Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two requirements were first established by Greek playwrights and were later codified by the Académie Française ( 1635 ) when it laid down rules for the composition of any literary work . |
| 2 | This appears from the decision of the European Court of Justice in Zuckerfabrik Sûderdithmarschen A.G. v. Hauptzollamt Itzehoe ( Cases C 143/88 and C 92/89 ) , The Times , 27 March 1991 ( judgment delivered on 21 February 1991 ) where the court laid down conditions for the grant of a stay of execution of a national administrative Act based on a Community Regulation because of doubts on the part of the national court as to the validity of the Regulation ( see paragraphs 22–23 of the judgment of the court ) . |
| 3 | A meeting at the House of Commons between Maxton , Brockway , Campbell Stephen and McGovern of the ILP , and Pollitt , Gallacher , Kerrigan and Springhall of the Communist Party , laid down conditions for the continuance of the United Front . |
| 4 | More than 4,000 12 to 16year-old members of the Halifax Building Society Quest Club filled in questionnaires for the latest survey . |
| 5 | In 1628 , now established as chief minister , he drew up proposals for the systematic preservation of official papers of all kinds , including those relating to foreign affairs ; but nothing came of this . |
| 6 | The family drew up plans for the four-bedroom house after their previous home on the same site in the village of Meopham , Kent , was destroyed by fire . |
| 7 | As well as his authorship of many books he drew up plans for the House of Correction at Maidstone , was elected to the Rochester Bridge Corporation , a deputy Alienations officer , deputy Keeper of the Rolls , President of Cobham College and , a few months before his death , Keeper of the records in the Tower of London . |
| 8 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |
| 9 | The reader interprets this as " the echo died away " , but is aware that the sound has conjured up birds for the people . |
| 10 | Suggestions have been made too that WEN and TV 's World In Action were somehow mistaken in their studies or misinterpreted their test results , even though World In Action 's tests were undertaken by RECHEM , researchers who have carried out tests for the industry itself . |
| 11 | The market system holds out opportunities for the peasant , but it also makes his situation more precarious . |
| 12 | We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme . |
| 13 | Yes , yes Erm one once you 've done that if you could give in diaries for the day and then your time is your own . |
| 14 | We have also attempted to set down priorities for the Council . |
| 15 | For around £20 each we enjoyed the simple pleasures of being able to dance the Gay Gordons round a bonfire at midnight , vomit into a loch instead of on to a pavement , and stumble up hills for the remainder of the week walking off hangovers . |
| 16 | The two boys then spent the rest of the day helping beaters send up birds for the guns . |
| 17 | First it 'll stop off at Brize Norton to pick up supplies for the Tornadoes operating the air exclusion zone . |
| 18 | They thought that it might be excusable to exploit situations to promote the individual MP 's career within his own party or to look after constituency interests , but it was quite inexcusable to open up opportunities for the Opposition to criticize the government . |
| 19 | It is a relatively straightforward matter to sort out guidelines for the conduct of the latter ; much more difficult to control the character of the former . |
| 20 | The International Atomic Energy Authority ( IAEA ) is concerned that Bulgaria will hold the West to ransom over demands for the closure of Kozloduy nuclear power plant , found to be " in a very poor condition " by IAEA experts [ see ED 48 ] . |
| 21 | Ministers will meet on the day the Oxford Economic Forecasting group warned the Chancellor against relaxing interest rates too quickly as it would ‘ store up problems for the future ’ . |
| 22 | Genetic engineering has opened up possibilities for the introduction of genes which confer the ability to produce either insecticidal toxins or semiochemicals which alter insect behaviour . |
| 23 | The sound of laughter apparently conjures up starlings for the people . |
| 24 | Yeah , we 've drawn out deadlines for the books to be copied and , and it will be launched at Easter . |
| 25 | The danger for such grand schemes is that the developed countries will think up targets for the rest of the world to meet , without fully considering the implications for their own domestic policies . |
| 26 | The actual assessment process is modular and candidates can build up credits for the individual units [ above and below ] which make up the NVQ . |
| 27 | Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought . |
| 28 | LOCAL AUTHORITIES drawing up plans for the community care reforms will have to consult with the private and voluntary sector , the new Department of Health guidelines say . |
| 29 | As the Republic seems set to qualify for America , they are drawing up plans for the biggest television sports blockbuster ever . |
| 30 | In 1545 he was one of those appointed to devise new means of tackling the problem and in the 1550s he took a leading part in drawing up constitutions for the city 's new or refounded hospitals . |