Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year . |
| 2 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 3 | The travellers were trying to get into a rock festival at Long Marston airfield near Stratford on Avon planned for this weekend.Roads around the site were blocked by the travellers as they confronted the police for most of the night . |
| 4 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 5 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 6 | The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level . |
| 7 | Toby gestured for another glass of Bollinger and continued : ‘ No , the clues may perhaps lie in that contract between Supersight and Brian Harley . |
| 8 | Oh look , it 's Richard Branson going for another record in his big balloon — go on , bomb the bearded bigwig ! |
| 9 | Until 1986 Andy caddied for several players , including Gary Player and Bernhard Langer . |
| 10 | Ms Torcato worked for several newspapers and magazines in India and , more recently , in Gulf countries . |
| 11 | But while the BHRCA speaks for many companies and individuals , it does not represent everyone , or even every sector , and is sometimes at odds with the views of other bodies . |
| 12 | All but a handful of LEAs bid for these grants ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.1 ; CIPFA , 1989 , p. 18 ) . |
| 13 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 14 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 15 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
| 16 | I 'm also annoyed by the timespots Tod allows for each section . |
| 17 | The Department of Agriculture in Scotland has for many years conducted individual farm assessments with appeal committees on which farmers are represented . |
| 18 | HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world . |
| 19 | And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings . |
| 20 | Again Hugh thought for some time . |
| 21 | Russia asks for more time to phase out ozone depleters |
| 22 | The matrix unc is called the adjugate of A. If A is singular , so that unc vanishes , then unc In this case , if A is simply degenerate , unc is of rank 1 ; but if A is multiply degenerate , so that all the cofactors of Aij vanish for all i , j , then unc is null . |
| 23 | No one in Scotland voted for this measure . |
| 24 | He encouraged us also to get more involved in equine matters , considering the potential Ireland had for such things . |
| 25 | Indeed , ask an IBMer what the letters CICS stand for these days and the answer , delivered with hardly a grin will be ‘ Certainly Is Client-Server ’ . |
| 26 | ND argued for more free-market economic policies and deep cuts in government spending , while Pasok and Synaspismos called for the preservation of welfare provisions and for a higher productivity in the public sector . |
| 27 | He appears to have got what he wanted and will remain at the Ballycastle Road Showgrounds for another year at least . |
| 28 | Margaret Shepherd , whose cafe in Queen Street has for many years been popular with parties of elderly people , said many handicapped groups had cancelled this year because they could no longer walk straight from the cafe to the seafront . |
| 29 | The captain had been given permission by his superiors in Hamburg to sail for any port which would accept his passengers . |
| 30 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |