Example sentences of "and [vb pp] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In general , we think of the criminal law as the means by which individuals are prosecuted , tried and punished for the offences ( e.g. theft , assault , etc. ) which they have committed . |
2 | Today fewer have occupational experience related to the park purposes ( down 30 per cent ) ; and fewer still are involved with bodies like the Council for the Protection of Rural England , the County Conservation Trust , the Ramblers ' Association and the Youth Hostels ' Association , whose members have traditionally supported and lobbied for the parks ( down 60 per cent ) . |
3 | Like Dean , Landau had studied the Method approach to acting devised by Stanislavski and modified for the Actors Studio by Lee Strasberg . |
4 | Overall , the two types of study each had its own areas of strength and compensated for the weaknesses of the other ; the neighbourhood studies were intended to obtain depth of linguistic and social information , while the telephone survey provided breadth . |
5 | She excused herself when halfway through the meal , and made for the ladies room . |
6 | In October Rupert at last slipped out and made for the Straits of Gibraltar . |
7 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
8 | When the 850 patrons then rose en masse and made for the exits , the actors wondered what they 'd done wrong . |
9 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
10 | Carrie kissed her husband lightly on the cheek and made for the stairs . |
11 | ‘ Bon ! ’ as he pushed back his chair after a meal and made for the stairs and his own preoccupations . |
12 | ‘ Why not ? ’ he said carelessly , and made for the stairs with the care of someone not absolutely steady on his feet . |
13 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
14 | Surere put down the knife , turned his back , and made for the steps . |
15 | The stout man ran into the cottage and phoned for the police and then for other keepers to come to Smiling Meadow . |
16 | Another material , charcoal-grey cartridge paper , was found to be quite dark in all ranges , and it is cheap , readily obtainable and easily cut and shaped for the purposes described above . |
17 | There he was in due course tried on indictment , convicted and sentenced for the offences . |
18 | motor vehicles owned by the Secretary of State for Defence and used for the purposes of the disposal of bombs or explosives |
19 | motor vehicles owned by the National Coal Board and used for the purposes of rescue operations at mines ; |
20 | motor vehicles owned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and used for the purposes of launching lifeboats . |
21 | The principal assets for which roll-over relief is available under ss152-160 TCGA 1992 are land and buildings occupied and used for the purposes of the vendor 's trade , fixed plant and machinery and goodwill . |
22 | Although they faithfully echoed the time-honoured myth that the Tsarist government stood above social divisions and cared for the interests of all classes , they firmly grasped that the mainstay of the autocracy was in fact the landed nobility . |
23 | The NCC urged the government to review school meals and called for the supermarkets to be closely monitored to ensure consumers were not being exploited . |
24 | He also angrily denounced the changes sweeping Eastern Europe , saying that Israel would be the " main beneficiary " and called for the Arabs to unite in a holy war " as long as time " against Israel . |
25 | The court thought that the law was " impenetrable " and called for the Lords to review it . |
26 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
27 | the provision of work instructions , in sufficient detail , to employees who are suitably qualified and trained for the duties they are required to perform . |
28 | But , after nearly an hour , it was obvious that she had simply been brought to this near-empty building and left for the police to find her . |
29 | Whilst the latter is often collected and structured for the purposes of analysis , the former are created in administrative processes where the concept of secondary use is usually absent . |
30 | Despite the genuine idealism of those who fought and agitated for the Republicans , the role of the Communist Party aroused some doubts on the Left . |