Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice of the Scottish people was made clear on April , when 75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form . ’ |
| 2 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 3 | As members will recall , the Association petitioned for a Royal Charter a few years ago . |
| 4 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 5 | Term used for a multiple prayer rug — one with two or more separate prayer fields — which is also referred to as a family prayer rug ( p. 86 ) . |
| 6 | A newcomer at the fair was Simon Lee of Gimpel Fils , who , while hesitant about sales at this early stage , had already accepted European exhibitions for two of the gallery 's younger artists , and had had a piece requested for a public exhibition in Potsdam . |
| 7 | But you would lack all the vitamins , minerals and protein needed for a healthy diet . |
| 8 | On 26 October the Chronicle called for a National Guard which would unite " the most respectable and efficient of the middle and labouring classes " . |
| 9 | The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum . |
| 10 | Scottish Hydro decided to go to war , but with environmental considerations in mind opted for a psychological approach rather than the shotgun option . |
| 11 | The Comoros are ruled by a President elected for a six-year term . |
| 12 | The Comoros are ruled by a President elected for a six-year term . |
| 13 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 14 | It has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President . |
| 15 | Under the provisions of the 1982 Constitution executive power is exercised by a President elected for a four-year term by a simple majority of votes . |
| 16 | I 'd arranged , then immediately forgotten ( not entirely out of lack of self-interest do I support AMNASS ) , for a young doctor and a film crew to come to my house to film myself and Jack being blood tested for a little-known disease called Tay-Sachs , in order to encourage people to be tested to see whether they were carriers . |
| 17 | It provides a unique trading opportunity where market conditions or size do not justify the capital investment required for a conventional Burger King restaurant . |
| 18 | There is a second condition required for a rational agent to be indifferent between equal forward and expected future spot rates . |
| 19 | This is referred to in the legislation as ‘ permission granted for a limited period only ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Best editor seen for a long time . |
| 22 | For all its bias , such poetry written for a specific occasion has some obvious advantages as source-material . |
| 23 | The wound strings vary in tension from make to make , according to the diameter of the inner core used for a particular string gauge . |
| 24 | The committee called for a special report on the matter . |
| 25 | The 1990 plan called for a convertible currency trade surplus of $700,000,000 through a 7-8 per cent increase in exports . |
| 26 | The plan called for a main attack by 26 divisions in July on a 40-km/25-ml front running north and south of the village of Krevo , west of Molodetchno . |
| 27 | Chatterton is represented in the novel as an accidental suicide — slain by a cocktail of arsenic and laudanum swallowed for a venereal infection . |
| 28 | Their gaze locked for a long moment as he pulled the towel from his neck and flung it over a rail , then , suddenly embarrassed , she looked away . |
| 29 | On 4th , May 1926 , the Trades Union Council called for a General Strike in support or striking coal miners . |
| 30 | The issue called for a great deal of understanding on both sides , which inevitably in many cases could not be guaranteed . |