Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] national [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Curragh Affair of 1914 some British officers appeared to claim to stand for a special national interest above that asserted by civilian politicians and their attitude would have been understood by professional soldiers in other countries . |
| 2 | Some major parties quickly rejected the whole idea of the planned conference , regarding it as undemocratic , and called for a genuine national conference to draw up a new constitution . |
| 3 | The committee recommended that O grades , taken only by the abler pupils , be replaced by an examination that matched comprehensive education , and that all pupils should be assessed for a single national certificate in each subject . |
| 4 | The Italians during the same period , aiming for a distinctive national style , succeeded in producing at Turin , Trieste , Naples , Milan , and Rome a series of unremarkable and uninteresting stations . |
| 5 | As the Canadian railway companies experimented for a distinctive national style , it is perhaps not surprising that they turned to French models , although the styles they adopted were often filtered through the United States . |
| 6 | In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe . |