , ’ Kantor said in remarks prepared for the Semiconductor Industry Association . |
| 16 | There used to be a particular difficulty in clauses providing for the appointment of valuers by each party who would then refer the matter to an umpire : see 9.8.1 . |
| 17 | He realized with a shock that they reminded him of steers he had once seen in a railroad siding back home in Richmond , Virginia , crowded uncomprehendingly in trucks bound for the slaughterhouse . |