Example sentences of "in [noun] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a view which in essence called for a confederal or intergovernmental mould , rather closer perhaps to the British stand than to the vision of Monnet or Spaak . |
| 2 | The temple could only be entered by the king as the officiant of every god and by the priests , who in practice deputised for the king in the ritual . |
| 3 | We said goodbye to Ned again and headed north from Queenstown back towards Christchurch , staying overnight at Ruataniwha in huts built for the workers at Twizel dam . |
| 4 | S382 of the CA 1985 provides that ‘ every company shall cause minutes of all proceedings of general meetings , all proceedings at meetings of its directors … to be entered in books kept for the purpose . ’ |
| 5 | Scottish Hydro decided to go to war , but with environmental considerations in mind opted for a psychological approach rather than the shotgun option . |
| 6 | Throughout these years the powers of monarchy were in effect exercised for the advantage of ascendant magnate factions who enjoyed supremacy at court and aroused widespread hostility in the country . |
| 7 | Appropriate measures should be taken to ensure that staff working for the vendors are not involved in work performed for the purchaser or vice versa . |
| 8 | Between the 1st day of July 1987 and the 15th day of October 1987 conspired together and with other persons fraudulently to induce persons to enter into agreements for acquiring or subscribing for securities , namely shares in Blue Arrow plc , by making statements which they knew to be misleading , false or deceptive or by dishonestly concealing material facts or by recklessly making statements which were misleading , false or deceptive namely : 1.1 By failing to notify the Company Announcements Office of the Quotations Department of the International Stock Exchange by way of a Class 2 announcement ( as provided for by Section 6 of the Council of the Stock Exchange 's admission of securities to listing ) following the purchase of shares in Manpower Incorporated for a consideration in excess of 5 per cent of the consolidated net assets of Blue Arrow ; 1.2 By concealing the fact that the level of Acceptances of provisionally allotted new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow was 38.04 per cent at the expiry of the offer by way of rights issue at 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.3 By concealing the fact that 54,625,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow were taken up after 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.4 By falsely stating that , in connection with the rights issue of 504.4 million new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow , acceptances had been received in respect of 246.5 million shares which represented 48.9 per cent of the rights issue . |
| 9 | David Everett , in Lines Written For a School Declamation , memorably observed that ‘ tall oaks from little acorns grow ’ . |
| 10 | It was a form of devotion found not only among the learned but in prayers designed for the laity , as for instance , in another prayer recommended for lay folk at the elevation of the Host : or in the prayer , a fragment of which was carved on a church bench in Oxfordshire : Jesu for thy holy name And for thy bitter passion , Save us fro synne and shame And endles dampnacion . |
| 11 | Other miscellaneous recommendations were offered , including the provision of adequate religious instruction and positive guidance on sexual behaviour , the extension of the school day for older pupils , and the establishment of an experimental building programme ‘ to try out different forms of school organisation and teaching methods in buildings designed for the purpose ’ . |
| 12 | Victories in three primaries , including the battle of New York , were a turning point that have given the Arkansas governor an unassailable lead in delegates needed for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 13 | This was documented particularly thoroughly in surveys conducted for a succession of official reports in the 1950s and 1960s ( see Chapter 3 , especially 1954 Gurney-Dixon , 1959 Crowther , 1963 Newsom , 1963–4 Robbins and 1967 Plowden ) , whose criteria of educational achievement ranged from 11 plus passes to class of university degree . |
| 14 | Babies were not the only people whose rights were being demanded at the end of the Second World War ; other groups , too , submerged in anonymous poverty through years of unemployment , had in wartime received for the first time their fair share both of work and of food , and were now making it clear that neither malnutrition nor the grinding degradation of worklessness could any longer be tolerated by the ‘ lower classes ’ of the victorious nations . |
| 15 | Lendl 's concern that Mecir 's shrewder shots would pass him in mid-court made for a characteristic back-court performance and a 6-4 , 4-6 , 4-6 , 6-1 , 6-4 victory for a $100,000 ( £62,500 ) prize . |
| 16 | The local parliament in Sevastopol called for a political settlement and said the row strengthened its resolve to seek complete autonomy for Crimea . |
| 17 | It was more a case of realising that Celtic 's squad lacked the strength in depth required for a successful European campaign and to mount a sustainable challenge on the domestic front . |
| 18 | She said : ‘ I think Darlington council could make some extra money by wheel-clamping cars which park illegally in spaces reserved for the disabled . ’ |
| 19 | When the NAAFI ran out of cups , the old dear was at her wits end and sent for the orderly corporal , who in turn sent for the orderly sergeant . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 21 | One of the fundamental principles behind the concept was that short landing strips for unladen aircraft were more readily found than sites for runways maybe a mile in length needed for a fully laden bomber to get airborne . |
| 22 | We need a good honours graduate to provide research assistance in the molecular cloning and characterisation of receptors , and in the expression of receptors in systems designed for the screening of pharmacologically active compounds . |
| 23 | The explanation given for the importation of two comparatively low-rank police officers was that the RUC lacked the expertise in accountancy needed for an investigation of that kind . |
| 24 | While the Semiconductor Industry Association is making mollifying noises on the issue of penetration of the Japanese chip market , but the new US administration is showing no such reticence , and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor says he is ‘ resolute and determined ’ to pry open Japan 's semiconductor market to more US chips — ‘ We have every intention of creating a new framework of shared responsibility with our trading partners , ’ Kantor said in remarks prepared for the Semiconductor Industry Association . |
| 25 | The provisions as described on p. 38314 , however , were in fact adopted for the ( separate ) emergency mechanism of the Prague-based CSCE committee of senior officials . |
| 26 | The two rooms in question can be and are still in fact used for the same purpose for which they were used prior to the erection of the staircase . |
| 27 | Blood was cross-matched and was in fact needed for a transfusion prior to surgery because Mr Reynolds was found to be anaemic . |
| 28 | He realized with a shock that they reminded him of steers he had once seen in a railroad siding back home in Richmond , Virginia , crowded uncomprehendingly in trucks bound for the slaughterhouse . |
| 29 | Carew 's bleak diagnosis can hardly have been uninfluenced by several decades of mounting concern at the impermanence of non-agricultural employment compared with the stability of farmers fully occupied tending their land , and men continuously employed as servants in husbandry engaged for a year at a time . |