Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 2 | Furious at the angry words , Clare telephoned Thomas Cook in Nice for tickets to London . |
| 3 | He would disappear into the Orient for months , regularly sending back shiploads of jewellery , pottery , textiles and works of art , of exotic styles and astounding quality . |
| 4 | The fund supports the Mariners Park Home in Wallasey for ex-mariners and their wives , the Royal Liverpool Seamen 's Orphanage and the Mersey Mission to Seamen , and other local seafarers ' organisations . |
| 5 | He is concerned about the dissipation of the NCC 's science team , and asks : " What of the UK 's international responsibilities under Conventions such as Ramsar , Bonn and Berne ; or to the EEC for directives such as the Birds Directive and the proposed habitats directive ? |
| 6 | It is ironic that the British government should have gone through so many contortions over local government tax , finally to arrive at a system whereby the bulk of tax is raised centrally and distributed to the local authorities , while such a system has been the norm in Germany for decades . |
| 7 | Two CDU politicians , in comments seen as trial balloons for a longer debate , argued at the weekend that Bonn 's laws should allow dual citizenship to extend full rights to foreigners living in Germany for decades . |
| 8 | I personally would n't regard having to contact Germany for spares as the end of the world , and have always found Warwick to be extremely helpful in such circumstances . |
| 9 | Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ . |
| 10 | the moves today came as no surprise … speculation has been linking Hoddle with Chelsea for weeks … |
| 11 | In my view , it 's the right decision , one taken by Johnny King at Tranmere when he bought John Aldridge for peanuts . |
| 12 | It is available via Internet from FTP Software Inc , Wakefield , Massachusetts , from Microsoft 's Online Software Library , the CompuServe bulletin board , or in forthcoming Microsoft developers kits , such as the preliminary Win32 SDK for Windows NT . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 14 | MICROSOFT POWERPOINT FOR WINDOWS |
| 15 | Microsoft Powerpoint For Windows |
| 16 | The strike was called off on July 15 , when the opposition met Ratsiraka for talks , but their dissatisfaction with the results prompted a resumption of strike action and the announcement that a retired general , Jean Rakotoharison , had been appointed president of the opposition provisional government , with Albert Zafy as prime minister . |
| 17 | Champagne for some , Coca-Cola for others . |
| 18 | She compiled a 1300-page Careers Encyclopedia for school-leavers , graduates , parents , teachers and advisers ( She was working on its thirteenth edition when she died . |
| 19 | Magistrates at Hexham , Northumberland , where McGregor , 24 , of Fisher Place , Buchlyvie , near Stirling , last month admitted forgery , yesterday adjourned the case until 23 March for reports . |
| 20 | Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah , who had succeeded Sheikh Abbas Musawi as secretary-general of Hezbollah in February [ see p. 38750 ] , visited Iran in early March for talks with high-ranking officials . |
| 21 | A major seminar on general SVQs was held in March for headteachers and advisors in the Region . |
| 22 | I recently discovered that this consultation paper had been sent out to some environmental NGOs in England in March for comments by the end of April . |
| 23 | Taking no chances , the doctor sent Lisa for X-rays — they showed that her neck was extremely fragile . |
| 24 | Both development officers continued to see all their workers once a week , either individually ( as in Ipswich , or in Newham for workers who could not attend a meeting ) or as a group . |
| 25 | Gypsies who 've camped on land in Hereford for generations years with the farmer 's permission . |
| 26 | ‘ I used the Alembic for years , until I tried a Status and really liked that , so I 've stuck with them . |
| 27 | It appears that my letter concerning Macca for Rangers has caused a bit of a rumpus . |
| 28 | She coldly snubbed the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for years , and it was revealed recently that she failed to visit two cousins who had been committed to mental institutions . |
| 29 | ‘ You and Drew and your friend Paula must go to Los Alamos for tests . |
| 30 | He was sent by Henry III to Rome in 1226 , 1227 , 1228 , and 1234 ; to Antwerp for negotiations with envoys of the Emperor Frederick II in 1227 ; and on several occasions to France or Wales to renew truces . |