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

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1 One week several AEs were sacked from DPR for their inability to convey the concept of financial futures .
2 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 ) .
3 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 .
4 To ensure that individual students were not losers under the system , access funds were distributed to higher education institutions for them to use at their discretion to help students in particular need .
5 Far from being inclined towards self-righteousness , the Pharisees taught ‘ Be humble before all men ’ , and revered their teacher Hillel for his extreme humility ; and far from being judgemental , they urged ‘ Do not judge your fellow man until you are in his position ’ and ‘ Always judge others by the scale of merit ( that is , charitably ) ’ .
6 Perhaps , though , you could get a message to Cabochon for me . ’
7 ‘ They worked hard to get us into Europe and now there 's no perk for them .
8 If your interest lies in any of the following areas , then this is the SIG for you :
9 Stratford , a royal diplomat , had been provided to Winchester in 1323 against the wishes of the king and paid a heavy penalty for it : his temporalities were seized and exploited for a year , and even after they were restored Stratford was placed under recognizances of £10,000 to the king ( £2000 down and the rest conditional upon his good conduct ) , £1000 to the Despensers , and 1000 marks to the chancellor , Robert Baldock , a clerk for whom Edward had intended the bishopric ; moreover , Stratford was summoned to answer in the King 's Bench for his conduct of a royal mission to the papacy .
10 As his family began to grow , money was hard to come by so he became a clerk for his family and John cannily gave dressmaking work to his new daughter-in-law to help them survive whilst getting good value for money for himself .
11 She designed a T-shirt for them and has written their anthem Children of the 90s .
12 Ten top Megatapes we 'll also throw in , and a groovy T-Shirt for you to look cool in .
13 The priest blessed them , then gave the word , and with a roar , knives unsheathed , the front ranks of the crowd rushed the dais and slashed at the wood of the Virgin 's triumphal car and , shouting aloud , carried it off in fragments ; she continued to look upon it all unmoved from her new perch , and someone came back glorying in his spoils — was it her uncle , or her mother 's father ? — with splinters for each of the family and a chunk the size of a brick for himself .
14 Miss Kingsley was a practical woman ; she had spent years housekeeping for her family and was thirty before she left on the first of her journeys to West Africa in 1893 , taking with her boots , blankets and a hot-water bottle .
15 That 's the power of Good Housekeeping for you .
16 It was now that a more marked difference from the Parisians showed itself in their work , most obviously when they laid hands on Sermisy or Janequin for their own purposes .
17 Steve Hislop , who was also to have ridden a Kawasaki at the Brand 's meeting , will not now be there for there is no bike for him in view of the fact that all efforts are being put behind Farmer .
18 I only just taken his bike for him cos it went a bit rusty cos out the back and er could n't find then could we ?
19 Second , we also promote good health : in 1992 the BMA published ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ ( OUP ) , which points out the health benefits of cycling , and they have since issued the leaflet ‘ Bike for your Life ’ , which has been distributed to all GP 's .
20 Second , we also promote good health : in 1992 the BMA published ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ ( OUP ) , which points out the health benefits of cycling , and they have since issued the leaflet ‘ Bike for your Life ’ , which has been distributed to all GP 's .
21 Second , we also promote good health : in 1992 the BMA published ‘ Cycling : Towards Health and Safety ’ ( OUP ) , which points out the health benefits of cycling , and they have since issued the leaflet ‘ Bike for your Life ’ , which has been distributed to all GP 's — a copy of this is enclosed .
22 Choosing the right bike for you depends on what you want to use it for .
23 Your local police station should be able to mark your bike for you .
24 tried to borrow a bike for us so that we could bike round , but when she
25 When the first draft was published in October 1988 , the Commission presented it more as an EC contribution to wider European agreement on patent law , seeking uniform protection for what Brussels termed ‘ inventions in biotechnology ’ , rather than an attempt to create an ethical framework .
26 It seems clear that , no matter how those at risk may be identified and quantified , social workers will , in practice , increasingly want to ensure that their actions are directed by legislative requirements , both as protection for themselves and as a means of pointing to at least some external criteria for the validity of the protective actions taken in respect of children .
27 Political uncertainty , after the Norse invasions which began in the ninth century , forced a need for protection for which services were given in exchange .
28 When , on 19 March 1856 , the tsar issued a manifesto which spoke of the blessings which were to descend upon the empire as a result of the peace treaty , he envisaged " equal justice and equal protection for everyone , so that each can enjoy in peace the fruits of his own righteous labours " .
29 In return for his allegiance the king received papal protection for himself and his kingdom , he could be excommunicated only by the pope and any lands conquered from the Muslims were confirmed to the crown .
30 ‘ So there is no protection for him in you .
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