Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confusion and muddle resulting from mislaid books and materials involve a waste of time for any pupil , but are even more of a nuisance for one who sees poorly . |
| 2 | and he causes a lot of problems for the opposition . |
| 3 | As with the 2D the manufacturer has designed a number of fittings for it . |
| 4 | And he 's won a legion of fans for his anti-establishment views and work with campaigning groups like Amnesty International . |
| 5 | AXA has recently won a number of awards for its unit trust performance . |
| 6 | The pair have won a host of awards for the Vic Reeves Big Night Out television show . |
| 7 | The results of Model Layout Ltd have been brought into account from 1st October 1990 and the company contributed a profit of £11m for the six months to 21st March 1991 . |
| 8 | No 1855 ( Royton ) Sqn ATC provided a Guard of Honour for the arrival of Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding , Chief of the Air Staff . |
| 9 | Fellow airmen from 70 Squadron RAF provided a guard of honour for the former pupil of St Mary 's College , Wallasey . |
| 10 | Although their sheer abundance depressed the value of cowries as units of currency , it provided a wealth of shells for decorative purposes as well as a medium for displaying the wealth and demonstrating the prestige of rulers . |
| 11 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 12 | It has also been suggested that they and other less-fortunately-placed inhabitants provided a reservoir of day-labourers for nearby landowners to help on the land at harvest time or on other labour intensive occasions . |
| 13 | Simon Vinkenoog , the founder of Sigma Nederland provided a piece from Amsterdam for the first issue on the then prominent Provos , the proto-Green anarchists who had just won seats on that city 's council . |
| 14 | Its reports provided a series of blueprints for post-war society . |
| 15 | The author , himself a captain of artillery in the Regiment of the Canton of Berne , did not , of course , fail to point out that Napoleon had begun his career as an artillery man , a fact which provided a point of departure for comment on the Emperor 's ideas in general . |
| 16 | Moreover , a close reading of the quoted language in Section 3 above reveals that it neither provided a cause of action for non-delivery of the goods stated to have been shipped , nor deemed the statement in the bill conclusive evidence of shipment against the carrier . |
| 17 | Bell and Newell ( 1971 , Chapter 2 ) suggest a pair of notations for describing computers ; ISP ( Instruction Set Processor ) for descriptions at the instruction level , and PMS ( Processor-Memory-Switch ) for an over-all view of hardware components making up a complete computer system . |
| 18 | They suggest a number of reasons for this . |
| 19 | Suggest a line of dialogue for each character . |
| 20 | He 'll need a lot of breath for this lengthy stint , which heads off towards the new year . |
| 21 | You will need a supply of solder for end-feed fittings and it can sometimes help with solder-ring ( Yorkshire ) fittings as well . |
| 22 | The Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club provide a variety of benefits for their members which includes legal advice . |
| 23 | Rise-and-fall brackets ( see page 77 ) provide a method of adjustment for sagging gutters . |
| 24 | It is clear that the formulae just established provide a method of solution for problem ( a ) since unc and the computer can reciprocate both B and unc and perform the required multiplications . |
| 25 | Regular staff , sometimes nominally of the same grade , provide a sort of supervision for them in the initial period and themselves tend to find that during the peak period they are doing , or doing more consistently , more responsible jobs than during the rest of the year . |
| 26 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 27 | Sociologists and anthropologists provide a number of theories for this far from equitable distribution of talent . |
| 28 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 29 | In 1900 she helped to found a hostel at Littlehampton for working girls ' holidays . |
| 30 | Mr Amir Kaisary , consultant urologist at London 's Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust , which is becoming a centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate disease , says : ‘ To screen nationally or not to screen is very much open to debate . |