Example sentences of "for [noun prp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the versions we have will run under System V/2 , and we would therefore have to arrange for Waterloo to port the code to run under your operating system . |
| 2 | But constitutional expert Michael Nash , who is soon to bring out a book , A Royal Divorce , about the history of the British monarchy , said last night : ‘ The best thing to happen would be for William to become the next in line to the throne . |
| 3 | It was hard for Sophie to face the kindly accusation in the two pairs of eyes gazing at her . |
| 4 | The policeman kicked it away and gestured for Whitlock to approach the police car . |
| 5 | Melrose sneaked ahead through a Chalmers drop goal in the 65th minute only for McKechnie to nullify the effort in similar style barely a minute later . |
| 6 | In May 1529 , Henry decided to wait no longer and arranged for Wolsey to hear the case under his own legatine authority at a court at Blackfriars in London . |
| 7 | Shirtliff nodded down Wilson 's corner for Hirst to score the second and the Wednesday striker would have collected his 20th of the season but for a fine one-handed save by Marriott . |
| 8 | Graham Chapman gave Wingate the lead only for David Appleby to equalise for Cleadon to take the tie into extra time and a replay . |
| 9 | A gold medal for Burnell to emulate the achievements of his father and father-in-law . |
| 10 | It took four years for Edouard to discover the one aspect of his life the columnists had never suspected : he was lonely . |
| 11 | I dumped my duffel bag by the wall and he called for Maria to bring the tea . |
| 12 | In order for Swindon to make the playoffs they must beat Derby . |
| 13 | Now that he was down at ground level it was not so easy for Patrick to locate the dell where he had seen the immaculate golfer . |
| 14 | It was probably difficult for Sheila to take the step of coming into the CAB with the very sensitive subject of homosexuality that for all she knows may be taboo at the bureaux . |
| 15 | A few , those who had been last in the line , turned their horses in time and rode for Ruthyn to carry the news , and were not hindered in their going . |
| 16 | ‘ It is also an unbelievable chance for Germany to have the fifth most important tennis tournament in the world … a certainty also that tennis will continue there when Steffi Graf or I are no longer around . ’ |
| 17 | Hence , almost immediately after the Pensions Act was passed , Lloyd George set off for Germany to investigate the longest established national insurance system . |
| 18 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 19 | A cacophony of staccato bleeps and irritating electronic tunes , endlessly repeated , made it difficult for Marie to catch the sense of what he was saying . |
| 20 | Faldo sank a worthy putt for a birdie , but Norman 's victory still looked a formality until his tiny effort , similar to that which Scott Hoch missed for Faldo to win the 1989 Masters , hit the hole and ran past . |
| 21 | It was a sweet way for Crosby to celebrate the end of his first year in the Sunderland hot seat . |
| 22 | Following the signing of a bilateral economic co-operation accord with Angola in September , an agreement was signed for Angola to supply the bulk of Namibia 's fuel needs , reducing dependence on South Africa . |
| 23 | The ideas and concepts of the prison structure in Scotland — outlined in a speech at the conference by Alan Walker , the deputy chief executive of the SPS — so impressed a Latvian delegation that they wrote to Scotland 's Minister of State , Lord Fraser of Carmyllie , asking his permission for Walker to visit the country . |
| 24 | Yet , Empirical Socialism did not have to wait for Keynes to propound the idea of demand-led growth as the solution to the recurrent crises in Capitalism . |
| 25 | It teetered on one edge of its base , and toppled on to the platform with surprisingly little noise but with enough force for Bernice to feel the floor move beneath her feet and a blast of displaced air brush against her face . |
| 26 | The agreement calls for BPX to operate and maintain facilities to process production from the well and for BPX to operate the well via hydraulic controls which run from the platform to the subsea well . |
| 27 | It needed considerable force of character , whatever the merits of the issue , for the Thomson family to shut down The Times and The Sunday Times for a year and for Murdoch to move the papers to ‘ fortress Wapping ’ later , in his struggles with the unions . |
| 28 | Iago 's manipulation of the verbal sign was never more brilliant , for he has only to offer the Signifier , ‘ Lie ’ — which could mean ‘ tell an untruth ’ — for Othello to snatch the Signified , ‘ lie with ’ , which has been planted in his consciousness so remorselessly . |
| 29 | Time enough later for Lucy to know the sheer delight of making love to her . |
| 30 | In preparing for war in 1337 it was essential for Edward to gain the support both of the nobility and of the wider political community . |