Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This result is in general agreement with the peak generation estimate of 1.2% reflectance determined from the rapid pyrolysis data published for a German coal by Jüntgen and Klein ( 1975 ) ( Figs. 12 and 13 ) . |
| 2 | On Feb. 20 the House of Representatives judiciary committee voted for a six-month halt to repatriations , but on Feb. 24 the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the repatriation policy by eight to one and also rejected an emergency request to halt all repatriations . |
| 3 | In 1987 a Sotheby 's appraiser valued the seriously damaged panels at $1.25 million , reaching that figure by dividing the auction price paid for a celebrated Thomas Hart Benton mural by three . |
| 4 | The peace plan provided for a UN-supervised ceasefire to be in force from Feb. 1 until Oct. 31 , 1992 , during which time all accords would be implemented and verified by the UN . |
| 5 | Thirdly , any expansion of the EC to embrace some Eastern European countries a strain would be placed upon an adjustment mechanism intended for a single country . |
| 6 | As shopping centres prepared for a busy Saturday , anti-terrorist chief Commander David Tucker warned the IRA could strike in any major city . |
| 7 | On the other hand , five boys in one huge farmhouse bedroom made for a self-regulating , self-sufficient little kingdom . |
| 8 | Town hall set for a new look |
| 9 | and was then boarded the team coach set for a quiet weekend before today 's clash at Ipswich Town . |
| 10 | The authority upheld a complaint in 1987 against Unigate over a similiar claim made for a calcium-enriched milk called Calcia . |
| 11 | Although December 's new credit levels were substantially ahead , a number of retailers have suggested that cash payments accounted for a significant proportion of spend . |
| 12 | The Council 's permission for many priests to share in a single concelebration was again , initially , limited to a very few occasions , but before the end of the 1960s the absurdity of the former practice had become rather obvious and concelebration was rapidly becoming the norm for all circumstances where the number of priests exceeded the number of community Masses needed for a pastoral purpose . |
| 13 | Yup , if the music marathon ever began to flag and the 26-mile version was a non-starter , then the TV election race made for a vital diversion . |
| 14 | While the support documentation required for a comprehensive paper based protocol would limit its use , a computer based system would be able to generate prompts for managing infrequent clinical scenarios in a user friendly way . |
| 15 | In projects designed to support small ( and larger-scale ) entrepreneurs various forms of ‘ leakage ’ are frequent : credit funds ear-marked for a particular purpose are deployed for entirely different purposes , or for the purchase of domestic assets . |
| 16 | Obviously , the type of leadership qualities required for a fast food establishment are not the same as for an insurance company . |
| 17 | When ordering , check the maximum platform height advised for a freestanding unit . |
| 18 | Shaikh Jabir called for a united front , adding that Iraq had sought wrongfully to exploit the differences arising from " the endeavours and efforts of some Kuwaiti activists to organise the Kuwaiti state " . |
| 19 | When faced with the same problem the compilers of the LOB corpus opted for a statistical approach . |
| 20 | The recruitment managers searched for a curious combination , success in career or studies to date , coupled with frustration at its limited demands and prospects . |
| 21 | It is a spacious drive , clearly an upper-class area , with a coach passing pedestrians dressed for a crisp spring day . |
| 22 | A student union called for a one-day strike at local colleges . |
| 23 | The Consumer Congress called for a working party to draft a code of good practice and it was intended that working party should make use of the information generated by the 1988 transport workshop , whose discussions were reported to the congress . |
| 24 | Traffic fumes accounted for a growing proportion of the problem . |
| 25 | In advance of the congress the League of Communists ( LC ) in each republic and province had accepted in principle the draft of a congress policy declaration entitled For a New Outline of Democratic Socialism for Yugoslavia . |
| 26 | It provides a unique trading opportunity where market conditions or size do not justify the capital investment required for a conventional Burger King restaurant . |
| 27 | On 4th , May 1926 , the Trades Union Council called for a General Strike in support or striking coal miners . |
| 28 | PALESTINIAN gunmen shot and wounded an Israeli soldier in the occu pied West Bank yesterday , as army patrols searched for a kidnapped border guard . |
| 29 | In order to ensure a more appropriate distribution across the states of production , prices and a rational pattern of modernisation , the treaty schedule called for a five-year transitional period of two distinct stages . |
| 30 | The performance curves obtained for a new scheme can be compared directly against an ideal set or those found for a previous design . |