Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAVID Mellor , who has made a variety of television and radio appearances since his resignation as Minister for Fun , is about to take a major step in his broadcasting career . |
| 2 | Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was said to be willing to use the 25-year-old Londoner as bait for Queens Park Rangers ' , coveted striker Les Ferdinand . |
| 3 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |
| 4 | He goes to Upton Park as cover for West Ham 's Czech international , Ludek Miklosko . |
| 5 | In 1950 he returned to Parliament as member for Hampstead till 1966 . |
| 6 | He was elected to Parliament as member for Aylesbury in 1880 . |
| 7 | He was elected to parliament as MP for Orkney and Shetland in 1950 , and led the Liberal Party from 1956 till 1967 . |
| 8 | He became a member of the council of state from 1649 to 1651 , and its president for a while , and entered the Rump Parliament as MP for King 's Lynn . |
| 9 | When all goes well , and a profit is made , then this is ploughed back into the course as subsidy for field trips or visits . |
| 10 | August : appointment of M. Abdus Sattar as Minister for Industry to replace Moudud Ahmed , who was appointed Minister for Planning ; M. Faruq Choudhry replaced Sattar as Minister for Fisheries and Livestock . |
| 11 | Unlike Scotland , where incest was punishable by death up to 1887 , or several American states , England had no civil law on incest in the nineteenth century , although the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 did include incestuous adultery as grounds for divorce . |
| 12 | This chapter begins by examining three analytical models and discusses their usefulness as tools for analysis . |
| 13 | The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight . |
| 14 | Under the terms of the accord China agreed ( i ) to publish all laws , regulations and guidelines on trade ; ( ii ) to reduce tariffs on a wide range of US products , including foods , chemicals , iron and steel products , photographic materials , machinery , cosmetics , confectionery and electrical parts ; ( iii ) to remove quotas , import restrictions , import-licensing requirements and import controls ; ( iv ) to ban the use of import-substitution measures affecting US exports ; ( v ) to cease requiring technology transfer or local investment as conditions for investment ; ( vi ) to publish previously inaccessible information on sales and marketing opportunities ; and ( vii ) to remove within one year any scientifically unjustifiable standards for farm products . |
| 15 | … ’ Presumably one of the two issued shares was held by the shareholder as nominee for Mr. Tee . |
| 16 | As Lévy-Bruhl pointed out , primitive men saw the chirping of crickets and crying of birds in spring as appeals for rain . |
| 17 | Winning his seat as Member for Lancaster , he promptly joined the Cameron Highlanders and was unemployed in Cairo when he met Stirling . |
| 18 | In many cases the threads of mycelium invade the plant roots and act in symbiosis as channels for nutrients between soil and plant . |
| 19 | Our job was to act as navigational escort for about seventy Hurricanes which would be transported to the Med in ‘ Furious ’ and flown off at maximum range as reinforcements for Malta which was under heavy air attack . |
| 20 | Freddie stood on the corner of the turning as lookout for Tommy Green the street bookmaker . |
| 21 | The act of conception , staring at a typewriter for much of 1985 in a flat in Notting Hill Gate so depressed me that I immediately thereafter applied for a job as doctor for Amoco , who were then exploring for oil near Morondava . |
| 22 | But he need not worry : he is assured of a job as MP for Midlothian . |
| 23 | He had succeeded Profumo as MP for Stratford-upon-Avon in 1963 . |
| 24 | ‘ Put all the waste paper through a shredder and sell it in the college shop as bedding for rabbits and guinea pigs . ’ |
| 25 | Trevor Clemmett , recently retired from the Stoddard Templeton sales force , has stayed within the group as agent for Cambridge , Norfolk , Suffolk and Bedfordshire . |
| 26 | And Manchester United have taken their former keeper Fraser Digby on a month 's loan from Swindon Town as cover for Peter Schmeichel . |
| 27 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 28 | Harvey Wilson , promoted swiftly from field agent , had replaced Paula 's deceased husband as controller for Germany , Holland and Belgium . |
| 29 | Hillel advocated a whole range of displeasing behaviour as grounds for divorce , including spoiling the dinner ; speaking to other men in the street ; wearing unbound hair ; speaking disrespectfully to the husband 's parents in his presence ; even if the wife 's voice was so loud it could be overheard by the neighbours ! |
| 30 | The two confront each other as rivals for Cecilia ( Mia Farrow ) . |