Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They typically selected novel objects as referents for novel words , and appropriate referents for familiar words . |
| 2 | In the meantime however , Robert Kinniburgh , the Headmaster of the Edinburgh Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , was engaged for his sign language skills as interpreter for the Court . |
| 3 | The French duties on wheat , for example , rose steadily from 1881 to 1897 and behind them French agriculture improved its methods and cultivated new products as specialities for urban and foreign markets . |
| 4 | Despite this view of the dependence of writing on speech , some linguists and educators have , apparently paradoxically , used written forms as models for spoken forms . |
| 5 | Equipped with this rule and with knowledge of what are important events , the animal seems to be well set up to acquire the ability to use initially meaningless environmental cues as predictors of what will happen , and initially haphazard acts as instruments for controlling the environment . |
| 6 | To explore the feasibility and value of County-endorsed , criterion-referenced Certificates in Library and Study Skills for award for pupils in secondary schools . |
| 7 | I remember Saturday , as a boy I er I used to run errands for people for pennies , like many more did . |
| 8 | By the autumn of 1340 , still awaiting the fruits of these grants , deserted by Lewis of Bavaria and with only the naval victory at Sluys to encourage him , Edward was borrowing from his own archers and offering his commanders as hostages for his debts to his allies . |
| 9 | In Burkina Faso , Mali , Malawi , Uganda and Ghana TRANSAID is passing on its skills through training for drivers , riders and mechanisms working to support widely dispersed health facilities . |
| 10 | ‘ Last month you were given access to highly confidential details regarding our plans for designs for 1956–7 . |
| 11 | The consultation , which was sponsored by Intermedia and WACC 's Asia Region , brought together 25 communicators from North America and Asia to discuss issues of communication and justice and to draw up plans for action for the future ( see reports on pages 1 and 4 of Action number 159 ) . |
| 12 | THERE 'S a free pair of skis worth £150 for anyone booking a ski holiday this month with Swiss Travel Service . |
| 13 | Furthermore , there were no differences in observed lipid values between tumours for each Astler Coller stage . |
| 14 | Astra 's former chairman , Gerald James , alleged in this column earlier this year that he and most of his fellow directors had been victimised and the firm sold off to protect dark secrets about arms for Iraq and a cosy monopoly relationship between British Aerospace and the Ministry of Defence . |
| 15 | British studies of family life and family preferences for care for dependants indicate that family members have essentially retained their primary caring role , and prefer care in partnership with public agencies rather than wishing to hand it over ( see Moroney , 1976 ; West , 1984 ) . |
| 16 | Some schools accept parents phone calls as explanation for absence . |
| 17 | Watanabe was reported to have written to US Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills and EC Commission Vice-President Frans Andriessen , expressing disappointment over US and EC proposals for exemptions for trade in services , and over their failure to submit detailed proposals for industrial tariff reductions as they were supposed to by the end of March . |
| 18 | We have just heard from the hon. Gentleman that all our proposals for discounts for single people and alleviation of the top rates of the tax are anathema to the Labour party , which wants to return to the full rigours of the rates . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend recognise the dangers inherent in introducing unworkable proposals for devolution for Scotland ? |
| 20 | Liberal proposals for autonomy for Quebec |
| 21 | Options are more sophisticated than futures as instruments for hedging and speculation . |
| 22 | Its broad aims were to analyse large American companies in order to discover differences in return on investment ( ROI ) , to establish par values for ROI for different industries and their segments , and to attempt to explain variations in ROI across companies and their subsidiary business units by reference to strategic factors . |
| 23 | One of the results of an active media relations service is likely to be requests for spokesmen for radio and television programmes , and special events and launches could lead to live coverage or even to a programme being made on the subject . |
| 24 | There are three erm , categories to er the requests for allocations for this meeting , erm , the balance of the contingency currently , is one point seven two nine million pounds . |
| 25 | And that becomes the arbitrator for requests for information for the data access mechanism , whatever that happens to me be . |
| 26 | To continue to reply to the increasing number of requests for material for Standard Grade and Higher prospects and to this end to develop a limited resource base in the Education Secretary 's office ( beyond our own material ) . |
| 27 | Social fund officers are expected to give high priority to requests for loans for the above purposes . |
| 28 | Patterns for clothing for larger dolls would also be appreciated . |
| 29 | Came back with newspapers cut to size s paper patterns for cushions for , my sewing skills is NIL , ca n't do much about it . |
| 30 | It turns on the general relation between the justification for a binding directive and its status as a reason for action , and more generally on the relation between rules as reasons for action and their justification . |