Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey of six LEAs conducted for Rampton revealed that only 3 per cent of Afro-Caribbean school leavers gained five or more O level passes or CSE grade ones in 1978–79 , compared with 18 per cent of Asian pupils , 16 per cent of other school leavers in these LEAs and 21 per cent of all school leavers from state schools . |
| 2 | A total of 553 candidates stood for the 120 seats in the Assembly . |
| 3 | It had been reported in September 1992 that a Libyan intelligence defector was under US protection after providing information on two of four Libyans wanted for trial in Scotland and the USA in connection with the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 4 | The resolution had insisted on " a full and effective response " to UK and US requests for the surrender of two Libyans wanted for trial for involvement in the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 5 | At the boundary riding on the 20th June 1884 , young men aged above eighteen years raced for two sovereigns given by the mayor from the ancient beacon to Deepdale Tree . |
| 6 | Until 1986 Andy caddied for several players , including Gary Player and Bernhard Langer . |
| 7 | After his re-election in 1972 Nixon asked for the resignations of all non career employees in the executive branch and took steps to ensure that all those appointed or reappointed were loyal to him and his policies . |
| 8 | In 1991 Ecuanor reapplied for the permits under a law permitting mining in protected areas if it were deemed " in the national interest " . |
| 9 | Leaving Gossage in 1865 Hargreaves worked for two other soap manufacturers in Runcorn and Liverpool ; in 1871 he and his youngest brother John set up as consulting chemists in Widnes . |
| 10 | A hundred youngsters from ten regions competed for medals with a joyous intensity . |
| 11 | In 1471 Parr declared for Edward IV and carried his brothers-in-law Christopher Moresby and Thomas Strikland with him . |
| 12 | In 1471 Parr declared for Edward IV and carried his brothers-in-law Christopher Moresby and Thomas Strikland with him . |
| 13 | With the help of two London boroughs , Hammersmith and Fulham and Lambeth , 2,000 children from 16 schools auditioned for approximately 25 places in each borough . |
| 14 | Using the 100-inch telescope on Mount Wilson , in 1923 Hubble identified for the first time a cepheid variable star in a spiral ‘ nebula ’ ( M 31 in Andromeda ) , and proceeded in the next few years to make similar discoveries in several other such ‘ nebulae ’ . |
| 15 | In 1983 HEP accounted for 27% of energy demand . |
| 16 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 17 | Samir Geaga , the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , continued his campaign against the government and on 28 Jan. called for its dissolution . |
| 18 | As MP for Derby from 1868 to 1880 Plimsoll had for years attacked the shipowning interest and the government which supported it hip and thigh on the unnecessary loss of life and property at sea , attracting great publicity in 1875 by being ordered to retire from the House of Commons following a particularly violent denunciation of their callous and self-interested behaviour . |
| 19 | At 16 Gallacher signed for Tannochside Athletic , a Lanarkshire juvenile team and barely a year later he married a catholic girl , Annie McIlvaney , causing untold disputes within his family . |