Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shell has submitted for environmental approval a £1.5 billion plan to clean up its oil refinery at Pernis , near Rotterdam . |
| 2 | The main contractor has to plan for subcontracted work just as seriously as for his or her own work . |
| 3 | The latest study has gone for first-hand evidence , by looking at Inland Revenue figures for bequeathed estates , and by conducting a couple of sample surveys . |
| 4 | A COUNCIL poised to lose £1m in benefit aid has appealed for Parliamentary help . |
| 5 | Strategic Management for the Board — a two-day action based briefing for experienced board members requiring the opportunity for their strategic plans to be challenged by both their peers and leading authorities in strategic leadership . |
| 6 | A year later , he produced a second album , Fans , which did for — or unto — opera what Duck Rock had done for ethnic music . |
| 7 | The two countries ' joint forestry committee has called for retaliatory action , including a ban on imports of certain EC products , to be taken by the forthcoming meeting of economic ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) . |
| 8 | Will he also recognise that I have never believed that there are no Tories in Scotland , for one Tory has spoken for Conservative respectability in Scotland , and he is the hon. Member for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) ? |
| 9 | Fears focused on the £50 billion borrowing requirement for 1993-94 and the narrowness of the window the Chancellor has left for economic recovery in the next 12 months before he begins tightening the tax screw in earnest . |
| 10 | The council has asked for nonperishable food and basic medicines to add to the convoy of aid soon to depart for Russia . |
| 11 | The 1902 Act established a system of secondary education as the 1870 Act had done for elementary education , by filling the gaps in the existing provision with non-denominational state schools ( they were not free until 1944 ) . |
| 12 | At the same time , it is evident that the bulk of the money needed to pay for urban defence had to be raised locally , although , from 1367 onwards , the king of France often allowed a quarter of the value of royal taxes raised in a town to be retained as a contribution towards it . |
| 13 | The organisation has called for international pressure to be brought to end the trade in South Korea , Taiwan , China and Thailand , where horn is sold openly . |
| 14 | The design and development of tests is a well established formal procedure involving checking for internal consistency and absence of ambiguity , efficiency of administration and marking procedures and the production of norms for definitive populations . |
| 15 | WIFE VOWS TO FIGHT FOR JAILED BRIT |
| 16 | It will quickly be recognised that on matters of fact and challenges to the exercise of discretion leave to apply for judicial review will be refused . |
| 17 | He had used the police computer network and discovered his wife had volunteered for nursing duty . |
| 18 | Diro 's elevation was , it appeared , the price Namaliu had to pay for continued PAP support for his Pangu Pati-led coalition . |
| 19 | If the debtor refuses to attend for oral examination he is liable to be committed to prison for contempt of court . |
| 20 | Clearly the policy does allow for additional provision to be made outside the city in the remainder of Greater York , and that is the basis upon which the the City Council has accepted the a hundred and forty five hectare figure for Greater York . |
| 21 | At the same time , the findings are sufficiently inconclusive for members of CLEAR , the Campaign for Lead Free Air to continue to battle for lead-free petrol . |
| 22 | That 's Life made to pay for cheap jibe against ‘ last of the Hi-de-Hi camps ’ . |
| 23 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 24 | I now understand that Derbyshire is planning to siphon off £5.5 million of capital spending to pay for extra redundancy and personnel costs at county hall . |
| 25 | He advanced money , in ever-growing sums , especially during the second and third Anglo-Dutch wars ; and showed great skill in securing repayment , in discounting operations , and in profiting from the high rates of interest which the government had to pay for ready cash . |
| 26 | All European Members would have liked to pay tribute to the splendid work that she and the Government have done for overseas development . |
| 27 | My major concern about the Maastricht negotiations relates to the limited majority decision making envisaged for foreign policy . |
| 28 | Ekstrom has played for Italian club Empoli , Bayern Munich and French club Cannes during his career . |
| 29 | AN MP has called for immediate action to stop finance companies using ‘ blatant political scare tactics ’ in a bid to drum up business . |
| 30 | AN MP has called for improved security at a school following a spate of vandalism . |