Example sentences of "for part [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Government has announced plans for local housing authorities to compete against each other for part of the money they need to renovate their stock .
2 Cos now we do n't have to pay interest on our fees , i if , if , if a jam 's spread over six months a a a and it might risk and slip to nine months , we might do better to offer to jam spread it over nine months and only invoice for part of the money .
3 Not really , because ( 1 ) as current flows there is some potential drop in the electrode itself , ( 2 ) zero conductivity for part of the space can not be electrostatically modelled since there are no dielectrics with Er = 0 , and ( 3 ) when current flows through two materials of different conductivity there is generally a surface charge at the boundary ( see Example 3.4 ) .
4 What is perhaps more common than a share-for-share exchange is for part of the consideration to consist of debentures issued by Newco to vendor shareholders .
5 UN and Iraqi representatives meeting in Vienna on June 19-22 made progress on unblocking US$1,600 million of oil exports [ see also pp. 38742 ; 38788-89 ; 38838 ] , but ended talks without agreement on administering the proceeds — to pay for imports of essential food and medicines but also for 1,100 UN personnel in Iraq and for part of the cost of the UN special commission on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction .
6 The terrain was so difficult that for part of the journey three locomotives were needed to pull one train .
7 Father may feel obliged to pay for part of the event .
8 A brewer 's float drew the manual for part of the way ; other firemen ran with the hose cart along the canal towpath .
9 The trestle-tables were full ; people drinking , eating and reading ; the Germans we had teamed up with for part of the way back looking smug , though they could n't have been down much before us .
10 Though the coaches are scheduled to take you all the way to and from your accommodation , on occasion it may be necessary for Cosmos to employ a local coach for part of the way to and from your hotel in order to comply with strict Driver 's Hours regulations imposed to ensure your safety .
11 To the east of Nafels is an entry/exit to the motorway N3 which , running west-east , links Zurich with the southern shores of the Walensee ( flanking for part of the way the Linth canal referred to above ) and on to Chur in the Grisons .
12 Trees cut her view for part of the way and when she could see the street door leading to her flat she noticed a man dawdling by , looking up and down the pavement and then strolling back the way he had come .
13 This route follows the former Innocent Railway for part of the way and then the Niddrie Burn to Brunstane .
14 As the cyclist who organised the commuter challenge , I agree with Bernard Povey ( letters , 5 July ) that the route from Currie to the city centre is downhill for part of the way .
15 For part of the way we linked arms with Fred Lebow who thought up the race 23 years ago and who now has brain cancer and wanted to run it .
16 More than five million people have registered for part of the government 's remaining stake in British Telecom .
17 In November 1975 , Dr. Ian Paisley , MP , published classified figures from within the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for part of the work at Maynard .
18 This is a fantastic place for birdwatchers — puffin , falcon , raven , gannet , guillemot and cormorants , to name but a few , make their homes along the coastline and on its islands for part of the year .
19 Seasonal workers do not have the security of full-time employment , since they must seek other means of support for part of the year .
20 Guatemala 's large seasonal migrant population , who work on the coffee and cotton plantations for part of the year , sometimes migrate over the border to the plantations in southern Mexico .
21 There are two open bothies on the route but contrary to what is written in some places , the farm at lonely Carnmore on the Letterewe estate is not inhabited except for part of the year .
22 Yet we should not forget another : the significance of the noble contribution to the relatively small army of some 3,000 or so men ( increased by half for part of the year ) , drawn largely from local men , all of them volunteers , all regularly paid and reviewed .
23 In parts of northern Australia , where there are heavy seasonal rains , the ground becomes so waterlogged for part of the year that these downward migrations are not possible .
24 So , as our planet moves on its yearly orbit around the sun , the northern hemisphere is angled towards the sun for part of the year , and the southern hemisphere is tilted towards it for the other part .
25 For example , one of the attractions in my area , Balmoral Castle , as a couple of exhibitions which are open to the public for part of the year , now the entrance fees for that actually goes to charity so it benefits other people apart from the tourists themselves .
26 Though the soil may be frozen for part of the year , root growth is vigorous , earthworms may be active , there is plenty of organic debris to be rotted down , and the decomposing agents are more abundant than in the dry deserts .
27 And , remarkably , she has formed an affectionate bond with Rosa Hannah 's much loved senior cow , which for part of the year returns to her old pastures because Bill Purves , the neighbour who cares for Rosa rents the grazing from the new owners .
28 African rivers run underground for part of the year so the villagers would often have to dig in the sand until water seeped through .
29 Some of the sites under consideration may be of the same date and status , but they may be occupied for part of the year , or for a few years only .
30 and er , he 's been on the dole admittedly he did go on the dole If you 're on the dole for part of the year , your own salary is do they add your dole money to the salary , charge you tax on that ,
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