Example sentences of "[to-vb] the way for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 1 the leu was devalued by a further 60 per cent and fixed at US$1.00=35 lei , a move designed to pave the way for a partial convertibility of the Romanian currency which the government planned to introduce in January 1991 . |
| 2 | Meeting separately , three-man delegations representing interim President Ali Mahdi Mohammed and Gen. Mohammed Farah Aydid , the rival leaders whose three-month power struggle was reported to have resulted in over 25,000 civilian casualties , made written undertakings to stop fighting to pave the way for a formal ceasefire agreement in late February or early March . |
| 3 | The talks addressed trade , transit and security matters and were designed to pave the way for a forthcoming visit by Indian Foreign Minister I. K. Gujral . |
| 4 | So Nixon sent Henry Kissinger secretly to China to open the way for a personal visit from the President and thus , for the first time since 1949 , to recognize the Communist government in that country . |
| 5 | Card 's appointment also appeared to open the way for a comprehensive reshuffle of White House staff following a management review implemented by Skinner . |
| 6 | Some people think the parliamentary election should be brought forward from 1993 , to give the government legitimacy and to open the way for a new president — Mr Lech Walesa ? — in place of General Jaruzelski . |
| 7 | On Monday 27 July 1778 the first major action of the new war was fought some 70 miles [ 112 km ] west of Ushant , and proved indecisive , but convinced Louis XIV 's chief minister , the Comte de Vergennes , that he needed Spanish help to clear the way for a successful invasion . |
| 8 | The financial difficulties arising out of Henry VIII 's wars were , however , to clear the way for a massive redistribution of landed resources through the spoliation of the Church . |
| 9 | Donald Davie 's Purity of Diction in English Verse ( 1952 ) , by contrast , is touched with the spirit of the manifesto : the first book of young poet and lecturer who , though still a Leavisite , was eager to prepare the way for a critical acceptance of his own verse . |
| 10 | The Frankfurt meeting of officials is expected to prepare the way for a full meeting of the Interim Committee of Finance Ministers at IMF headquarters in Washington in January . |