Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could buy salmon , which I suspect could have come from the King 's Reach skirting Balmoral ) for 2/6d a pound ; and there was no dearth of whisky for which I had yet to acquire a taste . |
| 2 | He laid the pistol down and crossed to the drinks cabinet , pouring glasses of whisky for himself and for Carol . |
| 3 | Taxes Act 1988 , s663 states that Chapter II shall not apply in relation to any income arising under a settlement in any year of assessment for which the settlor is not chargeable to income tax as a resident ( no reference is made to domicile ) in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | ‘ But I genuinely feel that my feelings towards the FA have stopped a bit of progress for my son . |
| 5 | He is dropping out of progress for our people in the European Community . |
| 6 | Yes , two months ago she had been just one of the Pinehurst girls , and today she was the owner of a house and faced with the double problem of looking after her sister and providing a means of livelihood for them both . |
| 7 | But the best form of support for her is of course to be found in the framework of an affectionate and united family who will make sure that she is not too lonely and can help her to rebuild her social life . |
| 8 | They rang us to reveal all the good work Lamb does for them — one of many messages of support for him . |
| 9 | The OPZZ declared , however , that its co-operation with Solidarity extended only to trade union matters , and stopped short of support for its role as a political movement . |
| 10 | And by William Lovett , remember : one of that articulate elite which attended the debates at the Rotunda ; one who , knowing full well how partial , minimal and divisive the Whigs ' proposals were , was compelled by the polarisation of opinion they induced to a course of action contributing much to the great flood of support for them ; one who was a founder of the Chartist Movement formed in the wake of the Reform Act . |
| 11 | Service providers would do well to reflect on the evidence presented that common patterns of targeting resources actually discriminate against some of the most heavily involved carers in respect of certain services , and certainly do not lead to higher levels of support for them overall . |
| 12 | Hence national levels of support for what is essentially a late-secondary or post-secondary programme , the local organization which supports it and the commitment of teachers who contribute to it at more than one level — all these matter . |
| 13 | Any further attempt to violate the principle of statehood by the new Northern-led leadership , it could be presumed , is unlikely to succeed — indeed , in certain circumstances could result in a reduction of support for their Northern campaigns . |
| 14 | RITUALISTIC as it was , the Tory grass-roots ' orgiastic display of support for their leader came from the heart yesterday . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , a high proportion of those who live beyond 75 will suffer a degree of frailty , ill-health or disability which makes them dependent on external sources of support for their comfort and well-being . |
| 16 | The evidence on child care reviewed above suggests that mothers continue to be an important source of support for their daughters , both in practical ways and by giving advice and moral support . |
| 17 | Throughout the 1950s the birchers and floggers had been ably represented by a coterie of MPs — Wing Commander Bullus , Brigadier Clarke , Brigadier Medlicott , Captain Waterhouse and the irrepressible Sir Thomas Moore — who had tormented a succession of Home Office spokesmen with their ghoulish enthusiasms , with a substantial measure of support for their aims . |
| 18 | A few opposed the proposals on the ground that they gave international sanction to an undemocratic regime , but it was the more nationalist elements which were particularly vocal , and there was a broad measure of support for their sentiments . |
| 19 | By January 1987 , when it was clear that X Window really worked across multi-vendor networks , there was a joint statement of support for it by Apollo , Data General , DEC , Hewlett-Packard , Masscomp , Siemens and Sony , amongst others ( not IBM ) . |
| 20 | Identification with the team and engaging in the correct patterns of support for it are sufficient . |
| 21 | I take my hon. Friend 's question as an expression of support for our policy of increasing the amount of profit that is left with companies for them to retain or distribute as they think proper . |
| 22 | ‘ There is a lot of support for our fight because people see that the council are targeting people who ca n't fight back . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps it was a show of support for his disciplining of Gilchrist ; perhaps there was the feeling that Worrell had drifted away from the hub of West Indies cricket ; or perhaps once again the selectors simply could not bring themselves to appoint a black man . |
| 24 | Ironically , it was his brother Robert , angered by Anselm 's lack of support for his evidently just case , who counselled this truculent attitude . |
| 25 | President Mengistu Haile Mariam , in a nationally broadcast speech in Addis Ababa on March 5 , put forward proposals for far-reaching economic liberalization , accompanied by political changes to broaden the basis of support for his beleaguered regime . |
| 26 | In December he supported the formation of a new Moslem organization ( the Association of Moslem Intellectuals ) , which united a broad spectrum of Moslem interests and was widely expected to be the basis of support for his candidacy in 1993 [ see p. 37919 ] . |
| 27 | It provides the resources with which to face the implications of change for one 's own religious tradition without fear , but with exhilaration . |
| 28 | She gives me a lot of stick for it . |
| 29 | Nick poured out half a glass of champagne for her and a dribble for Oliver . |
| 30 | But the psychologists compensate for this by claiming other kinds of reliability for their analyses . |