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

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1 The unemployment of the mid-1880s contributed to the difficulty of sustaining the policy — workhouses were not large enough to hold all of the unemployed in the hardest hit district and out-door relief had to be given by many Guardians , though normally only in return for a daily ‘ test ’ such as stone-breaking in the workhouse yard — the task most favoured by Guardians for the male unemployed .
2 At the same time it should make us aware of the enormity of the task that still lies before us in developing an adequate analysis of the art made by artists for whom ‘ being a woman ’ was not a given , but something to be explored through a historically shaped and socially conditioned artistic .
3 The meeting was preceded by calls for the disbandment of the organization but ended with an agreement to review existing COMECON financial and trade arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles .
4 Several months of public disorder incidents , accompanied by calls for political reforms , appeared to be coming to a head during April , with rioting and repression reported in Douala , Yaoundé , Bamenda , Ngaoundéré , Maroua , Bafoussam , Kumba , and other main centres .
5 Gaidar 's speech was followed by calls for his resignation , but on Sept. 23 the Supreme Soviet refused to endorse a no confidence motion , encouraged to reject it by Supreme Soviet Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov , usually a critic of the government , who asked deputies not to make such a " strategic mistake " .
6 This cut by Sloanes for Hair
7 By Sloanes For Hair
8 The opportunity provided by groups for individuals to share their problems with other ageing people can help to recontextualize individual feelings of helplessness , and assist in refocusing their minds more positively on the prospects of the future .
9 Wolverton already had a flow system for carriage building in operation ; the works were laid out by Park for this , as the plans show .
10 Haunted by penury for the rest of her life , she habitually made notes over other people 's letters and wrote her own on the back of old laundry bills .
11 A guide prepared by LDC for environmentally responsible practice in site planning and construction for all developments .
12 We could next look at the numbers of designers who have left the company over the previous 12 months by reasons for leaving ( figure 10 ) .
13 The £470 million announced yesterday will be taken up in large part by programmes that have already been announced , such as the employment action programme , by money for job clubs and by funds for departmental redundancy payment schemes .
14 ‘ Football supporters are invited by clubs for entertainment and enjoyment .
15 He was acquainted with the facts , had the benefit of much of the argument later addressed to the High Court , and preferred the submissions made to him by counsel for the officers .
16 This , indeed , was the view taken by counsel for Miss Ashley .
17 So , in January 1980 , the psychological evidence was presented in court , and duly challenged by the prosecution and by counsel for one of the other defendants .
18 Anyone reading of the trial would appreciate the ordeal of the rape victim in court as she ‘ sobbed continuously as she was cross-examined by counsel for the men … . ’
19 In a Practice Note in April 1983 ( [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1055 ) Sir John recommended the submission shortly before the hearing of the appeal of ‘ skeleton arguments ’ by counsel for the parties .
20 The absurdity of the monopoly was brought to public attention when Cyril Smith MP 's solicitor sought the leave of the High Court to read out an agreed statement in settlement of a libel action , because he considered the fee proposed by counsel for doing this to be ‘ unnecessarily expensive ’ .
21 It may however be noted that the immunity against judicial interrogation is no longer as complete as it was , for the abolition by the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 of the rule that an accused was not even a competent witness at his own trial opened up the possibility that if he did give evidence he would expose himself to questioning by counsel for the prosecution and in appropriate circumstances by the judge himself ; and his privilege against self-incrimination whilst giving evidence was expressly removed by section 1 ( e ) of the Act of 1898 .
22 The court went on to record that the issues thus created had been narrowed by the acceptance on the part of the applicant 's counsel that the right of silence could not be invoked against the Director prior to the charge of the suspected person , and by counsel for the Director that if , as he submitted , the power to require information did not cease at the time of charge then it did not cease at all ( save in cases where the charge was not pursued ) until the investigation came to an end on the conviction or acquittal of the person charged .
23 None of the second to ninth defendants appeared at the hearing but all the arguments available to them were put by counsel for the ombudsman .
24 If that view were correct , it would appear to pre-empt Woolwich 's arguments in favour of a right to repayment arising at common law , though it is fair to say that this was not the position adopted by counsel for the revenue before your Lordships ' House .
25 It was not suggested by counsel for the mother that , if the non est factum plea failed , she might nonetheless be entitled to rectification against the chargees .
26 In each of these appeals it has been rightly accepted by counsel for the contemnor that the hearing below of the committal application was impeccable , that the sentence imposed for the contempts of court found proved can not be criticised and the committal order properly specified each of the contempts for which the contemnor had been sentenced .
27 May L.J. , at p. 41 , refers to a submission made by counsel for the prosecution that Nolan J. 's reference to ‘ the alternatives ’ was a reference to a choice between breath on the one hand and blood or urine on the other hand and not to a choice between blood and urine .
28 1156 , the House was invited by counsel for the appellant to overrule those cases also .
29 This argument , which is based on grounds of natural justice and procedural fairness , is resisted by counsel for the Secretary of State , partly because the statutory structure does not require that the information should be given and partly in reliance on the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 .
30 It was conceded by counsel for the defendant , necessarily and rightly , that the old offence of larceny by a trick is covered by section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 , as well as by section 15(1) to which we shall refer later , despite what may be called the apparent consent of the victim .
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