Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 2 | Its authority to work for the removal of all barriers to the free movement of coal and steel rested on a wide array of actions , ranging from non-binding recommendations to binding decisions . |
| 3 | The present improvement has for its object to compensate for the disturbance of the balance between the upgoing and downgoing lifts which occurs by the immersion of the latter in the water at the foot of the incline , and the improvement consists in gradually diminishing the gradient at the upper end of the incline so as to avoid the great increase of haulage power which would otherwise be required to raise the ascending lift from about the moment when the descending dock begins to enter the water . |
| 4 | The county council will have to ask colleges to bid for money on its behalf to pay for the vocational adult education courses it runs . |
| 5 | Welcome back : One of England 's longest established families is selling its silverware to pay for the upkeep of its country home . |
| 6 | The validity of any model of global tectonics must be judged by its ability to account for the distribution and characteristics of these major structural regions . |