Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 2 | Miloš and Marasli negotiated a settlement which provided for a Serbian administration , based on a national council of the knezovi of each of the twelve nahijes , who in their own districts would work alongside a Turkish administrator ( müsellim ) . |
| 3 | On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal . |
| 4 | At a meeting of the party 's national executive committee which prepared for a radical shake-up in Labour 's constitution , Mr Smith backed the sweeping away of union involvement in choosing the leader and MPs . |
| 5 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
| 6 | All were charged under the National Security Law which provided for a maximum penalty of death by hanging . |
| 7 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 8 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 9 | The businessmen who last year jostled to fill Mr Collor 's campaign chest now sound like the turkeys who cackled for an early Christmas . |
| 10 | On I May he left for a Mediterranean cruise in the vain hope that this might cause an improvement . |
| 11 | The USA also approved a separate , vaguely worded and non-binding preamble which called for an eventual Middle East peace conference . |
| 12 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 13 | Voting patterns in these constituencies indicated that the FIS would have little difficulty in securing the additional 28 seats it needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 14 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 15 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 16 | It was faith in a God Who cared for an individual , and spoke to him , lovingly and regularly . |
| 17 | The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains . |
| 18 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 19 | Last night he played for a hand-picked team of personal friends against the national side after recent appearances to help out injury-hit Bayern Munich . |
| 20 | My eldest sister had a black cauldron suspended from an old iron cooking tripod , this was filled with sawdust and packed with small gifts which made for an attractive lucky dip at tuppence a time . |
| 21 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
| 22 | Conversely , where there is an oversupply of manpower of a particular kind , one may find downwards substitution , e.g. graduates working in ‘ non-graduate ’ jobs , leading sometimes to a ‘ cascade ’ effect whereby people who trained for a particular level of work are systematically displaced by those more highly trained . |
| 23 | The French objective was spelled out more clearly in November by Couve de Murville who argued for a complete overhaul of the Community institutions , in effect implying a revision of the heart of Rome . |
| 24 | The question of who is an " occupant " is discussed in Paterson v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 37 , where a new manager who applied for a permanent transfer of an off sale licence was held not to be an " occupant " where he had no interest in the premises other than as an employee . |
| 25 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
| 26 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 27 | On Aug. 2 Nakayama and his Lao counterpart , Gen. Phoune Sipaseuth , signed three economic aid agreements which provided for a Japanese aid package to Laos totalling 1,636,630,000 yen ( approximately US$11,000,000 ) . |
| 28 | Harry 's weight swung him round but did not tear him from his hold , and it was the boy and not the man who hung for a long , palpitating moment suspended on the edge of the drop . |
| 29 | In theory , the captain of a ship was entitled to take into his ship as midshipmen , volunteers , or captain 's servants any of the sons of his friends who hoped for a naval career , but in practice even this form of entrance patronage was limited and largely in the hands of flag-officers , for it would be a captain with a liking for half-pay who would refuse the requests of an influential admiral . |
| 30 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |