Example sentences of "[noun] for " in BNC.

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31 ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment .
32 Once a particular electron has soaked up enough energy from the X-rays for its release it begins to radiate from the parent atom ( Figure 3 ) .
33 In the winter of 1956 , he was further irritated by problems with his teeth : he was about to have X-rays for the three which remained to him .
34 I 'd be eating fried X-rays for breakfast . ’
35 Pool midfielder David McCreery is fit after precautionary X-rays for a chest infection and could return to the side .
36 By 1906 Picasso had known the work of Gauguin for some time .
37 The rowan tree ( Sorbus aucuparia ) or in Gaelic , which stands in the corner of the kitchen garden or just beyond the house or byre , has protected the home , the family and the cattle from witches and fairies for centuries , and has endured after many a homestead has been deserted .
38 His protest that this was the worst kind of Victorian colonialism was short-hand for the conviction that the action had played into the hands of all the enemies of the West .
39 Standard is selling most of its continental commercial banking operations to WestLB for £100m .
40 Although tired and running out of provisions , the English had several advantages : a good defensive position ; a united command ; and the use of an army which had already proved highly successful against the Scots , a combination of archers and dismounted men-at-arms for which , in the conditions prevailing on the day , the French cavalry and the crossbowmen of their Genoese allies proved no match .
41 Earlier this year BICC paid £106million for BRIntec in the US .
42 However , the British breeds are considered better for meat quality and taste and also for thrift and adaptability ; they remain in demand as sucklers , whereas the French and other large continental breeds are perhaps better suited as beef sires for commercial crossbreeding in dairy herds .
43 The solid-coloured , hardy breeds of central and southern France include some traditional dairy breeds now developed as suckler cows for commercial crosses , and the massive traditional draught breeds which are now so important as sires for those beef crosses , a role in which their influence has become widespread in Europe and elsewhere in recent years .
44 ‘ Have you known Marianne for long ? ’
45 It was in fact my experience of working with the banks and institutions for the recapitalisation and reconstruction of John Brown which led me to think that the City is much maligned over its attitudes to industry and the accusation of short-termism is not justified .
46 As Europe moves towards its goal of a common internal market , and as its institutions for political and security co-operation evolve , the link between the United States and the European Community will become even more important .
47 A high proportion of us die not at home , but in hospitals , clinics and special institutions for the terminally ill .
48 Institutions for change
49 However , the first half of the nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in social practice in many Western societies : deviants and dependents were increasingly segregated into institutions — mental hospitals , prisons , reformatories , poorhouses and other such closed purpose-built institutions for control , treatment and punishment ( Rothman , 1970 ; Foucault , 1977 ; Cohen , 1979 ; Melossi and Pavarini , 1981 , Scull 1984 ) .
50 During this period , a significant expansion in the existing supply of institutions for children occurred in Flanders , the Netherlands , and the United Kingdom ( Lammertyn and Antoons , 1990 ) .
51 We will play our full part in the design and discussion of monetary institutions for Europe .
52 Almost anywhere where a substantial Palestinian community exists it has generated its own institutions for social , economic as well as political activity .
53 In some cases , there are competing institutions for policy-making and implementation of soil conservation ( such as in FAO itself ) as in many governments of lesser developed countries .
54 It has been designed to respond to the rapid growth of banking and financial services both within the regions and at national and international level , and the increasing demand from banks , insurance companies , building societies and other financial institutions for relevant graduates .
55 But he simply does not come to grips with the genuine political and cultural difficulty of establishing effective institutions for research in applied sciences , such as agriculture and medicine , which can not be seeded entirely by individual commitment and talent .
56 Britain 's IT firms , in company with any others that use electronic equipment , rely on universities and other institutions for a supply of skilled people .
57 Monsignore de Haerne had previously already founded Catholic institutions for the deaf in Belgium , France and Portugal and was later to found one in India .
58 The twelve member states , by a separate protocol , would authorise the eleven to use the Community 's institutions for the purpose of implementing social policies pursuant to the Social Charter .
59 The House of Lords Select Committee on the EC has welcomed the proposed Directive on the Freedom of Management and Investment of Funds held by Institutions for Retirement Provision .
60 The Mapplethorpe Foundation , founded by the photographer in the year before his death in 1989 , has donated millions of dollars to fund medical research into AIDS and HIV infection and has provided many grants in the form of cash and gifts of Mapplethorpe works to qualified art institutions for the development and expansion of their photography programmes .
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