Example sentences of "[vb past] for political [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 31 he was quoted as saying that he was satisfied that all prisoners who qualified for political status had been released but that officials were still sifting petitions . |
| 2 | Despite revolutionary zeal , or perhaps because of it , they sought immediate compensations for the miseries of daily life , and spontaneous methods of attack which they mistook for political strategy . |
| 3 | Those who fought for political control after James V 's death , therefore , were fighting for far more than personal position . |
| 4 | Outside the gates of Zhongnanhai , where China 's top leaders reside , they shouted for political reform and democracy . |
| 5 | Arthur Smith sighed for political satire , and wondered what was going to happen to political comedy if we get a Labour government . |
| 6 | He was believed to be a supporter of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy ( MMD ) which campaigned for political reform . |
| 7 | The popular fronts themselves became still more intransigent in their demands : both the Latvian and the Lithuanian fronts , in late 1989 , were openly contemplating the possibility of formal secession from the USSR , not simply a greater measure of autonomy , and the three fronts jointly organised a Baltic Assembly which called for political independence for the republics within a ‘ neutral and demilitarised Balto-Scandia ’ . |
| 8 | Therefore , to a degree , the ‘ social gospel ’ was criticized not because it called for political action but because it called into question Victorian cultural and economic truisms . |
| 9 | The strain will only be heightened by revelations at the weekend that the Home Office looked for political dirt on Mr Clinton during the US election . |
| 10 | The result is an absence of diversity — a key requirement for a truly representative press and one suited for political democracy . |