Example sentences of "for the [noun] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House . |
| 2 | This is often more comfortable for the patient and relieves the ambulance service . |
| 3 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 4 | His landlord wants him to pay a further $170 to make up for the deposit that 's gone missing . |
| 5 | They are not reasons for the impulses but causes that hark back to the primitive responses that we share with many animals ; yet qualified by noting that we , unlike dumb brutes , can reflect upon our impulses and resist them if we so decide , as happened in my example . |
| 6 | We thank you for those in Exeter who have granted permission for the work that has been done on this church building , and for the help that has been given towards the planning of the new building . |
| 7 | LIFE IS THE SEARCH for the dish that tantalizes , draws oohs and aahs of appreciation from your dinner guests , and takes no more than a quick yo heave ho to knock together . |
| 8 | This company already holds the dominant position in add-on type for the PC and has now announced a product called Facelift that , like ATM , will build screen fonts on-the-fly in Windows 3.0 . |
| 9 | It was given to the Mid-Gloster Engine Preservation Society in trust for the museum and has been restored to full working order by members of the society . |
| 10 | For the multinationals that does n't matter , they 'll move further down the coast to find new fishing grounds . |
| 11 | In the Dance for the Haymakers that follows the comic Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa , only the outer parts have been copied — but all the way through this movement the copyist has provided staves , complete with clefs and key- and time-signatures , for the second violin and viola parts without which it manifestly does not present a complete texture . |
| 12 | The Neighbourhood Watch Committee provides a regular newsletter for the village and has taken over the distribution of Christmas parcels to the pensioners . |
| 13 | The bit where the singing host reaches for the mike and does an ‘ impromptu ’ duet with his or her guest always merits a quick lurch for the off button . |
| 14 | A floating charge is therefore a most effective and flexible security ; it provides security for the lender and allows the company to trade with its assets unencumbered . |
| 15 | He reaches for the spoon and begins shovelling cabbage . |
| 16 | As with the TRAINER device IIDA provides training for the user and includes a practice mode , but during the latter the student using IIDA is connected to the DIALOG information system . |
| 17 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 18 | It haunts the pages of Adam Carse 's The orchestra from Beethoven to Berlioz ( 1948 ) , which conjectured that up to 1810 at the Opera the chef would ‘ hammer out the beat for the choruses and dances audibly on the floor , a table , or a music desk ’ Later in the same book Carse modified his stance , but concluded ( wrongly , as we shall see ) that it was the first violin who determined the ‘ interpretation [ and ] artistic side of the rendering ’ . |
| 19 | Although this washout interferes with the pharmacokinetic profiles of the preparations , it is essential for the endoscopy and prevents the contamination of the biopsy specimens with the ( Ac- ) 5-ASA from the stools . |
| 20 | Like a Samurai sword , ‘ mind ’ cuts through superfluous information , excluding all the sensations not immediately useful for the perceiver and focuses his/her attention on those that are . |
| 21 | These races , to be contested on a rich mixture of natural and manufactured snow , offer a showcase for the versatility that has served Kronberger so well . |
| 22 | Profits for the year that ends this month should reach £42m pre-tax , putting the shares at 179p , down 5p yesterday , on 5.9 times earnings . |
| 23 | Avesco Plc yesterday announced plans to demerge its VideoLogic Ltd multimedia subsidiary , which has joint venture agreements with IBM Corp : it says that Videologic 's turnover for the year that ends today will be not less than £10.4m , which is an increase of 44% over last year : Avesco also plans to raise £12.1m net of expenses in a one-for-three rights issue at 63 pence ; the news put 12 pence on the share price , which reached 97p . |
| 24 | The increase for the year that has just begun is 14 per cent . |
| 25 | Let rb be the coupon and also the yield that a bond must have in order for the bond that has an issue price P ( the same as the discount security ) to have a value M at maturity ( again the same as the discount security ) . |
| 26 | Early antiquarians and archaeologists were greatly hampered by an almost complete lack of dating techniques for the sites and finds that they recorded and excavated . |
| 27 | Hong Kong Land , owned by big Hong-Kong-based trading group Jardine Matheson , paid £79 million for the stake and wants to buy more . |
| 28 | Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’ |
| 29 | It has the speed , the stamina and the ability to think as it moves in for the kill and needs to out-think a twisting and turning rabbit . |
| 30 | Trained by the man in form Nigel Twiston-Davies , who had a double at Cheltenham , Captain Dibble has been laid out for the race and has n't run since January when he finished third behind Very Very Ordinary carrying 12 stone at Ascot . |