Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Lambert , editor of the FT , says the decision to go for Labour was a collective one taken with senior colleagues , although he did write the article himself . |
| 2 | Although such figures might create public alarm , the main reason given for non-reporting was because the offence was considered too trivial to waste police time ( 38 per cent of reasons given ) , or that the police could do nothing about it ( 16 per cent ) . |
| 3 | The reason given for refusal was ‘ The proposed development would be in a prominent location within Scorton , and its construction would be unduly obtrusive in the street picture and detrimental to the character and appearance of both the Scorton Conservation Area and the Forest of Bowland AONB ’ ( See council minutes PL113 ) |
| 4 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 5 | Accordingly , article 119 did not apply to the Employment Secretary 's liability to make section 106 payments , and an employee who had become entitled to a state pension and was then dismissed for redundancy was not entitled to a payment from the Employment Secretary under section 106 . |
| 6 | Her faithful shadow , a Yorkshire terrier called Heathcliffe , was just as confused ; and the time that we had arranged to meet for lunch was fast approaching . |
| 7 | The person that this parent approached for advice was Alexander Graham Bell , the inventor of the telephone . |
| 8 | For both types the minimum number of students enrolled qualifying for grant-aid was fixed at nine . |
| 9 | The 1923 Scheme lowered the standards for grant eligibility ; the superficial area of houses qualifying for subsidy was also reduced , resulting in smaller houses , let at lower rents . |
| 10 | She added that the number of people who opted for cremation was increasing although there was still a section of society to whom cremation was unthinkable . |
| 11 | An interesting finding in the light of my previous discussion about the efficacy of the identification and diagnosis of abuse was that in only two of the 25 families selected for follow-up was abuse admitted . |
| 12 | A few leading officials believed that free speech , human rights and other concepts embraced by the term ‘ democracy ’ were honourable in themselves , but mostly it appeared that support for democracy was based on promoting economic progress . |
| 13 | The majority decided that challenge for fraud was precluded after six weeks . |
| 14 | Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries land previously used for pasture was gradually given over to cultivation . |
| 15 | The last record of the bark being used for rope-making was in the First World War , when the German army used lime bark ropes to tow their guns . |
| 16 | Even during the recorded period , however , there are persuasive reasons for believing that the actual quantity of reserves used for intervention was at least $650m-$700m . |
| 17 | All that was needed for defeat was for a couple of Liberal Democrats to switch sides . |
| 18 | But the breath she 'd drawn for speech was expelled in a sigh of frustration . |
| 19 | The council statement said Coun Harvison and leader of the Labour group Arthur Taylor appreciated that paying for training was normal , ‘ but were concerned that the unemployed would not be able to apply for one of the 70 part-time instructors ’ jobs . |
| 20 | Travel for pleasure was almost unheard of until the nineteenth century when Robert Louis Stevenson wrote , ‘ For my part , I travel not to go anywhere , but to go . |
| 21 | One great advantage which he claimed for Realism was that it allowed the analyst to dispense with the motives and intentions of the decision-makers . |
| 22 | The price they paid for admission was the sacrifice of industrial democracy : Co-operation by largely foregoing the promotion of Industrial Co-operation , trade unionism by making the maintenance or improvement of their members ' working conditions the prime object . |
| 23 | The state price offered for rice was more than doubled from the " patriotic contribution " level of 7 riel per kg to 15 riel per kg . |
| 24 | Cattle stealing for ransom was the most common form in many districts . |
| 25 | Over the five years since the 1972 Act , the list of items calling for legislation was lengthening . |
| 26 | An open letter written by a group of Hefei students calling for solidarity was passed around the campuses , as well as tapes of Fang Lizhi 's Shanghai speech , outlining the need for democracy and the importance of intellectual development in China . |
| 27 | A petition calling for action was sent to Middlesbrough Council seven years ago . |
| 28 | In 1989 500m roubles was allocated to basic research ; earlier this year , overall finance for science was increased by 30% . |
| 29 | The first party to campaign for independence was the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons ( NCNC ) founded by Dr Namdi Azikiwe in 1945 . |
| 30 | Whenever oligarchy took over from democracy , pay for office was one of the first things to be abolished . |