Example sentences of "[noun] for [pron] [noun] or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless five men , who had been imprisoned because they deliberately and flagrantly disobeyed the orders of the NIRC , and so imperilled the rule of law and ‘ our whole way of life ’ , were released although they had not asked to be released and had made clear that they had no intention of apologizing to the court for their behaviour or of desisting from that behaviour . |
| 2 | That this House believes that the death penalty for murder no longer accords with the needs or the true interests of a civilised society , and calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to introduce forthwith legislation for its abolition or for its suspension for an experimental period . |
| 3 | THIS is one of the most important months of the year for your career or for anything that contributes to your well-being . |
| 4 | Diplomatic staff such as herself depended heavily on goods brought in specially by their embassies for their use or on block orders from firms which existed to supply the needs of expatriates . |
| 5 | Nor do we any longer allow children to become little work-horses for their fathers or for any other man . |