Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 2 | Will your household insurance pay for the damage if you spill a can of paint over your wall-to-wall carpet , put your foot through the bedroom ceiling , or demolish a load-bearing wall and bring half your home tumbling about your ears ? |
| 3 | ‘ I can pay for the damage if ever so bad . |
| 4 | Liability of an effective supplier is envisaged under s2(3) as follows : ( 3 ) Subject , as aforesaid , where any damage is caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product , any person who supplied the product ( whether to the person who suffered the damage , to the producer of any product in which the product in question is comprised or to any other person ) shall be liable for the damage if ( a ) the person who suffered the damage requests the supplier to identify one or more of the persons ( whether still in existence or not ) to whom subsection ( 2 ) above applies in relation to the product ; ( b ) that request is made within a reasonable period after the damage occurs and at a time when it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the request to identify all those persons ; and ( c ) the supplier fails , within a reasonable period after receiving the request , either to comply with the request or to identify the person who supplied the product to him . |
| 5 | The bill for the damage when the Amoco Cadiz foundered off the coast of Brittany , before the compensation fund was set up , is still grinding through the courts , 12 years on . |
| 6 | Both sides seemed satisfied and although it is unlikely that a two-tier Champagne classification would have been workable in the long term , it sufficed for the present although it was still being debated in the Senate when war broke out three years later . |
| 7 | To know how to live for oneself and for the present when a choice involving sacrifice for others or the future does not arise will be indispensable to learning to make such choices in sufficient awareness . |
| 8 | While his dog , Nell , rounded up 300 sheep , he said : ‘ They go back up there , on Dow Crag and Coniston Old Man , for the winter because that is their home . |
| 9 | Now , in cases where he was convinced of the correctness of his choice of the homœopathic medicine , in order to obtain more benefit for the patient than he was able to get hitherto from prescribing a single small dose , the idea often naturally struck him to increase the dose … and , for instance , in place of giving a single very minute globule moistened with the medicine in the highest dynamization , to administer six , seven or eight of them at once , and even a half or a whole drop . |
| 10 | This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth . |
| 11 | The problem was too many men applying for too few places ; in 1895 , eighty-seven men passed the required examination for the ministry although the college still had only sixty places . |
| 12 | All that energy for comparatively few sales , but she will get them for the paperback as she is very much the rising star of Black American fiction . |
| 13 | It is the property of the Widow and the Orphan who regard it as safe in your Hands , & in our case moreover it is the property of the Sovereign of the country who selects us for the deposit because he expects ( & expressly has declared that to be his motive ) to find in us , the nice Honour of Gentleman added to the common honesty & Integrity of Men of Business . ’ |
| 14 | As we have seen , there are distinct limitations on what can be achieved by way of conditions on a planning permission ; this can often be as awkward for the developer as it is for the planning authority . |
| 15 | This is probably the most satisfactory method for the landlord since the regularity of his cash flow will be maintained . |
| 16 | Where will Mary look for the coin when she comes back in ? |
| 17 | FORMER Philippines ' first lady Imelda Marcos plans a week of high-profile activities to generate publicity and set the stage for a possible bid for the presidency after nearly six years in exile . |
| 18 | Thus , a survey in November 1979 showed that 69 per cent preferred Edward Kennedy as the Democratic candidate for the presidency as compared to 31 per cent for Jimmy Carter . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Nevertheless the new party appeared poised to launch a serious challenge for the presidency when , on Oct. 28 , after several days of mounting speculation , Kim Woo Choong , the chairman of Daewoo chaebol , indicated that he would accept the NKP 's nomination for the presidency . |
| 21 | In Greaves [ 1987 ] The Times , 11 July , it was held that it was a question for the jury whether a gap of 17 days between burglary and handling meant that the accused was not the burglar and so could be convicted of handling . |
| 22 | My Lord I can tell you that I do have a copy for the jury if your Lordship thinks . |
| 23 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 24 | To appoint a receiver is more convenient for the mortgagee than taking possession . |
| 25 | What news will Chancellor Norman Lamont have for the motorist when he rises in the House of Commons next Tuesday to deliver his budget speech ? |
| 26 | ‘ This is a billion pound bruising for the motorist as today 's Budget will bring the Chancellor more than that figure in general revenue . ’ |
| 27 | Naturally , Fourie will be back to defend his title , a welcome injection for the championship as three more well-known names of yesterday look forward to joining the Tour — Malcolm Gregson and Spain 's former World Cup partnership of Angel Gallardo and Tenerife-born Francisco Abreu . |
| 28 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |
| 29 | There are then ‘ tell-tale gaps ’ ( see Chapter 1 ) in a text for the illustrator as there are for the reader . |
| 30 | No no I have a place for the mince as yet . |