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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 . ’
4 He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa .
5 As it does , there may well be a place for prayer for healing of the emotions .
6 He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 .
7 Many larger houses were being split up into ‘ so-called flats ’ , and he called for protection for such families .
8 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 .
9 Whenever she did , I prayed long and hard for protection for Gary .
10 Political uncertainty , after the Norse invasions which began in the ninth century , forced a need for protection for which services were given in exchange .
11 Ray Doyle had bowed to Jack Stone 's pleading request for protection for his family .
12 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 .
13 Right to social security and Labour Code for protection for domestic workers .
14 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 .
15 The federation shall act as guarantor for the liabilities of the Special Fund .
16 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 .
17 Materials are covered from graphite to felt-tips , to pastels — the latter not really suitable for sketchbooks , probably , but ideal for preparation for oils .
18 This would give sufficient time for preparation for release if the Parole Board recommended it , having considered risk .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 It was initiated by one of our ministers erm , who felt it would be useful for churches to share er , their procedures for preparation for church membership .
22 Petitions to the Admiralty for remuneration for his discovery brought nothing .
23 The new Arrangements are very similar to the 1988 Scheme , the main , and welcome , change being the removal of the lower tier in what had previously been a two-tier system for remuneration for advice at police stations : a solicitor could undertake up to £90 of work , extendable retrospectively , where the client was in custody for an arrestable offence , but only up to £50 ( non-extendable ) otherwise .
24 To explore the feasibility and value of County-endorsed , criterion-referenced Certificates in Library and Study Skills for award for pupils in secondary schools .
25 If a decision has been taken about liability for emotional injury one way or the other , and there can be no controversy what decision that is , then everyone should have a right that that decision be enforced until it is publicly disavowed in the same way .
26 Inspection of a copy of the syllabus for Salters ' A-level chemistry ( obtainable from the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations Board ) will demonstrate how appropriate the course is as preparation for a chemistry degree .
27 Most of the work done with the patient standing up aims to make his selective movements of better quality as preparation for making steps .
28 Alternatively , try rubbing over gold with a very small amount of modern PVA emulsion and glue and allowing it to dry as preparation for water-based paint .
29 He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday .
30 Valerie Schwartz had already , with her father Georges , a doctor from Geneva , climbed the Breithorn and Mont Blanc du Tacul as preparation for the big day .
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