Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun pl] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my favourites for growing in containers on a patio or terrace is the heliotrope used for bedding . |
| 2 | I do n't like gritstone : never did — it does n't fit any of my reasons for enjoying climbing , which is why I ca n't see any reason for not bolting it . |
| 3 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 4 | So I still have n't been in the autumn , so one of my reasons for finishing is , is so I can go on holiday in the autumn . |
| 5 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
| 6 | One of my arguments for doing it |
| 7 | The code of practice of the Association of Funeral Directors describes every step of their procedures for dealing with a dead body but constantly emphasizes the need to behave with respect , the need to act ‘ as if the next-of-kin were standing at their elbow , or act as they would if the deceased were a member of their own family ’ . |
| 8 | In winter they earn next to nothing , few of them having in their youth learnt to knit and spin ; and if in summer they are able to go to harvest work , they must pay some person a shilling a week out of their earnings for looking after their children . |
| 9 | We have the benefit of a Conservative Government who will put the battle against inflation at the head of their priorities for dealing with the recession . |
| 10 | Ironically , many also gave the lower crime rate in their adopted homeland as one of their reasons for leaving Britain . |
| 11 | He and his wife also enjoy walking and the countryside of the area is one of their reasons for wanting to remain in the North . |
| 12 | However a special resolution required under the section may not be proposed unless it has been recommended by the directors , and there is circulated to members entitled to notice of the meeting a written statement by the directors of their reasons for making the recommendation , the amount to be paid to the company in respect of the proposed issue , and the directors ' justification of that amount . |
| 13 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |
| 14 | Many small businesses do not have the production levels to warrant a full container of their products for exporting to a single destination . |
| 15 | With design in Germany racing forward , some of their ideas for coordinating fabrics in the bedroom with colours in your wardrobes can create an image which is as cool as a stroll in the Black Forest . |
| 16 | The compost supplied especially for use in modules is best , as it can be compacted firmly ; this makes for blocks which remain in one piece when pressed out of their cells for transplanting . |
| 17 | Recognising that they had no power and little influence with which to contain Castro 's radicalisation ( as Moscow wished ) , the skilled and experienced politicians of the PSP responded quickly to the changed situation and began asserting the advanced character of the revolution as one of their ploys for enlisting Soviet assistance . |
| 18 | As they go , one of their justifications for behaving dictatorially is starting to look strong . |
| 19 | The Communist Party certainly thought , I mean the reason wh one of their justifications for preserving the rich peasant economy was that how that it 's thought the middle peasants would want to try to rise up to br |
| 20 | As Rabin has stated , the ‘ very essence of arbitrariness is to have one 's status redefined by the state without an adequate explanation of its reasons for doing so . ’ |
| 21 | AN INCOMING Labour government would turn large areas of Whitehall upside down — but the party 's policy review barely considers the implications of its plans for restructuring government departments . |
| 22 | Some aspects of its proposals for reforming the police and rethinking police tactics were implemented during 1982 and 1983 , but evidence of the ‘ urgent action ’ which it called for in other areas remained difficult to find . |
| 23 | MICROSOFT GIVES A SNEAK PREVIEW OF ITS IDEAS FOR TAPPING INTO THE GROUPWARE MARKET , INVADING LOTUS NOTES TURF |
| 24 | The British government carried out a review of its arrangements for handling nuclear accidents overseas following the Chernobyl accident . |
| 25 | Charged with the setting up of a central UK single professional register of nurses , midwives and health visitors , and mindful of its responsibilities for enhancing professional standards , the UKCC first began looking at the issue of mandatory refreshment for nurses and health visitors while still a shadow body in 1982 . |
| 26 | He said Nicola had not yet talked of her reasons for running away from her farmhouse home near Biddulph , Staffordshire . |
| 27 | Since then , the fundamentalists have been waging a steady war on the government , at one point demanding the resignation of the Education Minister because of his plans for reforming the teaching of Islam in schools . |
| 28 | The two , Marxist and Empirical Socialist , unite in their criticism of the utopian promise of his schemes and of the impracticability of his proposals for carrying them into effect . |
| 29 | One of his reasons for leaving the Navy had been his dislike of the social relations between officers and ratings — take three paces backwards and shout at them . |
| 30 | I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family . |