Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] [conj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chairman of the committee was Representative Jim Jones of Oklahoma , a conservative Democrat who agreed with the main thrust of Reagan 's economic policy — the need for budget cuts and for a reduction in taxation . |
| 2 | ND argued for more free-market economic policies and deep cuts in government spending , while Pasok and Synaspismos called for the preservation of welfare provisions and for a higher productivity in the public sector . |
| 3 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 4 | If , for reasons of litigation strategy or for a total failure to address the question , an available remedy was not tried , then the claim would be inadmissible . |
| 5 | CIWF is a public Trust which campaigns against factory farming and for a fair deal to farm animals during rearing , transport and slaughter . |
| 6 | The AT&T programme , called ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ , describes itself as the first corporate effort in the U.S. to help promote recently created work by living artists , especially the work of women and ‘ artists of colour ’ , the term now used to refer to artists of the many racial minority groups vying for exhibition space and for a dwindling pool of public and corporate funds . |
| 7 | Taxation On an off-market purchase the company is treated in the same way in tax matters as for a market purchase : it will have to pay ACT on the distribution element of the purchase price . |
| 8 | Well , yes , they have in cash terms and for a proportion of the population they have in real terms too . |
| 9 | Most woodland is now found west of the River Arun , the downs further east being notably lacking in tree cover except for a few extensive forestry plantations , which now form a high proportion of all downland woodland . |
| 10 | However , after working in television research and for a translation company , two years ago I was offered a job in the USSR team of the East European section of Price Waterhouse . |
| 11 | Symmetry selection rules correspond to symmetry requirements that for a forbidden band , must be zero , at least at the equilibrium configuration , where Q is zero . |
| 12 | Nicholson saw them around Sunset Strip and for a time they were joined by Elvis Presley , who had seen Rebel Without a Cause forty-four times and could speak Dean 's lines word perfect . |