Example sentences of "[verb] by [noun sg] [noun pl] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were fears that the proceedings could become deadlocked by defence demands for documents relating to Noriega 's role as a Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) operative which could prove very embarrassing to the US administration , and in particular to President Bush , director of the CIA in 1976-77 . |
| 2 | Later , however , as usual we were saved by plastic cards for dinner . |
| 3 | In 1984 the total payments made by insurance companies for household thefts was more than £200m . |
| 4 | The route has been constructed for joint use by cyclists and pedestrians , although it will occasionally be used by motor vehicles for maintenance or emergency purposes . |
| 5 | The route has been constructed for joint use by cyclists and pedestrians , although it will occasionally be used by motor vehicles for maintenance or emergency purposes . |
| 6 | In the UK , then , the impact of declining profitability was substantially cushioned by tax concessions for companies . |
| 7 | Within the grave the deceased was placed facing to the west and was accompanied by pottery vessels for food and drink , clothing , personal adornments and other goods . |
| 8 | The size of the pie generated by Wallaby Promotions for Marketing Pty Ltd. will be substantial . |
| 9 | The Main Library collections are complemented by faculty libraries for Divinity , Law and the Europa Institute , Medicine , Music , Science , and Veterinary Medicine ; all students may use and borrow from these libraries . |
| 10 | The first years of nationalisation were thus regularly punctuated by government demands for consideration of rationing by price or by direct load limitation . |
| 11 | Its glowing looks have been favoured by country lovers for generations . |
| 12 | In Britain , heavier lorries failed to pay an equitable share of the infrastructural costs of the road network while passenger transport was favoured by tax incentives for company cars equivalent to far more than the value of the annual rail subsidy ( TEST 1984a ; Potter and Cousins 1983 ; Bagwell 1984 ; ch. 1 ) . |
| 13 | Much of the time the problem is eased by set rules for encounters and by rituals . |
| 14 | At a time when the growth of electricity sales showed no signs of slackening , the four years lead-time for the installation of new power station plant meant that there was little chance of any of the new postwar orders released by government planners for manufacture providing much relief until 1949 or later . |