Example sentences of "' [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in Hall v Wandsworth Health Authority ( 1985 ) 129 SJ 188 the court said that costs could be awarded when the respondents had been dilatory in answering the plaintiffs ' solicitors ' requests for discovery with no excuse and that leave to appeal from the master 's order as to costs was not necessary . |
| 2 | The catch-all response ‘ What do you think ? ’ to the students ' requests for assistance provides the opportunity to engage the student in discussion of possible options . |
| 3 | Hitherto , her parents ' requests for withdrawal of her life-support measures had been denied by the courts on the grounds that the patient 's own wishes in the matter were unclear , and that nobody else was competent to make the decision on her behalf . |
| 4 | Compacts however have certain expectations of participating organisations : a ) they should provide good Work Experience places , and allow students to make wide-ranging investigations which will include questions concerning trade unions ; b ) they should offer permanent jobs with good quality training and prospects ; c ) they should , as far as possible , co-operate with schools ' requests for curriculum and in-service training support . |
| 5 | Lawyer Lewis Unglesby told the jury at Baton Rouge , Louisiana , at Rodney Peairs ' trial for manslaughter , that his client had been a victim of crimes before and , fearing for his safety , had acted in self-defence when Yoshihiro Hattori continued to approach him after being warned to stop . |
| 6 | A wide gap separates patients ' and doctors ' proposals for change |
| 7 | The House of Lords lost its powers of financial scrutiny in the 1911 Parliament Act , but the House of Commons continued to be jealous of its power to scrutinise ministers ' proposals for expenditure . |
| 8 | Taligent Inc , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp venture devoted to building an object-oriented operating system environment plans to deliver a complete 32-bit object-oriented operating system around the middle of 1995 and will be looking well beyond its masters ' horizons for custom . |
| 9 | Taligent Inc , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp venture devoted to building an object-oriented operating system environment plans to deliver a complete 32-bit object-oriented operating system around the middle of 1995 and will be looking well beyond its masters ' horizons for custom . |
| 10 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 11 | The second defendant was sent a photocopy of the affidavit and he sent it to the defendants ' solicitors for advice in the context of the wrongful dismissal claim . |
| 12 | Likewise , in Alejo Carpentier 's The Kingdom of This World , an account of slave revolts in Haiti at the end of the eighteenth century , the Negroes ' struggle for liberty opposes their magical world of voodoo to the rational , cerebral world of their French masters . |
| 13 | In many of her novels May Sinclair was concerned with her characters ' struggle for individuality in a suppressive environment , which was frequently identified with the values of the Victorian society the author herself grew up in . |
| 14 | Some provide extensive facilities and pioneer new methods of treatment , education and care ; others are small social clubs meeting in members ' houses for companionship and leisure activities . |
| 15 | Roh also indicated that the two Koreas ' plans for reunification could be combined in a three-stage formula , starting with the South Korean plan based on a Korean community , and proceeding to a confederal republic of Koryo , as proposed by the North . |
| 16 | candidates ' plans for progression |
| 17 | The Friers ' award for decor was presented to Cornmill Theatre who had staged ‘ The Gentle Island ’ on the final evening . |
| 18 | Jesus ' prayer for unity among his followers ( John 17 : 20–23 ) |
| 19 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 20 | House builders ' plea for action |
| 21 | Innkeepers ' liability for guest 's property |
| 22 | The Education Committee will look in governors ' minutes for evidence of this . |
| 23 | By the time of Johnson 's accession , the second generation West Indians ' enthusiasm for sport was beginning to germinate and , by the end of the decade , decisive steps had been made in both athletics and soccer . |
| 24 | The reform aimed to test consumer reaction to higher prices , and to stimulate farmers ' enthusiasm for grain production . |
| 25 | Foreign currency and the goods it buys are very important to the USSR and events since the second oil shock will certainly have increased the Soviet economic planners ' enthusiasm for gas . |
| 26 | The main reason for general practitioners ' enthusiasm for counselling may well be a desire to reduce contact with and responsibility for a very demanding group of patients . |
| 27 | Further Education Teachers ' Certificate for Movement and Dance Teachers |
| 28 | Delegation of management responsibilities will be needed : ( 1 ) to avoid having to take day to day problems to full partners ' meetings for decision ; ( 2 ) to free individual partners from onerous administrative tasks so as to allow them to concentrate on fee earning ; ( 3 ) because it is inherently more efficient . |
| 29 | The governors ' responsibility for school premises likewise has implications for their special needs role . |
| 30 | The guardians ' responsibility for training would then end , and the probationers would be absorbed into the affiliated hospital for their third and fourth years . |