Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four other cases , brought on Sept. 10 and 12 , involved the improper grant of a contract to oversee a power scheme , the export of Pakistani cotton at below market rates , the sale of property in Islamabad worth £150,000,000 for a mere £500,000 to a foreign company managed by associates of her husband , Asif Ali Zardari , and the improper granting of permits to a close relation and to a friend enabling them to distribute liquified gas . |
| 2 | The press apparently had expected Steffi 's invincible reign to last for several years — when last year Graf had a bad year ( by her standards ) the men and women of the press understandably searched for reasons for it — and voiced them . |
| 3 | I can look for reasons for what I did and call those reasons excuses ; what he did to Alice , how he bullied Mother , how I hated him . |
| 4 | Those who do their best but , for reasons for which they may not be to blame , are not temperamentally suited to deep involvement in the special problems of the elderly , may have other talents for caring . |
| 5 | John Daubney is no fool and has sought the solution because he , like many others , looks for reasons for unexpected noises occurring at 3 a. m. in the morning . |
| 6 | However , this conflict between preparation for an invasion and the immediate raiding of the enemy coasts was never clearly resolved ; and a force of Royal Marines and Commandos was held on the Clyde forever preparing for landings against the possible need to capture an Atlantic island base should Gibraltar fall . |
| 7 | J.M. Sinclair put forward at Coloma College ( and elsewhere in print ) an analogy between preparation for teaching and for a range of medical and para medical employment . |
| 8 | Thus far , the effective popularisation of basic Keynesian arguments would help strengthen a socialist case for the social planning of investment as in the interests of workers , both immediately ( in terms of employment prospects and living standards ) and in their capacity as savers for the future . |
| 9 | In the East , ‘ there could be such a lust for reunification for economic reasons , to get access to the prosperity of West Germany , that it will pressurise all the existing political parties into embracing reunification . ’ |
| 10 | And that becomes the arbitrator for requests for information for the data access mechanism , whatever that happens to me be . |
| 11 | He had left Najaf in 1977 , finding asylum in France and a new operational base from which to beam his messages to the populace , such as calls for the creation of the revolutionary ‘ komitehs ’ that sprang up ‘ in many parts of the capital ’ and appeals to the army to desert . |
| 12 | The victimized workers may not have won their jobs back , but they and other workers learned about the value of self-organization at work as well as about strategies for relating to trade unions . |
| 13 | Professional attitudes and perceptions need to change , and professional knowledge and understanding about societal and cultural matters , as well as about strategies for multicultural education , need to be increased . |
| 14 | He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . |
| 15 | As it does , there may well be a place for prayer for healing of the emotions . |
| 16 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 17 | Many larger houses were being split up into ‘ so-called flats ’ , and he called for protection for such families . |
| 18 | And if you also apply for protection for your spouse or your whole family , you will receive a stylish Pocket Calculator as an extra free gift . |
| 19 | Whenever she did , I prayed long and hard for protection for Gary . |
| 20 | Political uncertainty , after the Norse invasions which began in the ninth century , forced a need for protection for which services were given in exchange . |
| 21 | Ray Doyle had bowed to Jack Stone 's pleading request for protection for his family . |
| 22 | MAI Systems Corp , now based in Irvine , California has filed for protection for Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in a Wilmington , Delaware court . |
| 23 | Right to social security and Labour Code for protection for domestic workers . |
| 24 | On 5 June he is said to have ignored a request from a Catholic merchant for protection for his family in the Mansion House ; and he stirred himself only when the Bank of England was reported to be in the mob 's sights . |
| 25 | The federation shall act as guarantor for the liabilities of the Special Fund . |
| 26 | No. 2099 was taken out of service and removed to Charlton Works for preparation for the journey and left for Leeds on approval on 20 September . |
| 27 | Materials are covered from graphite to felt-tips , to pastels — the latter not really suitable for sketchbooks , probably , but ideal for preparation for oils . |
| 28 | This would give sufficient time for preparation for release if the Parole Board recommended it , having considered risk . |
| 29 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 30 | It 's money for preparation for the next phase of building work which is to restore the Grand Stair and the rainwater system which has failed . |