Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Gregory 's narrative the Thuringians appear as dupes for the more sophisticated and warlike Franks . |
| 2 | Success is when you relax in an armchair on Friday evening , have a drink with your partner and forget about work for the weekend . |
| 3 | In 1529 the reading , purchasing or possessing of proscribed books , attendance at any meeting of heretics , disputing about Holy Scripture , and want of respect for the images of God and the saints were all made crimes for which men were to be beheaded , women buried alive , and relapsed heretics burned . |
| 4 | But we must also , where possible , build into plans for the future those values that are worth preserving . |
| 5 | As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat . |
| 6 | Physical gratification often plays a contributing role in the exercise of persuasion : what does the marketing manager expect in return for the expensive lunch she 's buying you ? |
| 7 | The Mazda club , based in Hiroshima , want in time for the start of their season . |
| 8 | Sterling was given an office at the Department of Trade and Industry , where he advised on industrial policy , and had a big say in plans for the future of broadcasting . |
| 9 | well then my Lord ah my Lord not all objective criteria and this I think is very important because you can have objective criterias as I , as I submitted last week that would be erm in order to trade in this market you must have capital of twenty million pounds and ten years experience , but that 's uniform rule , it does n't discriminate it 's objective , but it would be anti competitive because here you are setting up the most important market er in this , erm as they say in Europe for the project futures market and you 're excluding people who could be in there trading and who could be effecting the market |
| 10 | Unions have a 40 per cent say in elections for the leader and deputy leader , and a stake of up to 40 per cent in the ballots for parliamentary candidates . |
| 11 | Instead they send to Shiloh for the ark . |
| 12 | We apologise to customers for the cancellation of breakfast owing to : repair work in the kitchen , staff shortages , a fatality in the cold room , the non-arrival of deliveries . |
| 13 | In the book , his mother dies , and his cousin Andrew with his wife Susan descend on Lewis for the funeral : ‘ Lewis 's rage sprang from Susan 's occupancy of his mother 's chair , and , by extension , spread to cover the whole of her existence . |
| 14 | With 115 Squadron at Marham , after doing the conversion course , I was part of the crew that took WF562 down to Odiham for the Coronation Review of the RAF , but what was not mentioned was the cleaning of the aircraft using tins of ‘ Duraglit ’ by air and ground crew before we went , only to fly through a rain storm on the way down and having to do it all over again , when we arrived . |
| 15 | sensor technology and materials research as candidates for the joint approach . |
| 16 | The researchers did find that volcanic eruptions encourage the destruction of stratospheric ozone by providing a profusion of aerosol particles , which act as catalysts for the reactions that destroy ozone . |
| 17 | In addition , the ethos of the CAB is being spread by all those who receive CAB training and then act as ambassadors for the CAB in other roles . |
| 18 | We also act as coordinators for the production of the various documentation . |
| 19 | At local level , voluntary welfare organizations , usually run on a diocesan basis , often act as agents for the local authority in providing facilities for the reception of unmarried mothers and some provide long-term accommodation for mothers and their growing children or general social work help as long as it is necessary . |
| 20 | We need an idea that can not be found there : that the community as a whole has obligations of impartiality toward its members , and that officials act as agents for the community in acquitting that responsibility . |
| 21 | The Bridge has two and a half thousand steel wires running through its spans which act as support for the concrete . |
| 22 | By way of background information , some EPHs operate with a hierarchical structure of an Officer-in-charge ( ie the manager ) with 3 assistant officers , one of whom would be appointed as the Senior Assistant and act as deputy for the Officer-in-charge when required . |
| 23 | These channels make the membrane permeable to ions or molecules , which can then enter the cell and act as signals for the initiation of the biochemical cascades which ultimately lead , in ways that I shall describe in the next chapter , to the synthesis of new synaptic membrane components and hence to synaptic remodelling . |
| 24 | They are ‘ dielectric ’ in nature , meaning they are not conductors of electric currents but act as vehicles for the registration of electric fields . |
| 25 | As healers act as channels for the Life Force energy , the experiment provided additional hard evidence to support the field theory . |
| 26 | That this is heartening , and cause for hope for the future , is due to its existence being unaffected by all the philosophies , religions , superstitions , political systems and cults that have ever been formulated . |
| 27 | Thank you for your letter of the 5 November 1992 enclosing the District Councils request for information for the preparation of the district wide local plan . |
| 28 | Feed a pinch of crushed flake as you put in pellets for the adult fish . |
| 29 | The idea behind such schemes is derived from children 's fostering schemes and although they suit a small minority of less disabled former patients , the hosts normally need a great deal of regular help and support from professionals for the scheme to succeed and there must also be close monitoring and supervision of the quality of care provided . |
| 30 | In the latest poll , support in Brescia for the Socialist Unity Party ( PUS-formerly the PSI ) fell from 15.5 per cent to 10.3 per cent . |