Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But English Heritage has called for a thorough feasibility study before the third application is determined . |
| 2 | As Figure 17.6 shows , wholesale funding has accounted for a growing share of the building societies ' total funding . |
| 3 | The Association has pressed for a clear-cut answer on this issue and has not received it . |
| 4 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 5 | Wirral housing committee has called for an urgent meeting with housing minister Sir George Young . |
| 6 | The judge has asked for a unanimous verdict and the jury will now spend the night in a hotel before returning to court to continue their deliberations . |
| 7 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's probably the most important match either team has faced for a long time . |
| 9 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 10 | As the fatal accident inquiry gets underway , a leading academic has called for a dramatic change in the attitude of the government and courts towards Scotland 's drug users . |
| 11 | A vacancy has arisen for a Clinical Cytogeneticist ( Grade B ) in this laboratory , which provides a diagnostic service for South East Scotland . |
| 12 | A vacancy has arisen for a senior hydrogeologist based at our Shrewsbury offices . |
| 13 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 14 | Within that static total , wine has accounted for an increasing share of total alcohol consumption and the amount of alcohol consumed in the form of spirits has fallen by 30% . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 16 | If the dead person has paid for a grave space in the churchyard , there will be a document called a ‘ faculty ’ in existence , and you will need to produce this . |
| 17 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 18 | AI has called for an independent inquiry into the killings and repeatedly called for a curb on the use of firearms by the security forces . |
| 19 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 20 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 21 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 22 | The British government has applied for a one-year exemption from European Community environmental legislation requiring all new cars to be fitted with catalytic converters from 1 January 1993 . |
| 23 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 24 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 25 | American Telephone & Telegraph has opted for a closer partnership with its trade unions to boost productivity and the quality of its services . |
| 26 | The RSPCA has called for a full investigation in the case of a Worcester man filmed torturing a cat . |
| 27 | A hunt has begun for a bogus policeman who followed a driver along the A 413 near Wendover in Buckinghamshire . |
| 28 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 29 | An MP has called for a full review of flood defences following the chaos caussed by torrential rain over the past week . |
| 30 | The Bank has arranged for a special travel insurance policy to insure those travelling against a range of mishaps such as personal accident , delayed departure and many other occurrences . |