Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 2 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 3 | Er the industry is responsible for half our fixed investment and accounts for a third of our manufacturing base . |
| 4 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 5 | The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed . |
| 6 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 7 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 8 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 9 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 10 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 11 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 12 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 13 | An enclosed community guards and cares for an enclosed community and we the public gladly subcontract this duty , hoping that it will be carried out unseen and unheard . |
| 14 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 15 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 16 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 17 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 18 | In 1878 he arrived in the United States and studied for the Unitarian ministry at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania . |
| 19 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 20 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 21 | On behalf of all local authority caterers , I thank Joe Hyam for his kind words and support for the local authority caterers . |
| 22 | However I run my boat as a charter boat and cater for a masochistic fringe who would sail on Christmas day if I were to let them . |
| 23 | Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions until they brown ; add the spices , raisins and almonds and fry for a further minute . |
| 24 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze , meeting US Secretary of State Baker in Moscow on Aug. 3 , issued with him a joint statement condemning the invasion of Kuwait and appealing for a global ban on arms supplies to Iraq . |
| 25 | The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces . |
| 26 | Both rejected positivistic literary scholarship and called for a renewed attention to literature as literature ; both insisted on the differences between literature and other kinds of writing , and tried to define these differences in theoretical terms ; both gave a central role in their definitions to ideas of structure and interrelatedness , and treated the literary text as an object essentially independent of its author and its historical context . |
| 27 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 28 | The Duchess of Gloucester , as Patron , visits the offices of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 29 | 11 October : The Duchess of Gloucester , Patron of Counsel and Care for the Elderly , today visited the Counsel 's new offices at 16 Bonny Street , London NW1 . |
| 30 | Details of provision can be obtained from social services and from organisations such as Counsel and Care for the Elderly and GRACE . |