Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite its enthusiasm for Unix , Bull says it is committed to continue support for its proprietary GCOS6 , GCOS7 and GCOS8 product lines , which are now positioned as specialised high-performance transaction processing servers , saving on costs by using as many common technologies to produce the three lines as possible . |
| 2 | In Italy in 1979 , an ad hoc committee of women drafted a Rape Bill and proceeded to launch a ‘ signature campaign ’ to gather support for it . |
| 3 | If you have an existing Section 226 policy ( or retirement annuity contract , as it is sometimes also called ) , then , as you will know , it is an insurance policy designed to invest money for your retirement . |
| 4 | Sometimes it makes very good sense to borrow money for something . |
| 5 | Mortimer and Isabella tried to cultivate support for their regime by lavish grants to the deposed king 's half-brothers the Earls of Norfolk and Rent : Rent , for example , was granted Despenser 's forfeited lands in Leicestershire . |
| 6 | The ultimate sanction of oppositional nationalism is to claim legitimation for its own armed force against the armed force of the allegedly containing state . |
| 7 | A United Nations air traffic and arms embargo against Libya was starting today over its refusal to extradite the two suspects to Britain or the United States to stand trial for their alleged involvement in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988 , which killed 270 people . |
| 8 | They complain that Tokyo is quick to take control of local projects but slow to provide money for them . |
| 9 | The ladies concerned I think were very pleased er , erm , I do I think it 's a very good idea , erm , to give a wife 's medal and er , with all the medals , and we ought to provide money for them the amount of waiting about they have to do |
| 10 | He told a rally in Nottingham : ‘ Rattled by Labour 's failure to attract support for its own policies , now Neil Kinnock offers bait for the Liberals . |
| 11 | In an ideal world this would mean that a lot of clever people , all anxious to communicate enthusiasm for their subject , would talk helpfully about it to their colleagues . |
| 12 | Is it just a curious coincidence that one of the Bristol ships involved in the exploration of 1481 had on its previous voyage called at the Franciscan convent at Huelva , where Columbus was later to secure support for his proposed voyages ? |
| 13 | As a general rule it may be said that the more serious the breach , the clearer the words needed to exclude liability for it , and that where the court is faced with a choice of two or more interpretations of a clause , it will favour the one which produces the most reasonable result . |
| 14 | Leaving aside the position of the consumer who is party to a business contract , who clearly needs some special protection , the question of exemption clauses under s 2 is not merely one of regulating an unfair desire on the part of a party to exclude liability for his own negligence . |
| 15 | Here , the District had few branches and had failed in its bid to secure funding for its own tutor-organiser . |
| 16 | There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves . |
| 17 | We had gone to the Council Offices to obtain permission for him to take it with him . |
| 18 | A white cow used to provide milk for everyone in the locality , but it was customary for only one pailful to he taken . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , being able to accept responsibility for what had happened did n't make her feel any better about it ! |
| 20 | The MPs said the bank had to accept responsibility for its failure as BCCI 's supervisor , which had been demonstrated so clearly in the report by Sir Thomas Bingham , a High Court judge . |
| 21 | He has since sought help from Esther Rantzen 's That 's Life programme in an effort to get someone to accept responsibility for his losses . |
| 22 | May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success . |
| 23 | It subsequently transpired that the conveyancing arrangements I have described were part of a fraudulent scheme of the Hammonds to obtain money for themselves using the property as security . |
| 24 | Therefore the prosecution should try to provide corroboration for her allegation at the investigation stage , even regarding the accused 's identity ( R v Midwinter ( 1971 ) 55 Cr App R 523 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ For the increase of divine worship ’ ( though also to provide patronage for his protégés ) , he created three new prebends , one endowed with land he himself had acquired . |
| 26 | My uncle managed to find work for him on one of the nearby farms and the family moved in with him . |
| 27 | Uncle would visit the local farms , trying to find work for them . |
| 28 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 29 | What on earth had prompted him to come hunting for me ? |
| 30 | It is hoped to attract 500 people to each of the two performances and to follow up the event with an ‘ Open Day ’ to be held the next week at which the public will be encouraged to try Medau for themselves . |