Example sentences of "for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grey areas still remain , however , and the Takeover Panel has now attempted to clear one of those concerned with the current fashion for buy-outs . |
| 2 | The BBC Model B was , and probably still is , one of the best equipped home computers for experimenters and ‘ interfacers ’ . |
| 3 | The Association maintains a Home for the disabled , one for convalescents and three Sheltered Housing schemes . |
| 4 | There was none of the violence of illness in it , no writhing or moaning , and it was never impatient or irritable when Kalchu tried to feed it or probed it for sores . |
| 5 | While unaware of the value of vitamins , an old lore recommended its use both as a laxative and as a poultice for sores . |
| 6 | Although you are all for outings with a pack , you will have to be content with your lot for now . |
| 7 | When he had retired , not long before , he had still owned a small car , and he and his wife could do their shopping in style , and go for outings : Wilson in goggles , because the roof was usually open , and his wife carefully tucked in , and veiled . |
| 8 | Like any other young couple they teamed up for outings to the beach , for barbecues with friends , or visits to the cinema . |
| 9 | These may be organized by local groups such as stroke clubs , so that patients and their carers get together for outings or entertainments and shows . |
| 10 | Liz had felt herself to be close to Naomi , as she nursed Naomi 's children , slept with Naomi 's husband , took tea or sherry with Naomi 's parents , helped to form the childish letters which her stepchildren wrote to Naomi 's parents thanking them for presents , for outings . |
| 11 | But there was no fail-safe way to dress for outings in Roman 's company . |
| 12 | The children 's parents help me to put on pantomimes to raise money for outings and the Christmas party . ’ |
| 13 | Connie said : ‘ It has been a marvellous year for outings and we have been very fortunate with the weather this summer . ’ |
| 14 | The Transit minibus will be used for outings and visits throughout the school year . |
| 15 | Saturday was another day for outings , as they had arranged for us to go to an Art Exhibition in the afternoon , and to a singing and dancing programme by ‘ Minority Nationalities ’ ( Ughars , Kazaks , Mongolians , Tibetans , etc. ) in the evening . |
| 16 | A spokeswoman for MEMHS welcomed the merger plan which , she said , would help to raise the profile of often over-looked services in the community . |
| 17 | The ‘ Auxiliary ’ section has three jacks : ‘ Tuner ’ , which can be used either for plugging in an electronic tuner or as a non-effects direct out ; ‘ Phones ’ which is self-explanatory ; and ‘ Mastercontrol ’ , a special socket for use with a volume pedal — very useful for electro-acoustics without onboard volume controls , or even violins or mandolins . |
| 18 | Religion is presented as a response ‘ everywhere to one and the same need ’ : the need for rituals of fertility . |
| 19 | Sometimes fresh cow-dung would be collected for plastering the house , for rituals , or for sealing the clay fermentation jars . |
| 20 | World-wide co-operation in the matter of the venereal diseases was first formalized by the Brussels agreement of 1924 when the signatories undertook to provide a free treatment service for seamen of all countries who were found to be suffering from infection . |
| 21 | My beat went up Duke Street , turn left on Great George Street , up past the David Lewis Hostel for Seamen , down Park Lane , back to the bridewell and the quarter-hour point at the top of Duke Street . |
| 22 | There are exemptions galore ( eg , for seamen , hospital workers and journalists ) . |
| 23 | The Floating Church for Seamen was not the only example … there were inventions that might also serve God : the pews for the use of the deaf , for example , which could be connected to the pulpit with gutta-percha pipes . |
| 24 | The scheme was ahead if its time in providing pensions for seamen and their widows as well as short term relief . |
| 25 | The Merchant Seamen 's Fund provided an illustration and stimulus for the development of a large number of private philanthropic societies to provide relief for sick and shipwrecked mariners , Sailors ' homes and schooling for seamen 's children which endeavoured to do something to ease their lot . |
| 26 | Moreover , in the interests of trade regulation , thrashed out after many years of conflict between coalowners , merchants , shipowners and government , colliers were loaded in sequence and sailed in convoy , giving even better opportunities than elsewhere for seamen , keel men and others to pressurize their employers by delay . |
| 27 | The next move towards national organisation for seamen also arose on the north east coast , though as a result of a very different impetus . |
| 28 | Moore is said to have been a pioneer in producing a periodical for seamen , the Mariners ' Journal , which was published briefly between 185I and 1854 , and to have advocated the first system of paid shore based officials to look after the interests of their members while they were at sea . |
| 29 | From his writings it seems that he was also well aware that effective organisation depended in the final analysis on adequate control of the labour market for seamen . |
| 30 | By 1907 ITF activity was regarded by the shipowners as sufficiently serious to justify the setting up of an International Shipping Federation " to combat the growing forces of socialism and aggressive trade unionism " , but in reality it had made little progress in establishing international standards and the British market for seamen was still being substantially undercut by lower rates of pay of foreign labour . |