Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | use the records to prepare a case establishing responsibility for disturbance and delay or for extra work |
| 2 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 3 | As these resources affect the ‘ purchasing power ’ of the commissioning authorities the use of the formula is seen as a way of creating a level playing field for purchasers . |
| 4 | Cole continues : That explanation is significant as much for its excusatory tone as for its substance ; and the excuse is of the Pioneers , decision to establish a production arm as a separate entity from the consumer society , a decision pointing production for consumer co-operatives along a road to the industrial co-operative form of organisation , along a road it was not to take . |
| 5 | Efforts were made during 1990 to resolve the infrastructure problem ; the Cabinet approved a road and rail scheme and a mass transmit system for Bangkok , and a contract was signed for the installation of some 3,000,000 new telephone lines . |
| 6 | On Feb. 15 , 1990 , the Californian Senate replaced the previous cash-and-carry provision with a law requiring a 15-day waiting period for rifle and shotgun purchases . |
| 7 | This was officially based on a play called Ring For Catty , about life in a TB sanatorium , although once the ‘ Carry On ’ formula was applied any resemblance between the two was almost purely coincidental . |
| 8 | Documentary evidence of the economic damage caused by these animals has only recently become available with the institution in Italy of a programme to refund farmers for losses caused by wolves , which are legally protected . |
| 9 | Any change must not make it easier for a defendant to escape conviction for murder in cases where there is a planned or revenge killing . |
| 10 | He is tackling the journey in a bid to raise £1,000 for research into breast cancer . |
| 11 | Some of the regulators see Jardines ' bluster as a tactic to secure room for manoeuvre in the run-up to 1997 , when Hong Kong reverts to China . |
| 12 | Every inch looks well used , whether by a girl foraging grass for oxen or by people resting at the side of the road . |
| 13 | A proposal to ban fishing for cod and haddock for 10 days each month was supported by Britain but rejected by Belgium , Denmark , France and Germany . |
| 14 | The first meeting of the Academic Board of the Technical College took place in April 1966 , and considered a proposal to develop courses for CNAA awards as soon as possible , given that Plymouth was already doing so . |
| 15 | A refusal to answer questions for example , could , in the absence of reasonable excuse , amount to contempt of court . |
| 16 | Nonetheless a group entitled Mobilization for Animals intends to picket primate research facilities throughout the US at the end of April . |
| 17 | A main objective was to work towards a community based service for people with mental illness through joint planning by the NHS , local authorities , and voluntary agencies . |
| 18 | They have also been told that Sheffield United want a record busting £4m for Brian Deane , but Forest could give Standard Liege striker Shalom Tikva his big chance . |
| 19 | He became a vice-president of the club three years ago , on resigning as a director to make way for Mr Bill Kenwright . |
| 20 | Intel is also developing a software version of Digital Video Interactive and working with Microsoft Corp to build support for it into Microsoft 's Audio Visual Interleave software , which Microsoft plans to announce at Comdex/Fall next month in a package called Video for Windows . |
| 21 | The need to extend one 's knowledge of primary health care and the need for knowledge of research results on the impact of community-based health care projects , was a sound motivating force for Family Development Nurses and the majority have taken part in various courses and research projects . |
| 22 | The bank was merely a device to raise capital for railway and port construction and was transferred to the National Provincial after Jackson obtained parliamentary authority to build the West Hartlepool harbour and dock in 1844 . |
| 23 | Smith , born Down Under but with Irish grandparents , leads Oxford against a World XV in a match to raise funds for GOAL , an Irish-based international charity which provides financial assistance to the Third World . |
| 24 | The contrasting commitment between a team needing points for survival and one , like Kelso , already safe has never been more obvious and Heriot 's ended up winners by 86-8 . |
| 25 | This has been a wine producing area for years and there are many ‘ heurigen ’ ( wine houses ) , with their ornately carved wooden gates leading through to shady courtyards and ‘ Flaschenwein ’ signs indicating that local wine is available . |
| 26 | ‘ A person exposing goods for supply or having goods in his possession for supply shall be deemed to offer to supply them . ’ |
| 27 | The manufacturers want the burden of making the change to lead-free fuel put onto oil companies who could , at a price produce substitutes for lead in petrol . |
| 28 | Originally intended as a race to raise money for charity , the success of last year 's event allowed the organisers to donate over £3000 to the British Heart Foundation and other local groups . |
| 29 | If a concept presented difficulties for children in understanding , she did not , gladly or reluctantly , resolve to postpone trying to communicate it — she thought of ways round , using such devices as homely examples and visual stimuli . |
| 30 | It offers the classic trio to protect against infection : a scanner to search files for viruses , a checksummer to check if a file has been altered , and a TSR monitor to check for suspicious activity . |