Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 2 | Finally she made her choice and gave the reasons for it with the confidence she always brought to her work . |
| 3 | Pupils should have opportunities to handle and investigate objects for themselves at close quarters . |
| 4 | A constitutional amendment first proposed in 1789 , designed to prohibit a Congress from voting pay rises for itself while in session , finally achieved during May the approval of enough states for it to be incorporated in the Constitution . |
| 5 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 6 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 7 | Now , you 've run a few errands for me since then , without enquiring too closely about their nature . |
| 8 | After all , I had ‘ covered ’ the Boys ' Parliament sessions and other church activities for him on a free lance basis , and I was sure he knew I was determined to take up journalism as a full-time and life-long career . |
| 9 | We aim to take an active role in setting up projects which will set standards of excellence and make the arts more accessible by developing a wide ranging programme of arts activities for everyone in the South East . ’ |
| 10 | The majority were from primary schools but the rangers can arrange educational activities for everyone from nursery school children through to college students . |
| 11 | You 're going to have the job of changing the ice-packs for me through the night , are n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | 750,000 copies of this booklet have been produced and we will try to get copies for you for the next Q.T. Day . |
| 13 | Was he really so unbelievably sure of his charms that he thought he had only to indicate his wishes for them to be fulfilled ? |
| 14 | We 've got future plans for him like getting him up on his feet and walk short distances with full-length calipers |
| 15 | Kaleida will initially be housed at Apple 's headquarters , but there are plans for it to be relocated to Silicon Valley later in the year . |
| 16 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 17 | There are no spare frequencies for it between bands B , C and D. Unofficially it is expected that when finally allocated , Band A will coincide with Band D ( 40–90 kHz ) . |
| 18 | He would send notices of the book to his old school magazine and quietly pin up adverts for it in all the gentlemen 's clubs in London . |
| 19 | He told his audience at the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences : ‘ One of the joys for me of being in France is that you have a particularly strong sense of the ultimate cost to the human spirit of unrelenting migration from the countryside to the big cities . ’ |
| 20 | This means giving them assistance in their cases , and even ( with the client 's consent ) taking cases for them in court if owing to some clash of appointments they find themselves unable to appear . |
| 21 | Hey , come on let's cause , one , level one and two are national curriculum scales for somebody in our school is poor ! |
| 22 | Arguably the most satisfying of all winter puddings for anyone with a trencherman appetite is Sussex Pond Pudding . |
| 23 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 24 | It sets out to show that there are comics for everyone from political exposes to baroque fantasies , from toilet humour to cartoon confessionals . |
| 25 | Take this one , for example ; walking along the canal towpath at this late hour of the night , as if it was the park on a pleasant Sunday afternoon and life held no dangers for him at all . |
| 26 | This boy is clearly highly disturbed and there are dangers for him in either of the options which were open to the justices to make the order or to refuse it . |
| 27 | Too much momentum had gathered behind several of the major reform proposals for them to be abandoned , but the final legislation reflected the government 's intense concern that the new freedom should be carefully circumscribed . |
| 28 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 29 | Cobbett indicates that , at least in Kent , the working class was not yet reconciled to exchanging a cottage on earth for a mansion in heaven : ‘ they appeared to me to be thinking much more about getting houses for themselves in this world first : just to see a little before they entered , or endeavoured to enter , or even thought much about , those ‘ houses ’ of which the parson was speaking ; houses with pig-styes and little snug gardens attached to them , together with all the other domestic and conjugal circumstances . ’ |
| 30 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |