Example sentences of "and [noun] [noun pl] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we were using a rather old radio set at the time called a TR9 that was not one of the better things that our radio and radar boffins produced for us in the early days of RT air-to-ground and vice-versa . |
| 2 | The top Shire Horse from William Tudor Jones , of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant , Tywyn , lined up with the supreme champions in the cattle and sheep sections to compete for the show 's super supreme title . |
| 3 | The Justice Department faces a struggle as it seeks at secret meetings to persuade big national operators like Browning-Ferris and Laidlaw Industries to bid for commercial garbage-collection contracts . |
| 4 | So that even when suspicions had been roused and blood tests called for , Marie was convinced the baby she was nurturing was her own . |
| 5 | And house burglaries and car thefts account for more than half all crimes reported . |
| 6 | Its two miles of almost deserted white sand and coral reefs make for excellent sunbathing and snorkelling . |
| 7 | The tropical fish and coral formations promised for our £10 never materialised . |
| 8 | On Barro Colorado Island , herbivory rates and defence mechanisms of young and mature leaves of 46 canopy species were observed throughout the year : leaf properties such as toughness , phenolic content , pubescence , water , fibre and protein contents accounted for over 70% of the variation in herbivory , with leaf toughness most highly correlated . |
| 9 | He was an exacting colleague , and college meetings lasted for hours as he reminisced about the past ; but it was his way of educating the fellows in the traditions of the college . |
| 10 | On June 11 in Sofia , after the first round of elections , as many as 100,000 students and opposition supporters called for fresh elections to be held . |
| 11 | There is a slowly burgeoning market for this type of entertainment , with many music and arts societies looking for such a programme . |
| 12 | Despite a warning that the government would act " immediately and resolutely " if the unrest continued , there were further protests in Seoul and elsewhere in the ensuing days as a coalition of student and dissidents groups called for the overthrow of the Roh government . |
| 13 | The near universality of agricultural cooperatives for purchasing , marketing and savings activities made for more efficient organization and greater security for farmers . |
| 14 | I mean , they 're ninety nine pence a tin and turkey tins stowed for years so I do n't think these are gon na come to any harm over |
| 15 | The EC and EFTA countries account for 70% of Scotland 's exports compared with 68% in last year 's survey . |
| 16 | The report was prepared by decommissioning and decontamination experts working for AEA Technology , the authority 's commercial arm . |
| 17 | Duke 's A and B lesions account for our 75% of cancers detected in asymptomatic individuals by initial faecal occult blood testing , while less than 50% of symptomatic patients are comparably staged at diagnosis . |
| 18 | The state-run daily al-Jumhuriya had carried on Sept. 8 a statement signed by Kurdish , Sunni and Shia intellectuals appealing for the liberalization of Iraq 's single-party political system . |
| 19 | From the 1840s public anxiety had also been focused on prostitution , the ‘ great social evil ’ , by studies from evangelical clerics and medics , and by rescue and reform societies campaigning for a police crackdown on the London streets . |
| 20 | Viewers jammed the Thames Television switchboard ; Fleet Street pundits and leader writers reached for their pencils . |
| 21 | Vauxhall 's new Astra Convertible offers sun lovers wind-in-the-hair driving with convenience , safety and security features designed for the 90s . |
| 22 | This was complicated by the desire of some hospitals and community services to apply for self-governing status and achieve total independence from health authority control , which often led to local conflicts . |
| 23 | With nine weeklies acquired from 1961 — 74 , their morning and evening interests accounted for most of the sales in the major part of the Birmingham conur-bation . |
| 24 | Some swimming , movement and sports groups cater for a wide range of disabilities including impaired limbs , spina bifida , multiple sclerosis , epilepsy , cystic fibrosis , Down 's syndrome , myelomeningocele , arthritis and accident injuries . |
| 25 | They claim that the plans of the newly-established Tatra Development Corporation will result in widespread deforestation , and to large areas being blighted by the construction of motorways to service the hotels , entertainment and sports facilities planned for the site . |
| 26 | The open spaces in the north-north east of the area should be made into parkland and sports fields created for leisure activities . |
| 27 | Scrutiny of Table 7.1 reveals that hospital and maternity services account for the majority of funds . |
| 28 | Police have been using a helicopter and tracker dogs to search for a man who attempted to grab a young boy . |
| 29 | We had to make absolutely sure that her dressing-room number was kept secret , and tracker dogs checked for explosives before she arrived . |
| 30 | Exactly the same health and safety considerations obtain for students as for regular employees . |