Example sentences of "for [v-ing] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | We acknowledge that individuals drawn to WFS 's conference possibly had genuine intentions , but we have no confidence that the aims , objectives , and structure will set the path for building a women 's movement . |
2 | To the latter end he was also responsible for establishing a savings bank at Workington , and for various friendly societies . |
3 | This factor was a major reason for instituting a CPIS . |
4 | A GLUE-SNIFFER was jailed yesterday for ramming a police car while high . |
5 | Richard William Dunn , 39 , of Vine Street , was also bound over for obstructing a police constable . |
6 | The report looks at the reasons for having a complaints procedure and discusses the principles of good practice for complaints and appeals procedures . |
7 | The maximum penalties for failing a drugs test were imposed by the British Athletic Federation and British Olympic Association following a disciplinary commission earlier this week . |
8 | Livingston became the third British athlete after pole vaulter Jeff Gutteridge and shot-putter Neal Brunning to be banned for failing a drugs test . |
9 | He was eventually banned by the Italian Football Association for failing a drugs test and virtually had to be smuggled out of the country in the dark of night to save his sanity back home in Argentina . |
10 | GREAT Britain full back Graham Steadman has been fined £1,000 for failing a drugs test after the last match of this summer 's Lions tour . |
11 | THE German Athletics Federation has recommended a four-year ban on double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe for failing a drugs test . |
12 | Just five months after returning to football after a lengthy ban for failing a drugs test , the temperamental star faces a showdown tomorrow with Sevilla officials . |
13 | At the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh yesterday Andrew Wolfenden , 22 , of Revoch Drive , Knightswood , had his Glasgow police court conviction for assaulting a police officer quashed . |
14 | However , the suitability will depend upon both the investor 's wealth and the reason for undertaking a futures transaction . |
15 | It could give a whole new meaning to DROP-in centres and old folks ' CLUBS and mean that for once the social workers wo n't be criticised for making a balls-up … or down . |
16 | An MP says he 's confident that the case of two men , jailed for life for killing a drugs dealer , will be reopened . |
17 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
18 | The organization carried out a bank robbery in Castellón on July 12 which was thought to have provided it with the means to launch a new offensive , and was held responsible for wounding two Army officers in Madrid on Dec. 13 and Valencia on Dec. 15 , for killing a police officer in Barcelona on Dec. 18 and for killing two Civil Guards in Gijón , northern Spain , on Dec. 28 . |