Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I beg to move , to leave out from ’ House ’ to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof : regrets that Her Majesty 's Government 's preoccupation with divisions in its own Party has meant that in the Inter-Governmental Conferences it has not taken the negotiating approach necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom exercises decisive influence on the future of the Community in ways which will help to advance the living and working standards of the people of this country in company with other peoples of Europe ; calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to work for an agreement at the European Council which ensures inclusion of the Social Charter , qualified majority voting on social and environmental matters , powers for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account in ways that complement the role of national parliaments , decision-making at the level — local , regional , national or Community — where maximum democratic control is at all times exercised , foreign and security policy co-operation without the development of a European Community military role , widening of the Community as rapidly as practicable , co-operation to combat terrorism and other crime , and strengthened powers for ECOFIN as the politically responsible counterpart to any European Central Bank system ; and urges the Government to work to secure agreement to , and adopt policies for , high levels of employment , sustainable non-inflationary growth , balanced regional and national economic development and social cohesion , and for the fundamental reform of the CAP , in order to achieve real economic convergence in the years leading to economic and monetary union and a single currency as the essential foundation for those changes and to safeguard the long-term interests of the people of the United Kingdom . ' . |
| 2 | The boy 's concentration lasted for a couple of seconds after the halt was achieved . |
| 3 | In 1936 he had been a member of the Archbishop 's committee preparing for a conference to be held at Oxford on Church , Community and State . |
| 4 | Indonesia and Malaysia have responded belligerently to the European parliament 's resolution calling for a ban on imports of tropical hardwoods . |
| 5 | And so Harrison of Caldbeck and Robinson of Buttermere — wrestlers were always known by name and village both — were circling about each other 's conversation trying for a grip . |
| 6 | By contrast , where time is not of the essence for the service of a landlord 's notice calling for a rent review , mere delay by the landlord , however lengthy and even if coupled with hardship to the tenant , does not of itself destroy the contractual right which the landlord has to serve a notice . |
| 7 | The same conclusion would probably be reached if the tenant 's break notice had to be served before the last date for service of the landlord 's notice calling for a rent review . |
| 8 | The sonnets may announce a compatibility between poetic convention and authentic expression ; or the sonnets may be the result of Astrophil staying within the muse 's domain , writing in imitation of familiar poetic norms and abandoning the muse 's advice to look for an authentic writing from the heart . |
| 9 | Conversely , a man 's wish to care for an elderly relative might conflict with the expectation that he should go out to work . |
| 10 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 11 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 12 | Seventeen years later the Congregational Union 's Executive called for a Nonconformist equivalent but nothing came of it . |
| 13 | The IMF announced on May 21 that it had agreed to the government 's request to extend for an additional year its current three-year extended arrangement granted in 1989 . |
| 14 | It remains an important part of the equation to anticipate the government 's spending needs for a period ahead , customarily a year . |
| 15 | The order is likely to be the largest single low pressure C02 contract awarded for a UK site this year . |
| 16 | The family says the seats are lovely and comfy , I say the driving position is good and commanding and the light , quick steering and instant V8 torque make for an effortless drive . |
| 17 | If pressed , many ERM-sympathisers would agree that last year 's crisis calls for a rethink , but few see the need for anything radical . |
| 18 | Lord Denning concluded that the proposition did not apply in this case and that there were reasons which a reasonable minister could entertain and so there was no ground on which the court could interfere with the minister 's decision to ask for a ballot order . |
| 19 | But the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority has introduced a private member 's bill asking for a ten-year extension of its powers to reclaim Seal Sands . |
| 20 | If the system 's charter allowed for a bank governor to be shot at dawn for every month the inflation rate exceeded 1 per cent , it might prove even more counter-inflationary than the Bundesbank . |
| 21 | You do n't think it could have been the lady of the house 's dress shortened for a maid |
| 22 | When they arrived home , Liz quickly wrote to the curator of the castle 's museum to ask for a pattern of the dress , only to be told that it had been copied from an 1898 issue of the London Illustrated News . |