Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look at this skin ! ’ commands Dame Edna Everage , grabbing my hand for an exploratory stroke . |
| 2 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |
| 3 | The disclosure came as the US secretary of state arrived in Egypt at the start of a tour of the Middle East and met President Mubarak and the foreign minister , Amr Moussa , in an attempt to win their support for an early resumption of the suspended peace talks |
| 4 | On Oct. 3 a statement issued in Abu Dhabi , one of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , by the majority shareholders of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) , which had been closed down on July 5 , 1991 , amid allegations of massive corruption and fraud [ see p. 38355 ] , announced that they had withdrawn their support for an attempted rescue of the bank . |
| 5 | Bill Beeby , of Boeing Aircraft Co in the United States , in his description of their search for an integrated manufacturing system , claims that they were nearest that goal when the firm was first set up to make sports planes for their wealthy owner . |
| 6 | It was difficult to tell as , in their search for an individual expression of fashion , they had adopted what virtually amounted to a black uniform . |
| 7 | Several aspects of the plan , including its proposal for an immediate ceasefire guaranteed by UN Security Council forces , were rejected by the Cambodian government . |
| 8 | Boots is selling Fine Art Wallcoverings to its management for an undisclosed sum . |
| 9 | MEMBERS of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg , the Welsh Language Society , say are set to break into Government and Conservative Party offices as part of their campaign for an independent education system in Wales . |
| 10 | Hardly the kind of sentiment to galvanise an inexperienced squad a few weeks before its departure for an eight-match tour to New Zealand . |
| 11 | But the corporation is ‘ delighted ’ that the government has recognised its claim for an extra VHF network for Radio I , which since 1967 has largely been confined to the medium wave band . |
| 12 | The remaining NLD leaders signed the endorsement on Nov. 12 , thus abandoning their demand for an immediate transfer of power and in effect nullifying their May election victory . |
| 13 | That this House believes that the death penalty for murder no longer accords with the needs or the true interests of a civilised society , and calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to introduce forthwith legislation for its abolition or for its suspension for an experimental period . |
| 14 | He scored a three count on the last end of the final match against Essex for victory as Suffolk 's young bowlers held their breath for an improbable win . |
| 15 | These people gave up three months of their life for an important mission . |
| 16 | In a statement on July 22 , the organization renewed its call for an interim government , first made in the Harare Declaration of August 1989 [ see p. 36837 ] . |
| 17 | On Dec. 6 the General Assembly adopted by 144 votes to two ( Israel and the USA ) Resolution 45/68 renewing its call for an international peace conference on the Middle East involving all parties , including the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) [ see also p. 37434 ] . |
| 18 | FoE reiterated its call for an immediate ban on the use of two herbicides most often found in water , atrazine and simazine . |
| 19 | Strathclyde Regional Council , another strong critic of the Touche Ross figures , yesterday issued a statement renewing its call for an independent commission to examine the future of Scottish local government . |
| 20 | In the first round voters had to indicate their preference for an individual candidate and for a party list . |
| 21 | The unions hope to embarrass Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , with tomorrow 's lobby and believe that many Tories at the conference back their call for an increased offer . |
| 22 | On 19 December 1991 the local authority made their application for an interim care order and I have said what the order was . |
| 23 | Earlier , a Soviet official accompanying Mr Gorbachev said the Kremlin leader would express his support for an all-European conference next year to examine the burning issue of German reunification . |
| 24 | At a meeting with Aleksandur Lilov in Sofia on Jan. 10 Annabel Markov secured his support for an official investigation . |
| 25 | ALAN DAVIES was being sincere when he expressed his sympathy for an Irish team exposed in this record home crushing as second rate . |
| 26 | BOXING / Swift fits in boxing around work while Richardson quits job in his bid for gold medal Boxing MIDDLESBROUGH light-welterweight Peter Richardson is quitting his job for four months to concentrate on his bid for an Olympic medal . |
| 27 | Anselm carried into politics his search for an eternal order of truth and justice , unshakeable and subject to no alteration . |
| 28 | Bernard Jacobson , who is celebrating twenty-five years of activity , is devoting his programme for an entire calendar year to exhibitions of historic and modern British landscape painting . |
| 29 | His letters to Helen , in particular , uncover the head for business , the punctilious sense of irritable rightness , and the concomitant sudden bouts of self-distrust that marched alongside his desire for an extended life of idealized perfection , similar to the intense moments of joyful peace he had discovered for himself during walks . |
| 30 | But they acceded to his request for an overall cutback in government spending and accepted to the letter a majority of the budget drafted by the OMB . ’ |