Example sentences of "' [noun] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 2 | We investigated the predictors of 2-year mortality after patients ' admission to hospital for community-acquired pneumonia , and focused on the predictive value of age . |
| 3 | The three , all members of the legislature 's trade and industry committee , were accused of having accepted $60,000 from the Korean Automobiles Manufacturers ' Association in return for helping it to gain the National Assembly 's approval for a package of state aid . |
| 4 | The office bearers of the Federation of Publishers ' & Booksellers ' Association in India for 1992/93 are : president — A Machwe ( Wiley Eastern ) ; vice-presidents — Mazharul Ishlam ( Publishers ' & Booksellers ' Association of Bengal ) ; B R Chawla ( Heritage Publishers ) ; R Seshadri ( The Booksellers & Publishers Association of South India ) ; Chandra Pal Gupta ( Bombay Booksellers & Publishers Association ) ; secretary — S C Sethi ( Jaico Publishing House ) ; treasurer — Inderjeet Singh ( Panima Educational Book Agency ) . |
| 5 | Of course , token gestures often suffice to land unknown quantities from obscurity — Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino joined Gillingham from a boys ' club in Crockenhill for the cost of a new set of playing strips . |
| 6 | The Rules of the Fire Offices ' Committee and the Fire Offices ' Committee of Ireland for the Construction of Buildings are those which have been adopted by the Insurance companies , members of the Committee , for the classification of buildings and are based on two grades of construction . |
| 7 | In May 1970 , to further the Appeal , the School was privileged to hold a Reception at the Goldsmiths ' Hall in London for Old Stopfordians and their ladies . |
| 8 | [ since ] the aim of achieving a strong competitive position in international markets , or at least the concern not to be at a disadvantage in comparison with competitors in other countries was one of the chief arguments advanced by some of the first employers ' associations against proposals for social reforms through protective labour and social legislation . |
| 9 | Labour will end the Conservatives ' freeze on benefits for widowed mothers and other lone parents . |
| 10 | ln addition we used voters ' degree of preference for their first-choice party ( over their second choice ) as yet another potential influence upon their ratings of the media 's usefulness . |
| 11 | Boltanski photographed each of 143 pupils when he visited London in September and he is testing the way in which art is created by its context by also sending the portraits to the pupils ' parents in return for the fee which would have been charged by the school photographer . |
| 12 | There has been a steady increase in illegitimacy in the 1980s accompanied by a rise in unmarried parents ' applications to court for maintenance , custody and access . |
| 13 | While the agreement with the Ringaskiddy residents that they would allow interim dumping of Raybestos ' waste in return for a future advance factory provided a short-term solution for the current crisis , a final solution was needed for the toxic waste produced in Cork . |
| 14 | In fact , by winning the Pilkington Glass Ladies ' title in June for the 10th time , she came to within one of Chris Evert 's record of 157 career titles . |
| 15 | This research will be extended by examining 10- to 16-year olds ' perceptions of advertisements for alcoholic drinks . |
| 16 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 17 | Thus , even though they may for professional purposes , guarantee their subjects ' anonymity in return for access , they nevertheless stress that behind the ‘ sources in Whitehall ’ or ‘ the people of Hicktown ’ there are indeed real people ; thus establishing both their veracity and their morality . |
| 18 | While supporting the practitioners ' role as proxy for the patient in purchasing , there is a need to recognise the limitations of this , and wherever possible we should be seeking the opinion of the public . |
| 19 | The war ( September 1939–Armistice June 1940 ) and the Occupation ( 1940–June/August 1944 ) reinforced the authorities ' use of radio for propaganda ; radio , however , emerged from the war and Occupation in less disrepute than the press . |
| 20 | These new agreements obliged both countries ' navies and air forces ( i ) to give 14 days ' advance warning , instead of the previous 25 days , of large military manoeuvres within 80 miles of the coasts of Argentina or of the Falklands Islands and other UK possessions in the south Atlantic ; and ( ii ) to give 42 hours ' notice for permission for combat vessels to approach within 15 miles of either coast , to be arranged by mutual agreement , instead of the previous 48 hours ' notice to approach within 50 miles . |
| 21 | Recently , even those outlets have been drying up because they too have been selling the big breweries ' beer in return for cheap loans . |
| 22 | STAN MARTIN is assistant general secretary of the Musicians ' Union with responsibility for the media . |
| 23 | Often the prizes can run to several hundred pounds ' worth of equipment for the school plus valuable cash prizes for children . |
| 24 | An assizes court in Paris on June 15 , 1990 , sentenced Rolf Dobbertin , a German-born nuclear physicist who had worked for the French National Council for Scientific Research ( CNRS ) , to 12 years ' imprisonment for espionage for East Germany during the 10 years to January 1979 [ see p. 29786 for his arrest in 1979 and p. 33867 for his release in 1983 ] . |
| 25 | But at £3.75 for eight ( 47p each ) they certainly should taste delicious — as should the pies which won second-place , Harrods ' own-brand at £6.50 for 12 ( 54p each ) . |
| 26 | This 1pc increase will mean the highest earner will pay the biggest increase , for example a taxpayer earning £50,000 a year will pay an extra £500 , representing just three days ' pay per year for someone earning £1,000 a week . |
| 27 | When , on 24 May , in a speech before the House of Commons , Churchill acknowledged the Allies ' debt to Spain for keeping open the Straits of Gibraltar , Franco naturally interpreted this as endorsement of his regime and , therefore , another international victory . |
| 28 | The implication of it relating strictly to tariff involves an assumption that the tariff advised was 17 years ' detention as punishment for retribution and deterrence . |
| 29 | He blamed the Tories ' lack of investment for the failure of small businesses . |
| 30 | But the general response of voters made nonsense of the Christian Democrats ' appeal for support for strong government . |