Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new programme provided for an average increase of 3 percentage points in turnover tax , the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) and improved tax collection in 1993 , and a temporary 10 per cent surcharge on 75 per cent of Polish imports . |
| 2 | ( The highest figure found for an individual school was 248 per child . ) |
| 3 | The dam holds back as much as 40% of water in a cistern , while maintaining the force required for an effective flush . |
| 4 | The Swiss publisher Artemis Verlags AG has entered into partnership with London Architectural Press to form a new English-language outlet for books on architecture intended for an informed readership . |
| 5 | The committee called for an increased R&D effort and a more imaginative approach to research from government ( Hew Scientist , 10 March , p 634 ) . |
| 6 | He was replaced on an interim basis by his deputy , Faruq Dahruj , and the LCP central committee called for an extraordinary conference to discuss the party 's political plan and organizational structure , change the party 's name and elect a new leadership . |
| 7 | The Security Council plan called for an initial ceasefire followed by phased disarmament . |
| 8 | A political statement released by the PNC at the end of the session called for an international conference on the Middle East , under UN supervision , to be convened on the basis of UN Security Council Resolutions 242 ( 1967 — see pp. 22473 ; 25029 ; 34898 ) and 338 ( 1973 — see p. 26197 ) , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people , of which the most important was " the right to self-determination " . |
| 9 | He said that the council hoped for an amicable solution . |
| 10 | ‘ Last year the Yorkshire committee paid for an extensive coaching programme for six weeks to help youngsters in the area who were predominantly of Pakistani and Indian background . |
| 11 | In the report , Amnesty called for an urgent review of the guidelines under which troops were permitted to open fire . |
| 12 | In January 1990 members of the European Parliament called for an immediate suspension of all scientific co-operation projects between Israel and the EC , amidst plans for a doubling of direct EC aid to the occupied territories to US$12,000,000 a year by 1992 [ see also p. 37627 ] . |
| 13 | On the same day , Italy and Austria called for a meeting of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe [ see also p. 38314 ] ; the EC 's European Parliament called for an immediate meeting of CSCE foreign ministers ; and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher proposed invocation of the CSCE emergency procedure agreed the previous week . |
| 14 | The European Parliament called for an independent inquiry and proposed an arms embargo on Indonesia . |
| 15 | The Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia and the Roman Catholic Primate of Croatia appealed for peace , while the Serbian opposition leader Vuk Draskovic called for an anti-war demonstration to be held in Belgrade . |
| 16 | Today only the occasional vessel passes by ; when I was there , a couple of Polish trawlers bound for repairs in Punta Arenas , an oiler from the American Navy bound for an Antarctic research ship . |
| 17 | At the Black Sea Summit on June 25 [ see p. 38980 ] , after the first presidential negotiations on the Dnestr issue between Moldova , Russia , Ukraine and Romania , a communiqué called for an immediate ceasefire . |
| 18 | The local authority applied for an interim care order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 for the girl to continue in foster care , having reasonable contact with her mother but no contact with her father . |
| 19 | AI called for an independent investigation into ‘ Akkawi 's death and urged Prime Minister Shamir to intervene swiftly to stop torture and ill-treatment . |
| 20 | The Constitution provided for an independent judiciary , with a Supreme Court as its highest body , and for a bill of rights ( including rights to fair trial and cultural and religious freedoms ) entrenched against amendment . |
| 21 | The Constitution provided for an independent judiciary with special provisions for Melanesian affairs and Melanesian courts . |
| 22 | How could a violently anti-system movement conceived for an extraordinary emergency akin to that of 1940 adapt to a gradualist parliamentary strategy ? |
| 23 | In the Costa Rica talks the government called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on both sides and the total demobilization of all FMLN forces before reforms and the integration of the FMLN into political life could begin . |
| 24 | The best hope of an autonomy deal surviving — forget about democracy — is the bleakness of the alternative facing Mr Hussein : an ambivalent slab of northern territory run for an indefinite period by foreign armies , and therefore largely outside Iraqi control . |
| 25 | Crooks was in dispute with Leeds earlier in the season and was put on offer at £250,000 , by far the biggest sum demanded for an English rugby league player . |
| 26 | Clipped onto his harness were a couple of screw-gate crabs , some RPs and a small camming-device — just the rack required for an overhanging fist jam crack . |
| 27 | The unity of soloist and orchestra and the conductor 's sensitive modification of orchestral texture made for an excellent performance of a stunning concerto.ROBIN NEWTON . |