Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 2 | The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period . |
| 3 | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club had a more original way of observing its 200 years existence with a Royal Aberdeen Bicentenary Whisky blended for the special birthday occasion . |
| 4 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 5 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 6 | The EC has also contributed to the restoration of the MountAthos monastery , to the reconstruction of the Chiado area in Lisbon , destroyed by the 1988 fire , and to the renovation of a building of the Coimbra University intended for the European College . |
| 7 | Mr Castro said it would be ’ arbitrary , capricious and absurd ’ to apply policies designed for a big country to little Cuba . |
| 8 | If , as these authors postulate , the tumour exerts some type of inhibitory effect on the proliferation of the cells surrounding it , it is possible that the lower labelling index reported for the rectal segment is at least party related to a wider — that is , extending beyond a 5 cm radius — zone of inhibition produced by rectal tumours with respect to those arising in other colonic segments . |
| 9 | In reality , the tsarist authorities substituted for the Nicholaevan concept of " obligated " peasants the slightly more beneficent concept of " temporarily " obligated peasants . |
| 10 | This month , Tom Gadd and Suzanne Ardley look at striking furnishings and accessories designed for a brighter life |
| 11 | ‘ I spoke to the people next door at number 26 and they get mail intended for the other number 26 , ’ he said . |
| 12 | That day , April 29 , twenty Spitfires were safely delivered to Renfrew with one each on April 30 and May 1 for a total of 52 aircraft which constituted 100% of the complement assigned for the second delivery to Malta . |
| 13 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 14 | An example of the pessimistic view is the study undertaken for the French Government by two of their senior civil servants ( Nora and Minc 1980 ) . |
| 15 | In most cat books , the figure given for the first domestication of the cat is between 3,500 and 4,500 years ago . |
| 16 | On the night of Wednesday 4 July 1759 Rear-Admiral George [ later Admiral Lord ] Rodney in the 60-gun Achilles , led four 50-gun ships of the line , five frigates and six bomb-ketches , described earlier , into Le Havre and , impudently anchoring in the main channel , began next morning a heavy bombardment of the docks , the warehouses storing timber , the construction yards , and , most important of all , the completed flat-boats intended for the coming invasion . |
| 17 | ‘ What we have to do is develop the investment research capability designed for the private client . |
| 18 | The voice of the Scottish people was made clear on April , when 75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form . ’ |
| 19 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 20 | The IAC reported for the last time in January this year and , under the terms of the 1990 continuation order , the 1987 Act is due to expire on 31 March 1992 . |
| 21 | In his recent study of the links between power and crime , Box states that corporate crime is crime committed for the corporate organisation and not against it ( Box , 1983 ) . |
| 22 | As members will recall , the Association petitioned for a Royal Charter a few years ago . |
| 23 | The design of the breakwater was based on the recommendations of an engineering study prepared for the Regional Council by Sir William Halcrow and Partners , which include a computerised hydrodynamic model . |
| 24 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 25 | The first new boat built for the 1993–94 race has been launched in Auckland . |
| 26 | Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second . |
| 27 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 28 | Given the fact that schools selected for a Minor award were being encouraged to develop existing good practice , it is , perhaps , surprising that the formation of a permanent library committee , as in the case of the Major Project , was not made a prerequisite for their participation . |
| 29 | Those schools selected for the first quality audit in mathematics or science have recently been asked to supply 12 pieces of work from across the entire year group reflecting the spread of the ability range . |
| 30 | Her mind searched for a safer topic . |