Example sentences of "the [noun prp] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Minister aware that for once — perhaps surprisingly — the House is united in welcoming the agreement and in congratulating all those involved , including the FMFLN for their part in the peace process ? |
| 2 | The burgeoning demand for antlers in the Orient for their ‘ medicinal properties ’ is creating a ready cash market tempting the director to clear the attic of horns and antlers . |
| 3 | If memory serves , Adam Smith once proposed that the independence of the Scottish judiciary might be guaranteed by setting aside a tract of the Highlands for their exclusive use . |
| 4 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 5 | The junior recruits set about their evening tasks While the seniors pack and then head for the NAAFI for their end-of-course party . |
| 6 | Gradually , over the years , the colour of the breed became darker through mahogany to black , and there was plenty of crossing to the Hereford for its grazing characteristics and to the Ayrshire to restore milk yields . |
| 7 | Coalbrookdale , then a romantically beautiful valley , was chosen by the Darbys for their ironworks because here a rapid stream entered the broad navigable waterway of the Severn . |
| 8 | Fran — who flew Laura to the States for her life-saving liver and bowel operation — could not wait to ring home to Eccles , Manchester . |
| 9 | He even took lessons from jazz virtuoso Tuck Andress ( famous in The States for his re-interpretation of Hendrix 's Castles Made Of Sand and Little Wing ) . |
| 10 | Because I 'm gon na have to still have the Saturday for my shopping , are n't I ? |
| 11 | Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday . |
| 12 | Hayling had come across a man called Chris Walsh who was already getting funds from the GLC for his latest , faltering , business enterprise , a Third World Development unit based in Highbury , North London . |
| 13 | Groom stood her ground and , eventually , as a way out of the impasse , telephoned the Woman 's Page editor in London , who advised her that , as she was already in France , she should do the interview and would have to send it to the Ashleys for their approval before publication . |
| 14 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 15 | The ANC for its part responded that it regarded the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) as the private army of the NP and called instead for the integration of MK and the SADF into a new national army . |
| 16 | This follows concern from growers , and pressure from the NFU for their exclusion . |
| 17 | Scotland is renowned for its hospitality and the SRU for its organisational ability . |
| 18 | Kohl , who rejected the " blue beret option " as insufficient , would need a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag for his proposals [ see above for SPD congress vote approving German involvement only in UN peacekeeping operations ] . |
| 19 | For example , in one case the government sought an interim injunction to restrain a drug company from disobeying a statutory order regulating the price it could charge the NHS for its drugs ; and in a recent series of cases local authorities have sought interim injunctions against traders to restrain them from opening their businesses on Sunday in breach of Sunday trading laws . |
| 20 | Earlier that week , he had attacked the PPP for its " fascist tendencies " . |
| 21 | Begin won a slim victory in the Knesset for his foreign and defence policy , though having to concede an inquiry into the Beirut massacres . |
| 22 | No 71 MU , the RAF 's prime repair and recovery organisation , dismantled Queenie and left with the Lancaster for their base at Bicester on August 24 , 1970 . |
| 23 | In 1913 he came under pressure in the Commons for his failure to promote an air force ; Samuel Hoare demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the government 's policy by visiting the air bases to see them for himself . |
| 24 | The Witches have received backing from the Speedway Control Board and the BSPA for their appeal to the Department of Employment over last week 's ruling to refuse a work permit . |
| 25 | Conservative politicians attack the BBC for its alleged left-wing bias ( Newton , 1988a , p. 326 ) ; academic sociologists attack it for its alleged anti-trade union and pro-right-wing bias ( Glasgow University Media Group , 1976 , 1980 , 1982 ; Beharrell and Philo , 1977 ) . |
| 26 | SIR — I agree with George Walden that David Mellor should beware acting hastily against the BBC for its election coverage ( article , April 13 ) . |
| 27 | The origin of ITV can be explained in many ways : as a classic case ( perhaps the first , post-war ) of high pressure political lobbying ; as Churchill 's revenge on the BBC for its disdainful treatment of him during the 1926 General Strike and in his wilderness years in the 1930s , when he was largely kept off the air ; or as part of the Conservative move to ‘ set the people free ’ from the bureaucracy and greyness allegedly intrinsic to Labour planning and the construction of the welfare state ( sweets , be it remembered , did not finally come off ration until 1953 ) . |
| 28 | No one , to my knowledge , attempted to press charges of deception against the BBC for its reporters ' filming tactics in the series Black and White Britain screened a few years ago . |
| 29 | A Downing Street spokesman said he was grateful to the BBC for its prompt decision to draw attention to the lapse , and for respecting the confidentiality of the call . |
| 30 | The international news award was shared by ITN 's Penny Marshall , for coverage of Serb-run detention camps in Bosnia , and the BBC for their work on the Somalian famine . |