Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derrida has sometimes been criticized for the generality of phrases such as ‘ the history of the West ’ or the claim that his work involves a critique of ‘ Western metaphysics ’ . |
| 2 | The court may require any property transferred as part of the transaction to be vested in the company , release any security given by the company , require ‘ any person ’ to make payments to the administrator or liquidator in respect of benefits received by him from the company , provide for a guarantor whose obligations have been discharged to be under revived obligations , provide for security to be given for the discharge of obligations imposed by the order and for the priority which such security shall have , and provide for the extent to which persons may be able to prove in the winding up . |
| 3 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 4 | One reason often given for the dispersal of books is their appearance , and not their physical state — any shabbiness or indication that people might actually be reading them — but the visual appeal of their dust-jacket design . |
| 5 | The test of whether there are unobservable electrons can not be the test just given for the presence of dragons . |
| 6 | In a book written by educators for educators , a description of some of the causes of visual disability that can be encountered in schoolchildren is given for the guidance of teachers in their work with pupils . |
| 7 | Contracts had already been given for the erection of grandstands and a tented village . |
| 8 | On the basis of the figures given for the number of infants requiring blood transfusion there is no significant difference between the two groups for either ventilated infants or all infants ( χ 2 test , two by two analysis ) . |
| 9 | Corporatism thus implies an ‘ institutional fusion ’ , whereby organizations that developed for the representation of interests become instruments of state intervention ( Jessop 1979 ) . |
| 10 | The data structures developed for the representation of lexicons are useful in any situation where vocabularies are needed , for example in word processors , spelling checkers , or for the classification of electronic documents ( such as e-mail ) . |
| 11 | These should be checked for the existence of attributes in the functional domain . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a crazy state of affairs for a player to be persecuted for the reaction of others to what he has done . ’ |
| 13 | Vic takes the Daily Mail with him to the lavatory , the one at the back of the house , next to the tradesmen 's entrance , with a plain white suite , intended for the use of charladies , gardeners and workmen . |
| 14 | The answers that his analysis might produce were not intended for the enlightenment of participants but for the enlightenment of anthropologists . |
| 15 | In solidarity with his fallen race , though he himself was without any sin , this man called Joshua in the Hebrew and Jesus in the Greek entered the river Jordan to be baptised for the remission of sins . |
| 16 | In Keen v Parker [ 1976 ] RTR 213 it was held that a sidecar designed for the carriage of goods was just as much a sidecar as one which carried passengers . |
| 17 | The present exhibition will take place in the new Lower Gallery which has been specially designed for the display of drawings . |
| 18 | Serial or inverted files specifically designed for the retrieval of records on the basis of the values of multiple keys are a useful tool for the file designer . |
| 19 | Chiming clocks and the ringing of church bells were forbidden for the duration of hostilities , or until the invasion came . |
| 20 | But another member of the workshop was annoyed that the educational ability of the local people was being blamed for the lack of jobs in the area . |
| 21 | Acidic emissions from mines and industrial plant in the area is blamed for the decay of forests and plant life in Lapland — which stretches across Norway , Sweden and Finland and into the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | The proposals were received coolly by the African National Congress ( ANC ) whose deputy president , Nelson Mandela , warned that the time had not yet come for the lifting of sanctions . |
| 23 | The ‘ Douglas ’ was installed for the use of doctors , and was closely followed by subscriber exchanges for other businesses like the Iron Consortium , otherwise known as the ‘ Iron Ring ’ . |
| 24 | The use of this score is recommended for the selection of patients with high early mortality after variceal bleeding despite sclerotherapy , and for the design of new therapeutic trials . |
| 25 | the document was served by a method prescribed by the internal law of the State addressed for the service of documents in domestic actions upon persons who are within its territory , or |
| 26 | It seems unlikely that a tortious duty of care or fiduciary duty would ever be applied for the benefit of non-members , since this would hinder the exchange 's performance of its overriding duty of fairness . |
| 27 | A similar routine is applied for the disinfection of tanks and other closed vessels for 10 minutes after the outlet drain condensate reaches 85°C . |
| 28 | There was no colour bar , because normal rules are applied for the selection of recruits and it just happens that black and Asian people fall the tests . |
| 29 | 1823 " Now direct the Collector to pay Twenty pounds Sterling as the sum formerly stented , and to be appropriated for the suppression of thieves — of which sum the Collector will be discharged on paying the same to Mr. McAlpine … for his outlay on his dwelling house . " |
| 30 | In Britain , cases have been argued for the existence of estates in the Fens and around Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase , while the inscription from the ‘ villa ’ at Combe Down near Bath provides irrefutable proof . |