Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , as my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin and others have pointed out , he has a special interest in being here . |
| 2 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where livestock belonging to any person strays on to land in the ownership or occupation of another and — ( a ) damage is done by the livestock to the land or to any property on it which is in the ownership or possession of the other person ; or ( b ) any expenses are reasonably incurred by that other person in keeping the livestock while it can not be restored to the person to whom it belongs or while it is detained in pursuance of section 7 of [ the ] Act , or in ascertaining to whom it belongs ; the person to whom the livestock belongs is liable for the damage or expenses , except as otherwise provided by [ the ] Act . ’ |
| 3 | Speaking at an international conference in London on the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste on Oct. 4 , 1989 , the European Communities ( EC ) Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa Di Meana , said that proposals to make producers of toxic waste liable for the damage and injury they might cause were being drawn up by the EC Commission . |
| 4 | In a statement afterwards , the BBC said it had ‘ apologised to Mr Wright and his family and expressed their regret for the damage and distress caused ’ . |
| 5 | Turner , however , also allowed for the possibility that rituals do in themselves provoke strong emotions ; emotions which then have to be directed . |
| 6 | The treaty provides for the possibility that member states will wish to adopt a single currency later this decade , but they can do so only if they meet strict convergence conditions — conditions for which the British Government have pressed from the outset . |
| 7 | Both allow for the possibility that speculators might be risk-averse . |
| 8 | But in the public goods case , it may be fruitful to allow for the possibility that individuals may be motivated by commitment ( Johansen , 1977 ; Sen , 1979 ; Margolis , 1982 ) . |
| 9 | These pieces of evidence would seem to establish beyond doubt the correctness of Mustakimzade 's dating of Molla Arab 's Muftilik , a dating which , in turn , leaves no room for the possibility that Abdulkerim held the Muftilik — or the Muftilik of Istanbul , at any rate during the period stated by the later tradition . |
| 10 | This is a propagation bench for the winter and spring — different cuttings and seedlings are tried each year . |
| 11 | Now the summer bedding plants in tubs and window boxes are fading or frosted , chuck them out and replace them with flowers for the winter and spring . |
| 12 | Thus the Paracelsians , who boasted that their account of creation as a process of chemical separation was the only legitimate interpretation of Genesis , incurred Bacon 's displeasure not only for their hijacking of the Bible , but also for the implication that knowledge of nature was in need of biblical support . |
| 13 | Some Ministers felt that this was wholly a matter for the conscience or judgment of the individual , and that Ministers who held strong views on the moral issue should not be asked to subordinate those views to a collective decision of the Cabinet . |
| 14 | But by a typical return , the anxiety and concern created rather than alleviated the ‘ problem ’ , for the incitement that Lyttleton so worried about was a product of middle-class obsessions themselves . |
| 15 | Accountability for priorities-accountability for the relevance or appropriateness of the agency 's work . |
| 16 | They have raised some issues which we are discussing with Government , particularly on the various options for the timing and route of any privatisation . ’ |
| 17 | Now , by early spring 1837 , Darwin had decided that such purely adaptational explanations could not account adequately for the timing and placing of either the extinctions of old species or the origins of new ones . |
| 18 | The complexity of the French doctorate degree system has previously been mentioned ( Tuiller ) , and their system for the deposit and use of theses is similarly complex . |
| 19 | Acupuncture is used for the healing and relief of pain such as arthritis , muscle and ligament strains , and some forms of paralysis . |
| 20 | Miscellaneous structures include 3 culverts for the Gogar and Murray Burns . |
| 21 | The ‘ debtee ’ is an old word for the creditor or payee . |
| 22 | His relationship with his disciples prior to the crucifixion provides a model for the fellowship that believers are to enjoy in subsequent centuries . |
| 23 | The Geneva talks were described by Pérez de Cuéllar as of " psychological " importance in preparing the ground for future peace talks within the framework of Resolution R98 and the Iraqi News Agency ( INA ) reported on July 6 that Saddam had received a letter of thanks from Rafsanjani for the assistance and sympathy shown by the Iraqi government and people to the Iranian earthquake victims [ see p. 37522 ] . |
| 24 | Candidates for a seat in the Senate , let alone for the presidency or vice-presidency , have to be both wealthy individuals in their own right and able to tap substantial sources of campaign finance from companies or the social elite . |
| 25 | Detailed clauses ensured that ( i ) the President once elected could not be a member of a political party ; ( ii ) the military were denied seats in the Senate ; ( iii ) members of the Securitate and militia bodies guilty of repression and public officials guilty of abuses were not eligible for election ; ( iv ) candidates for election to the Assembly of Deputies had to be over 21 years of age and for the presidency and Senate over 30 , with no upper age limit ; ( v ) prisoners and the mentally handicapped were not eligible for election or to vote ; ( vi ) independent candidates were eligible to stand for the Senate and Assembly if supported by at least 250 electors and for the presidency if supported by 100,000 electors ; ( vii ) the votes of Romanian citizens abroad via diplomatic missions , consulates or trade agencies would be treated as votes cast in the city of Bucharest ; ( viii ) the financing of political parties from abroad was forbidden ; ( ix ) strict procedures would be applied to check and validate nominations ; ( x ) hours of polling would be from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m . |
| 26 | Anyone elected governor of a major state immediately becomes , in the eyes of the media , a possible candidate for the presidency and Reagan , in 1966 , was no exception . |
| 27 | In America the political conventions are designed to enthuse the participants and television viewers to go out and campaign for their candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency . |
| 28 | Under the terms of Belau 's new electoral system the number of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency had been narrowed to two through the holding of a first round elections on Sept. 22 , when incumbent President Ngiratkel Etpison was eliminated after finishing third with 24.8 per cent , behind Nakamura with 37.2 per cent and Toribiong with 37.9 per cent . |
| 29 | Sometimes the seated guests are just the closest family and friends , while other friends , children , neighbours and colleagues from work are invited for the dancing and party later in the day . |
| 30 | For in common with all extensional definitions , it provides no criteria for the inclusion or exclusion of further phenomena that may come to our attention ; at best one can say that what warrants pragmatic treatment for some new topic is simply linguists ' consensus based on intuitive " family resemblance " to more familiar pragmatic topics . |