Example sentences of "continue [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The struggle between the NGC and the PLO leadership was one of several important developments which persuaded the people in the West Bank and Gaza that neither the Arab states nor the PLO were capable of liberating them militarily or diplomatically and that it was pointless to continue to hope for a solution from the outside .
2 ‘ I 'm confident we have nothing to fear in the market place provided we continue to aim for the type of quality sheep that we have seen in the best forward at Stoneleigh . ’
3 Mr Reynolds said his government was continuing to press for the negotiating between loyalist and nationalist politicians to be renewed as soon as possible .
4 But , while social programmes continue to pay for the largesse for defence , scientific research and development has been spared .
5 The ANC , while expressing delight at their decision , nevertheless continued to call for the dissolution of the tricameral parliament , which it regarded as essentially racist .
6 We shall be there thanks to the excellent monetary and economic management that we have enjoyed in the 1980s and will continue to enjoy for the rest of the 1990s under a Conservative Government .
7 The ANC , for its part will continue to work for the unity of our people and we have no doubt that all those who have participated in attempting to solve this problem have done so in the best interests of our struggle .
8 In order to encourage the growth that the South African economy desperately needs , we shall continue to work for the removal of the remaining economic and financial sanctions .
9 They become mature and adult for working purposes at about eight or nine months and will continue to work for the duration of their life .
10 He affirmed that he would continue to work for the maintenance of the status quo , but he felt that the Great Powers could no longer avoid discussing the international consequences which would ensue when Turkey fell .
11 These are : How do we continue to aim for a principle of equity in distributing limited resources across populations ?
12 At many cultural levels the old Petersburg continued to prevail for a while over Moscow in many informal , non-governmental ways , as will be noted in a later chapter .
13 The discount houses agreed to abandon their collectively agreed price for the weekly Treasury bill issue , but they would continue to apply for a quantity of bills sufficient to cover the tender .
14 He continued to play for the club until the age of 65 .
15 We will continue to lobby for a ban on holiday cottages " .
16 Howie Armstrong , Scottish co-ordinator of the EPOCH campaign , End Physical Punishment of Children , said the organisation would continue to press for an end to all forms of corporal punishment against children .
17 Although the Scottish Division defeated re-affiliation by 88 votes to 6 at its Conference in February 1938 the MPs continued to press for a return to the Labour Party .
18 The Labour Party , on the other hand , continued to press for the acceptance of its Parliamentary Standing Orders .
19 During 1990-91 the Commission continued to press for the introduction of its policy deregulating European air traffic routes .
20 After the initial failure to sell Austin Rover and Leyland Vehicles the government continued to negotiate for the sale of Leyland Bus , which was to have been sold to the Laird Group , the second largest UK bus manufacturer .
21 He continues to campaign for the right of Catholics to be openly gay .
22 The Left-wing of the party continued to fight for the adoption of socialist policies .
23 Would you continue to fight for the life of this man who was valued in the community and initially had a strong will to live , even if the odds seemed hopeless ?
24 The veterans say they 'll continue to fight for the truth to be revealed about what they say was a ’ crime against humanity ’ .
25 The charity continued to pay for the schoolmaster in Saltash , who fulfilled certain conditions , the sum of £6. 17s. 2d. per annum up until 1875 , when the school , run by a Mr. Williams , closed down .
26 Certainly of of the size of of the desn deafness claims that we had in the nineteen eighties and will continue to have for the rest of this er of this century .
27 They will continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Railways Board and the British Coal Corporation .
28 It would be weak for the Government to deny it , because the ink of the Queen 's Speech is hardly dry , and it stated that the Government will ’ continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation . ’
29 As the Queen 's Speech put it , the Government ’ will continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation . ’
30 I intend to concentrate on two issues in the Queen 's Speech — the commitment to continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Railways Board and the commitment to introduce a new council tax and to establish a review of local government structure in England .
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