Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] for [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is money to be made from ivory worth an average family 's income for years at the risk of six months in gaol at no expense to you . |
| 2 | Roman had talks with Moldavan President Mircea Snegur and Prime Minister Valery Muravshi on Sept. 7 , while Iliescu reaffirmed Romania 's support for Moldova in a radio broadcast on Sept. 11 . |
| 3 | In late October it was reported that there was disagreement between Osborne and his deputy , Benjamin Chalmers , over the former 's support for independence from the UK . |
| 4 | The motion , which fell three votes short of the necessary 289 votes , was proposed by Philippe Vasseur ( UDF ) in protest against the government 's support for reform of the European Communities ' common agricultural policy [ see p. 38931 ] . |
| 5 | I would therefore vote for a Labour candidate only if he or she guarantees opposition to the party manifesto 's support for abortion to the extent of denying the Whip . |
| 6 | Did , one wonders , did Mr Evans really believe that , having observed the movement 's dismissive rejection of the Labour Government 's plea for moderation in the general interest , the electorate would return the Labour Party , the vehicle for trade unions ' political aspirations , to office ? |
| 7 | All the students had successfully completed Longlands College 's preparation for entrance to the uniformed services course . |
| 8 | The influence of his mother 's family secured Pyne 's election for Poole to the Parliaments of 1625 , 1626 , and 1628 , but he did little in Westminster . |
| 9 | Seven years earlier Anselm had not seen the king 's responsibility for order in the Church as an expression of self-will fighting against Rectitudo . |
| 10 | It was held that a clause excluding all ‘ implied conditions and warranties ’ did not exclude the seller 's liability for breach of the express condition that he would supply a ‘ new ’ car . |
| 11 | Therefore the clause purporting to exclude the seller 's liability for breach of the implied terms in section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act was ineffective . |
| 12 | So now he was at a disadvantage , which angered him , and he lost sight of the gratitude he usually summoned up for the stepfather who had spent much of his life obliging his adopted son 's ambition for parents with a big house and a dashing car . |
| 13 | The two bodies , Taiwan 's Straits Exchange Foundation , and China 's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits , failed to reach an agreement on the issue of document verification and registered mail . |
| 14 | Marx 's and Engels 's search for theories of the evolution of society was not difficult in the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 15 | Set against the sweeping backdrop of adventure on the high seas , TREASURE ISLAND charts a boy 's search for treasure in a time of danger and piracy . |
| 16 | In economic policy , of course , this autonomy of government had been further compromised by Mr Heath 's search for agreement with the trade unions on incomes policy between 1972 and 1974 and by succeeding Labour governments . |
| 17 | Like Multitude and Solitude , it is an early exploration of the quest-adventure , man 's search for beauty as an ideal in human form , which Masefield was to bring to fruition in two later novels , Sard Harker and Odtaa . |
| 18 | On the school 's noticeboard , religious notices have been taken over by election literature and copies of the government 's exhortations to take part in today 's vote for parliament as a ‘ religious and political duty ’ . |
| 19 | Such policies were far too extreme for the Kremlin and in November the Red Army ruthlessly crushed Hungary 's bid for independence at the cost of thousands of lives . |
| 20 | The Government 's decision not to refer Anglo-Welsh 's bid for Palatine to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has set alarm bells ringing throughout the brewing industry . |
| 21 | The project arises out of the 1984 Montgomery Report 's recommendation for research into the viability of the Gaelic language and the institutional framework of public policy-making affecting prospects for its maintenance . |
| 22 | The 22-year-old No 8 was the key to a back row supremacy that absorbed , disheartened and ultimately destroyed Oxford 's thrust for glory in the 111th Bowring Bowl Varsity match . |
| 23 | Doctors concentrated on the best way of achieving the healthy development of women 's reproductive systems and in so doing elevated women 's capacity for reproduction into a moral and social duty . |
| 24 | DeRoburt was a key architect of Nauru 's campaign for compensation for the 80 years of phosphate mining which had left 80 per cent of Nauru uninhabitable and incapable of sustaining vegetation . |
| 25 | For committees ( except those on private or hybrid bills ) , their public proceedings are covered only when one or other of the broadcasters , independent producers or other organisations wishes to film some part of a committee 's work for use in a programme . |
| 26 | Lekhanya over ( i ) the King 's desire for dialogue with the South African liberation movement ; ( ii ) his complaints at corruption ; and ( iii ) his concern for broader participation in constitutional reform and the transition to democracy planned for 1992 . |
| 27 | Mr Nibbs tempers the Nail 's desire for vengeance against the King , insisting that the King be treated justly — taken down a peg or two without injury . |
| 28 | AN EMOTIONAL row broke out in Manila yesterday as Mrs Imelda Marcos vowed to defy a government ban on her bringing home her husband 's body for burial at the weekend . |
| 29 | The cabinet session — billed , like many before , as ‘ crucial ’ — is to discuss the 10 points submitted by President Mubarak to clarify Israel 's initiative for elections in the occupied territories . |
| 30 | There was a man away from Bungay — Charlie Reynolds his name was — and he took the carrier 's cart for Gardiner from the bottom of Bridge Street there . |