Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first census pairs them off man for man , leaving a surplus of 273 who are redeemed by money . |
| 2 | A few months later the Oxfordshire Education Committee responded to 10/65 by appointing me as co-ordinator for the Banbury reorganization , and commissioned me to submit plans : the noisy sewage pump had done its work . |
| 3 | With synthetic fabrics , it may be sufficient to just stop wearing them and using them as bedding for a while , to see if this is beneficial . |
| 4 | We carry out rummage searches of the islands to deter such activities as smuggling , and terrorists from using them as locations for weapon hides . |
| 5 | An early interpretation saw them as barracks for troops used by Swegen Forkbeard to conquer England , with each house containing a ship 's crew . |
| 6 | Beginning in the 1860s , Degas made small wax statuettes of horses and female figures , keeping them in his studio and occasionally using them as models for his two-dimensional work . |
| 7 | But looking back I think of them as compensation for the rest of me life before , and what 's to come … |
| 8 | You may then think of them as questions for each paragraph to answer . |
| 9 | So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along . |
| 10 | There is no evidence that the court circle in East Anglia , including those elements most closely identified with the queen , was inimical to Gloucester , or that the duke regarded them as rivals for power in the region . |
| 11 | There is no evidence that the court circle in East Anglia , including those elements most closely identified with the queen , was inimical to Gloucester , or that the duke regarded them as rivals for power in the region . |
| 12 | Ironically , the dismal failure of the labour relations element of the campaign was directly attributable to Ford 's attempts to impose quality circles as a structural remedy for relatively poor productivity and quality , rather than introducing them as mechanisms for mobilizing employee commitment to company goals . |
| 13 | There are many of these power bases and their usefulness depends on whether other people concede that the individual has them as bases for power or not . |
| 14 | Neither the husband nor the wife is solely entitled to hold the title deeds to the matrimonial home in joint names ; but , if either party does hold the title deeds , then that party does , of course , hold them as trustee for both the husband and the wife . |
| 15 | Black kids look to them as blueprints for their own development . |
| 16 | Teachers and schools , however well resourced and staffed , can only do so much to counter the effects of social disadvantage , and it is too easy to use them as scapegoats for the failure of political and economic policy . |
| 17 | Why do n't you get them for school for him ? |
| 18 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 19 | Yeah , yo you get out a bank loan to do it , and then you ask for it , then you ask them for money for Christmas , to pay it back off ! |
| 20 | I get them for Bill for snap . |
| 21 | The consultation exercise involved supplying members of the Library Advisory Committee ( LAC ) with copies of our current list , and asking them for suggestions for cuts . |
| 22 | In another study George Bokert increased the degree of thirst in his subjects by not only depriving them of water for twenty-four hours , but also giving them a salty meal before going to bed . |
| 23 | But when they were switched on they blew the main fuses , which deprived them of lighting for the day and taught them why they had to rely on coal fires . |
| 24 | And they would generally stand you off work for a while , that was your punishment ? |
| 25 | Are you off duty for the day now ? ’ |
| 26 | And they say right Mr we caution you for er what ever you done next time you do it we 'll take you for court for it . |
| 27 | ’ — he accepted the notes in good faith from you as payment for rent on — ’ |
| 28 | Investigate whether your insurance will be partially suspended — that is leaving you with cover for fire and theft — entirely suspended or completely cancelled . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm very sorry I ca n't oblige you with cigarettes for her , sir . |
| 30 | If your new employer has offered to provide you with facilities for updating , make sure that this is included in your contract of employment , and that it is backed up with meaningful support and supervision . |