Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A panel of senior journalists made their selection for awards which included prizes of £500 for individual winners . |
| 2 | The following day Iran wrote to the United Nations underlining its respect for Iraq 's ‘ sovereignty and territorial integrity ’ . |
| 3 | There are other entries describing my passion for clothes , and also my concern to look good — for example , it notes that I insisted on having long hair , despite problems of manageability . |
| 4 | Poor dear Tony stood there with mushrooms in his ears examining his hat for damage . |
| 5 | SIR — I wonder how many readers share your near-reverence for Nelson Mandela ( editorial , April 7 ) ? |
| 6 | It would have been a more complete list had Wirral and St Helens authorities not instructed their schools to ignore our request for information although some Wirral schools did reply . |
| 7 | His parents remember his fondness for writing , and in the groups that preceded The Wedding Present , he was clumsily relating the world in which he lived and trying to understand it through his own lyrics . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs supplied photographic transparencies to the defendants for the defendants to consider their suitability for use in an advertising campaign . |
| 9 | To what extent can or will industrialised countries moderate their demand for energy through appropriate social , economic and political policies ? |
| 10 | In the 1922 General Election , following the decision of the Conservatives to withdraw their support for Lloyd George , Liberal representation was further reduced to 116 . |
| 11 | The miners took their fight for survival to Downing Street yesterday with a 638,000-name petition opposing the closures . |
| 12 | Although some attempts at tackling air pollution problems date back to the last century or even earlier , most countries introduced their strategy for air pollution control in the 1950s , 1960s or 1970s . |
| 13 | The Gulf states showed their appreciation for Syria 's stand against Iraq by providing large amounts of money , ostensibly to offset loss of remittances from Kuwait . |
| 14 | We need alternatives to enrich our choice for decisions . |
| 15 | CRISIS club Barnet 's future was balanced on a knife edge last night after Football League officials rejected their request for £91,000 withheld in lieu of fine payments and commission costs . |
| 16 | They are , I believe , some of the places to start our search for features of modern machines that might be suggestive as models or analogues of consciousness . |
| 17 | Around the middle of the fourth century Christians seem to have observed these traditional festivals along with their own ; some ancient celebrations kept their appeal for centuries . |
| 18 | The voluntary bodies complained they would be forced to incur unreasonable costs preparing their case for Parliament if the bill was to be withdrawn yet again . |
| 19 | Oleanders , palms , agaves , erythrina ( see right ) and even tree ferns reflect our fondness for Tenerife , Rhodes , Orlando and Penzance . |
| 20 | It is often the case that parents experiencing management difficulties present their request for help along with a welter of problems , anxieties , complaints and sometimes mis-information that they think the listener wants to hear . |
| 21 | But the Department of Industry recently threw £½ million into the ring in an effort to get firms to adapt their software for use in schools . |
| 22 | THE Soviet team Stroitel Kiev , who were to play in this year 's World International Club Championships at Crystal Palace next week , will not now do so after the organisers refused their demand for £1,900-a-game appearance money . |
| 23 | Yet as he developed this , the government emerged as the Pharisees , weighing down the people with unjust laws , and the right claimed by Jesus to satisfy his disciples ' hunger became the right of East Germans to satisfy their hunger for truth . |
| 24 | Of the 105 authors who completed PEN 's questionnaire , 62 reported attempts to censor their work for reasons of political correctness . |
| 25 | In New York State where 25 per cent of the electorate is Black , where more than 40,000 Americans live homeless , where drug dealing and drug addiction terrorize every neighborhood , where bridges collapse and subways defy your tolerance for filth , and where public schools fail to keep most of their students and also fail to teach the ones who stay , what was ‘ the issue of Israel ’ ? |
| 26 | I did not have the skill to formulate sound arguments to counteract his taste for lawlessness , and explain why I could not partake in it . |
| 27 | No scruples weakened their lust for money ; they made their money and left their muck . |
| 28 | Trees cut her view for part of the way and when she could see the street door leading to her flat she noticed a man dawdling by , looking up and down the pavement and then strolling back the way he had come . |
| 29 | The three Service Chiefs welcomed his preference for evolution rather than continuing and abrasive revolution , but the doubts and suspicions that they had about Mountbatten 's impartiality made it difficult for him to rebuild complete confidence between his staff at the Ministry of Defence and the Service ministries . |
| 30 | Prostitutes waiting their turn for treatment at the mobile Aids clinic in Plymouth 's red light districtPHOTOGRAPH : ROGER BAMBER |