Example sentences of "for [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initials CTC stand for Cyclists ' Touring Club . |
| 2 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |
| 3 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 4 | They show how the market for solicitors ' work has altered with the development of criminal legal aid and the threat to established sources of income from divorce , conveyancing and personal injury claims . |
| 5 | Despite the recession , the market for solicitors ' advice on business affairs has grown in value from £1,400m. in 1989 to an estimated £1,700m. [ excluding property work ] . |
| 6 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 7 | many crops produced in the Third World go to fatten up livestock for Westerners ' consumption |
| 8 | Hankin appealed for fans ' patience and encouragement at a critical stage of the season . |
| 9 | Noddy is part of a £38 million package for kids ' TV this autumn . |
| 10 | I tell you what you can get for it you can have erm a make-up bag with a string of pearls in they 're not real one you can have er more of that moist erm tissue stuff er a bag with sweetener things in it there 's er a video about a Biggin Air Show and loads of marshmallows too for Kids ' County number two here 's the clues , It 's got barbed wire around it its made of wood it 's long . |
| 11 | Ah yeah for Kids ' County , you can have er a video called the Battle of the Atlantic , one of those , er a child 's reading book , you can have loads of nuts and sweets er a T shirt and some recipes and things too , alright ? |
| 12 | Where do I need for Kids ' County , what you rang up for ? |
| 13 | This is Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter past one at these are the clues for Kids ' County what are they on about here ? |
| 14 | THE CRUSADE for the adoption of television assistance for umpires ' line decisions took a giant step forward on the final day . |
| 15 | She had won the Fur and Feather Section with him at the Sandringham Show — ‘ Maybe that was because he was the only entry , ’ she observes drily — and later won the Palmer Cup for Pets ' Corner at her new school . |
| 16 | The Indian Ocean Newsletter of Sept. 12 suggested that Djohar had infuriated representatives of many of the country 's 24 political parties the previous week , by setting unilaterally Oct. 25 as the date for the first round of elections to the Federal Assembly and by imposing new conditions for parties ' participation . |
| 17 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
| 18 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |
| 19 | In the old system of advanced courses , there were around 500 courses available for candidates ' enrolment . |
| 20 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 21 | Through combining in ‘ discriminant analysis ’ measures of urban income , unemployment , migration and the demand for visitors ' travel to the different centres , they rank the 103 ‘ Functional Urban Regions ’ according to an index of their problems . |
| 22 | Also , there has to be strict rules for visitors ' feeding of the animals and most of the time no feeding of this kind is allowed . |
| 23 | Members , who are advised to take walking boots or track shoes because of the likelihood of a muddy site , have been given these directions to get to the centre : from the M5 motorway , exit 17 , take the B4055 , signposted Severn Beach : straight on through Pilning and across the A403 dual carriageway at the traffic lights , then through Redwick and take first left B4064 , signposted Severn Beach half a mile ; through first set of temporary traffic lights ( plant crossing ) , then sharp right at next set of lights ; look for visitors ' centre on left-hand side . |
| 24 | However , he had been rearrested on April 12 , immediately after his arrival in Donetsk to attend a rally of striking miners [ for miners ' strike see above ; pp. 38129-30 ] , and had been re-released only on May 12 . |
| 25 | It has also become the focus of protest for miners ' support groups all over Lancashire and further afield , as demonstrated by the early arrival of three young members of Lancaster Miners ' Support Group in a transit van . |
| 26 | The Board for Engineers ' Registration ( which comprises nominees from engineering Institutions ) and its associated committees is asked to play a leading role in the introduction of risk assessment and management in initial and continuing education and training for engineers . |
| 27 | The reasons for bankers ' reluctance have not been articulated . |
| 28 | You can also make up a book of spells and write spells on a piece of paper , or even a menu for witches ' stew . |
| 29 | ( Mr Lilley 's package has a treatment for that , too : more publicity for companies ' spending on R&D — as though City analysts might be persuaded by the civil servants to give research more importance . ) |
| 30 | The sooner the markets develop confidence in the Government 's commitment to the ERM , the sooner it will be possible to get our interest rates down as well , and thus provide a much-needed boost for companies ' ability to invest for the future . |