Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This programme would be in addition to government funding already budgeted for a high-speed rail link to the French side of the Channel Tunnel .
2 Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ?
3 AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives .
4 However , the Guild also asked for a comprehensive home-help service so that women would not worry about the welfare of younger children and husbands , but this was not forthcoming .
5 As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap .
6 Fine Gael also called for a full public inquiry before exploration began .
7 A few months after my return Goreng found a use for the less obviously subtle or versatile of his captives , which while turning them to material advantage also catered for a certain desired degree of planned redundancy .
8 For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending .
9 Authorities originally budgeted for a non-payment level of six per cent — about 250,000 Scots .
10 The legislation also provided for a maximum personal income tax rate of 47 per cent and for corporation tax of 45 per cent .
11 JOHN MAJOR today headed for a tough showdown with his predecessor Baroness Thatcher after MPs gave him the go-ahead to ratify the Maastricht Treaty .
12 The British radicals , including the Chartists , who campaigned for a democratic franchise in the early nineteenth century also campaigned for a free press , by which they meant one unhampered by government censorship and taxes .
13 D'Alembord also prayed for a swift and overwhelming victory for himself .
14 The agreement also called for a strict implementation of the Peshawar Accord .
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