Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1677 he published Proposals for building , in every County , a Working-Alms-House or Hospital , as the best Expedient to perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linen Cloth . |
| 2 | In the early 1840s he published pamphlets for the Anti-Corn Law League , and in 1846 he joined the staff of The Economist . |
| 3 | In 1859 he compiled Hymns for Schools and Bible Classes , in which a number of his own hymn texts were published . |
| 4 | In September 1976 he joined Spurs for £200,000 , but his career there never fully fulfilled its earlier promise . |
| 5 | In the later 1590s he raised men for service in Ireland , and dealt with those who returned maimed and unemployed . |
| 6 | In 1800 he became assistant to the latter , who at the same time gave him a post in the Office of Works as labourer in trust at Carlton House and also employed him in connection with his work as surveyor of the ordnance ; his first recorded works — minor country-house commissions in Staffordshire , of 1803–5 — were designed in James 's office for execution by the Wyatt family building business ; and in 1805 he submitted designs for Downing College , Cambridge , after those by James had been severely criticized by Thomas Hope [ q.v. ] , perhaps in an attempt to salvage the commission for the family . |
| 7 | A fervent follower of the tariff reform movement of Joseph Chamberlain [ q.v. ] , he began to write leaders and articles for the Morning Post under the editorship of his friend ( Sir ) Fabian Ware [ q.v. ] ; in 1906 he wrote articles for it during the course of a journey through Canada , Australia , New Zealand , and South Africa . |
| 8 | In November 1990 he announced plans for the creation of new Consultative Council of provincial representatives [ see p. 37873 ] . |