Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings concern themselves exclusively with the rituals required for a successful passage through the Underworld . |
| 2 | Such conservation work is , however , being hindered by the huge growth in tourism that has occurred since 1970 , and although there is in theory a master plan which in the mid-1970s allowed for a maximum of 12 000 visitors per year , de Groot states that since 1979 this number has been increasingly exceeded . |
| 3 | The award consists of a programme of National Certificate modules and the ten core modules include the competences required for a career in the retail travel trade . |
| 4 | At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community . |
| 5 | The singing of the birds stopped for a moment , and then started again . |
| 6 | The proposals budgeted for a surplus of £200 million . |
| 7 | If the debtor is away , inquiry should also be made whether or not letters are being forwarded to an address within the jurisdiction ( England and Wales ) or elsewhere ; ( d ) if the debtor is represented by a solicitor , an attempt should be made to arrange an appointment for personal service through such solicitor … the rules provide for a solicitor accepting service of a statutory demand on behalf of his client but there is no similar provision in respect of service of a bankruptcy petition ; ( e ) the supporting affidavit should deal with all the above matters including all relevant facts as to the debtor 's whereabouts and whether the appointment letter(s) has/have been returned . |
| 8 | The best policy , according to the monetarists , is for the authorities to aim for a steady growth in the money supply in order that economic growth can be accommodated without undesirable fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 9 | In effect it gave the UK all the frequencies needed for a nationwide Carfax service on a dedicated lattice . |
| 10 | Louis Maddox kept the globes suspended for a little longer , then caught them in turn , letting their brilliance fade . |
| 11 | The concessions provided for a total dismantling of customs duties for some products and for major reductions in duties for others . |
| 12 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 13 | The inheritance of acquired characters explained these trends as a consequence of the animals specializing for a particular way of life chosen by their ancestors . |
| 14 | The eyes smouldered for a moment at the impertinence , then he seemed to see the funny side and chuckled hoarsely . |
| 15 | And then we would get the evangelists staying for a fortnight at a time , holding services every night asking people to come forward and rededicate themselves . |
| 16 | I had paid my rent early on with the last inelastic cheque I 'd written , had n't paid my Poll Tax , had tried to find bar work but been unsuccessful , and was borrowing off Norris , Gav and a few other pals to buy food , which comprised mostly bread and beans and the odd black pudding supper , plus a cider or two when I could be persuaded to squander my meagre resources on contributing to the funds required for a raid on the local off-licence . |
| 17 | Finally , the authors argue for a new model of practitioner as evaluator and locate this argument in the new social services ' world of inspection and performance review . |
| 18 | Although significant , their correlations were low , and the relationships accounted for a small proportion of the variance in the sign language performance scores . |
| 19 | It is useful , therefore , to incorporate as many cross-checks as possible into the methods adopted for a study and to be aware of the limitations of material gleaned from a single source . |
| 20 | Diana 's father did n't drink and staff frantically searched through the cupboards looking for a bottle of something suitable to offer their royal guest . |
| 21 | After 6 washes in PBS , the third layer HRP-conjugated rabbit anti-goat antibody ( Sigma ) was added , the plates incubated for a further hour at RT , washed 6 in PBS and the reaction developed with ABTS ( 2'2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazolone)sulphonic acid ) . |
| 22 | Bodies caked in mud , the rescuers gather for a debriefing session ; up sound . |
| 23 | The parking spaces for the erm bungalow residents erm are are generally spread around in in a , in such a way as to be as close as possible to the bungalows that they serve , they 're not if you like , specific car park , but on this drawing they 're , they 're identified it 's simply that the proportionate parking that the planners require for a construction of new houses is there and then over and above that there is further parking which , if you like , will satisfy the need of the bungalow residents , though they may not necessarily be identified specifically . |
| 24 | You might consider moving the stops to allow for a thicker door , or if this is impractical , using a thicker door and rebating the edges to the existing thickness so that it fits the frame . |
| 25 | With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election . |
| 26 | And all the current ski areas come within the areas proposed for a new species of national park in Scotland in proposals form Scotland 's Countryside Commission . |
| 27 | Ritualization will then take place , over evolutionary time , in escalating rounds of ever more extravagant signals , to which in turn the recipients respond for a while before they discover ( in the case of the cuckoo 's foster parent ) the distinction between the begging of cuckoos and that of their own young . |
| 28 | For example , the costs involved in trading in futures and options in the USA for a UK ( or other overseas ) resident are higher than the costs involved for a US resident . |
| 29 | We did manage to cut the angles needed for a six-sided frame , but found the manual 's description of the formula to find the lengths of frame rather too brief . |
| 30 | We have been asked over the years to vote for a freeze on medical school places when juniors were unemployed , for more manpower when they were overworked , and for more consultants when they were having problems with their careers . |