Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa was heckled during her speech of thanks for some crystalware — given to her as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Blackpool Lights . |
| 2 | Bradford was especially notable for its provision of clinics for infant and maternal health care and the provision of free milk for babies . |
| 3 | It is 252 feet high in contrast to the older Tour de Romaine on the other side of the façade and is called the Tour de Beurre because money was provided for its erection from payments for dispensations given permitting consumption of butter during Lent ( 471 ) . |
| 4 | Digital Equipment Corp has signed Lechmere Inc as the first independent direct retailer for its line of printers for MS-DOS and the Mac . |
| 5 | They decided to assign all these assets to five of their number as Trustees for Sale . |
| 6 | and she would I think be prepared to as she 's in charge of their sort of arrangements for where they dance , er it 's easier than ne negotiating with someone who who I 've only met once er very briefly . |
| 7 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 8 | In answering he correctly reminds us that young people are often of necessity in a subservient position as a result of their dependence on parents for food , clothing , and shelter ; teachers for schooling ; employers for employment ; skilled workers for instruction in apprenticed trades ; and on youth workers for leisure activities . |
| 9 | Even in the northern counties , Scottish raids were never as frequent or as deeply penetrating as they had been in Edward II 's reign , and although the inhabitants of those counties made the most of their plight in petitions for relief from taxation , the raids in the years after 1332 did little long-term damage to the region 's economy . |
| 10 | I believe that the Government can be proud of their record on benefits for disabled people over the past 12 years . |
| 11 | ORKNEY 'S highest ranked council official was last night facing an inquiry into his dual role as chief executive and finance director , after official criticism of his involvement in plans for the rival ferry service across the Pentland Firth . |
| 12 | Iago can take a stand with every appearance of confidence : Yet from that firm-sounding position he lapses into uncertainty — ‘ I speak not yet of proof ’ ( ironically true ! ) — but an uncertainty that suggests far more than it states , with its rash of words for perception and deception ( ‘ look ’ , ‘ observe ’ , ‘ wear your eye thus ’ , ‘ not … secure ’ , ‘ abused ’ , ‘ look ’ , ‘ know ’ , ‘ see … pranks ’ , ‘ show ’ , ‘ conscience ’ , ‘ keep't unknown ’ ) . |
| 13 | Mr Brown has urged the Prime Minister to introduce rules which would prevent ex-Cabinet Ministers from taking private posts which may have been connected with their work as Ministers for a period of at least two years after leaving office . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , he is currently working with his mother on outlines for two documentaries , one on the psychology of dance and another on the pre-Christian origins of Christmas . |
| 15 | ‘ But I do n't think I would fit into his scheme of things for next season . |
| 16 | The royal colleges and the Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training ( JCHMT ) are often accused of inflexibility in their interpretation of requirements for accreditation in the case of academics , whereas in fact such applications are treated sympathetically . |
| 17 | Thus far , the effective popularisation of basic Keynesian arguments would help strengthen a socialist case for the social planning of investment as in the interests of workers , both immediately ( in terms of employment prospects and living standards ) and in their capacity as savers for the future . |
| 18 | With news of yet another triumphant performance in the Davis Cup by Andre Agassi , it is worth asking what the American Tennis Authorities are thinking of in their choice of players for the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 19 | Moorgate Mercantile therefore succeeded in their claim against Twitchings for conversion of the car . |
| 20 | They depart from the perspective of the constitutional authorities , however , in their advocacy of proposals for devolved and decentralised government , and for more open government . |
| 21 | For the above sub-heading I have deliberately copied from the title of a recent publication by Cecily O'Neill and Alan Lambert ( 1982 ) , for it is a manual offering guidance to teachers in their planning of projects for drama . |
| 22 | Pop 's power , its danger and its crime , consist in its over-stimulation of desires for pleasure and for self-aggrandizement : desires constructed by capitalism . |
| 23 | It was hoped that with some membership changes , and in the interim some re-education of individuals , the new committee would be more realistic in its concern with opportunities for immediate developments . |
| 24 | The business community is not united in its opposition to moves for greater self-government . |
| 25 | Such had happened in Scotland and Ireland in its employment of folk-themes for late 19th century ‘ classical music ’ . |
| 26 | The ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) dropped more than 80 per cent of its current National Assembly deputies from its list of candidates for the June 27 general election , only around 70 of the 290 FLN deputies having been chosen to stand . |
| 27 | I seem to remember he got away from her by locking himself in his flat with friends for the weekend and they had a jolly good party . |
| 28 | She had turned slightly , staring coolly back at a young , dark-faced gallant , resplendent in red and white silks , who lounged in his seat with eyes for no one but Athelstan 's fair companion . |
| 29 | It was only in the last six or seven years of his life that he discovered that his talents lay elsewhere : in polemics , above all , and in what Waugh in his letter of thanks for Animal Farm had called ingenious and delightful allegory . |
| 30 | She and her volunteers did well , visiting many homes in our area as agents for Christian Aid . |