Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] for [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following months he defeated Lord Franks in the election of a Chancellor for Oxford University : he was still in office in 1983 , and still using in public ceremonies the Latin pronunciation he had learned at Eton in the last Edwardian days . |
| 2 | A bloc the West can do business with Eastern Europe has been something of a wasteland for EC investment but as Julian Bullard reports , all that is changing . |
| 3 | The catalyst was the Crichel Down Enquiry in 1954 by the Minister of Agriculture into the sale and subsequent choosing of a tenant for Crichel Down in Dorset which had been purchased during the war as a bombing range ( Griffith , 1955 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Sunday Evening : Off to Windsor for a benefit for Thames Valley Hospice . |
| 5 | INTERACTIVE LOOKS FOR A BUYER FOR NORTON UNIX UTILITIES |
| 6 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
| 7 | Mr Tipping , from Cobham , Surrey , died in February during a reconstruction for BBC Television 's 999 series of a real-life incident in which a skydiver 's parachute became entangled in a plane 's wheels . |
| 8 | Carbon tet 's main use is as a feedstock for CFC production ( and this is clearly going to dwindle away ) but ICI does sell it to the laboratory suppliers for repackaging . |
| 9 | The dead man worked as a gardener for Middlesbrough Council . |
| 10 | Owen had borrowed the wife of a Coptic colleague as a companion for Jane Postlethwaite . |
| 11 | Mother bought it occasionally as a treat for Sunday tea . ’ |
| 12 | In October the UN Security Council had established Nov. 15 as a deadline for Khmer Rouge compliance with the plan [ see p. 39143 ] . |
| 13 | Paul acted as a secretary for Olympia Floor and Wall Tile , which would eventually become the mighty Olympia & York . |
| 14 | This is because I am from the planet Bzargl in galaxy E-220 , and arrived in your solar system in 1962 , disguised as a salesman for Rolls Razor . |
| 15 | ( Gladstone ) Williams , which is hailed as a goal for Nottingham Forest , may in reality simply be an affirmation of the synthesist line visible in Mark and in Kenlin v. |
| 16 | Lung cancer victim Roy could not bring himself to shake the hand of the former Prime Minister , who is said to earn £550,000 as a consultant for US tobacco giant Philip Morris . |
| 17 | Operating as a striker for Penn State , he scored a record 14 goal in the Big Ten League , was named Big Ten ‘ Freshman of the Year ’ and named in the Big Ten All Star XI by the ‘ Soccer America ’ magazine . |
| 18 | Others think so , too ; Gary Moore has just bought a mini ‘ 58 Flying V as a gift for Albert King . |
| 19 | Polar Circle as a replacement for HMS Endurance ? |
| 20 | The new granulator enables us to produce a more valuable product which can be used as a replacement for Portland Cement . |
| 21 | Like in the Bible , the prodigal is rewarded for returning to the fold : in SCO 's case , it 's getting Intel Corp president and CEO Andy Grove as a keynoter for SCO Forum this summer . |
| 22 | Since last summer , Controll has been acting as a dealer for Hewlett-Packard Co , Compaq Computer Corp and Philips Electronics NV . |
| 23 | The disappointment in the Athens camp has bordered on bitterness and I asked the mayor of Atlanta , Maynard Jackson for his reaction to the words of one Athens delegate who described the Atlanta decision as a win for Coca Cola and a loss for the Olympic ideal . |
| 24 | Two hundred and forty organisations with a remit for HIV prevention work were identified . |
| 25 | Panic set in — a teenage boy who had appeared in a film for US TV had been murdered just a couple of months before . |
| 26 | W.G. Grace was taking part in a match for London County against Warwickshire , opening the batting with W.L. Murdoch and playing in a fashion which reminded contemporary reporters of his heyday , and C.B. Fry was scoring a century for Sussex . |
| 27 | Henry James , confessing in 1905 to a passion for London railway stations , gave as his reason : |