Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of Timothy Evans , however , who had been hanged in 1950 after conviction for murder partly on the evidence of John Christie , also convicted and executed for murder three years later , had convinced him that mistakes could occur . |
| 2 | Rather surprisingly , perhaps , the war seems to have been popular : Murimuth says there were more volunteers than conscripts in the army 's ranks , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton , the author of the Scalacronica , recorded that there was no lack of enthusiasm for service even amongst the northerners . |
| 3 | Disregarding his work as Member of Parliament for Abingdon almost to the point of neglect , he helped Amy with every decision and chore . |
| 4 | Following extensive maintenance work the 2.5 acre South Wirral lake is being refilled with water and is ahead of schedule for fishing early in 1993 . |
| 5 | We will reverse the burden of proof for acquisitions away from the target company towards the predator , and require companies to ballot their shareholders on bid plans . |
| 6 | Thank you chair , erm many of you will perhaps know that the health authority did some pioneering work looking at different standard mortality ratios in different wards in Oxfordshire , and came up with some rather disturbing evidence that some of the wards had significantly higher incidents of death for people primarily in the forty-five to sixty-four age range than others , and Phil and myself wish to continue that work by targeting those wards with a range of measures designed to alleviate some of those health inequalities . |
| 7 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 8 | And a lot of people have rallied round Terry Biddlecombe , very popular man , Injured Jockeys ' Fund among others and he 's back in the back in the swim fully employed and in action for Mackeson today at er Cheltenham . |
| 9 | After his action he had received two free tickets from ScotRail for travel anywhere in Scotland . |
| 10 | Of all the visits Scott can only recall one where the SSD would have delivered all eight key tasks in time for April regardless of the Support Force . |
| 11 | For five and a half hours , competitors in teams of four , battled it out finishing in time for lunch late in the afternoon . |
| 12 | It 's back to the league and back to business for Gloucester tomorrow at Bristol . |
| 13 | Backett noted that doctors were more likely to refer upper-class patients than working-class patients to hospital for treatment both for non-terminal and terminal nursing cases . |