Example sentences of "for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kinds of structure drills used for mastering the grammar of a language are : substitution ( frame ) drills ( these are non-differential ) |
| 2 | According to reports on Dec. 7 , the victim of the alleged rape , Farhana Hayat , had named Irfanullah Marwat Khan , a close adviser to the Sind provincial government and a son-in-law of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan , as responsible for instigating the attack against her . |
| 3 | Children or young people were responsible for instigating the complaint and consequently social workers and police officers were highly dependent on children 's testimonies . |
| 4 | The choice of time for instigating the policy would be important here ; the cost of mortgage tax relief in 1988 has increased in annual terms from £5 billion to over £6.5 billion . |
| 5 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
| 6 | In one extraordinary case in July 1988 , the reason the officer gave for doubting the name and address of the person arrested was that ‘ suspects usually gave false names and addresses ’ . |
| 7 | In 4.2 I gave reasons for doubting the existence or if not the existence the usefulness of infallible beliefs . |
| 8 | We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) . |
| 9 | However , probably because of the demonstration that preceded the classroom observations , the children completely ignored the researchers and their equipment , and there were no grounds for doubting the naturalness of their behaviour . |
| 10 | He denounced the Republicans in the New York state legislature for bringing the state to the " brink of disaster " by blocking agreement on a plan to close an estimated $875 million gap in the current state budget and deal with a $3,600 million deficit for the coming year , but acknowledged that he could not contemplate campaigning in New Hampshire whilst his state faced such a crisis . |
| 11 | Yet on an island where even nature conservationists seem bent on taming every last acre , I think that the time may be ripe for bringing the word — and the kind of land it refers to — back into currency . |
| 12 | It was the start of a series of events that led finally to his fast exit from America , never to return , and many close to him believe to this day he was eventually ostracized by powerful Hollywood money for bringing the film industry into such disrepute . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you for bringing the message . |
| 14 | We are grateful to this member for bringing the subject before us . |
| 15 | The whole br reason for bringing the scheme forward in the programme was associated with the waste management plant and it was n't er er a scheme which would have achieved that priority in its own right . |
| 16 | Its report , entitled Special Education Needs , contained important recommendations for bringing the education of handicapped pupils into line with that for ordinary children . |
| 17 | St Tuttston Bastian of Tankerville was the foundation stud dog of the Tankerville Kennels and was probably responsible for bringing the breed to the notice of the general public . |
| 18 | Major 's administration may be remembered for bringing the community care changes into being , but this is another Thatcher legacy now being implemented in financial crisis . |
| 19 | It comes only days after Motorola lodged West Lothian 's biggest planning application , designed to accelerate its five-year timetable for bringing the plant up to full production levels and to pave the way for possible further expansion in the future . |
| 20 | Afterwards he critisised the NRA for bringing the prosecution . |
| 21 | My constituent , Mrs. X , who is still suffering badly , had been treated in a less than fair way by those who conducted the criminal investigation and also by those who decided that there were no grounds for bringing the perpetrator in front of a court martial . |
| 22 | Cos I remember the duties , there used to be a driver you would get more pay for bringing the bus , one man , so underneath each duty was just how many , how many hours he was one man and how many two men . |
| 23 | He said the Budget had two objectives in that respect : to support the recovery in the year ahead ; and to set out a clear medium-term strategy for bringing the borrowing requirement back towards balance . |
| 24 | ALEX HIGGINS escaped suspension but was fined £3,000 yesterday for bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 25 | They were banned and fined £500 for bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's me fined now for bringing the game into disrepute . ’ |
| 27 | It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so . |
| 28 | A piece of thick , stiff cardboard about 40 cm × 15 cm for each tank — you could instead modify the design , using pieces of hardboard or preferably thin plywood , in which case you could make slightly larger aquaria ; a roll of transparent plastic sandwich bags ; one large , wide rubber band for each tank ; Bostik or other glue suitable for gluing the cardboard — if you are using plywood or hardboard , use a wood glue and small panel pins to fix the sections together ; a supply of jars or plastic containers with screw-on or snap-on lids . |
| 29 | You do n't 'old it against me for pinchin' the wallet , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | As for fragmenting the health service , that is not true . |