Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] for an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , would a court faced with such a text which suggests meanings X or Y admit parliamentary material which clearly indicates an intention to legislate for an aspect of meaning X ( X ) but excludes other aspects of that meaning ( X ) and alternative meaning Y. Or , to take a more extreme case , where a legislative text suggests meanings X or Y , will the relaxed exclusionary rule admit parliamentary material which clearly suggests a parliamentary intention of another distinct meaning , Z ? |
| 2 | I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders . |
| 3 | This summer he fired the £600,000 a year president of his US TV subsidiary for hiring a male stripper to perform for an audience of high-powered Murdoch executives . |
| 4 | A night fighting variant , the Firefly NF.II , was developed in which an 18° extension was incorporated aft of the engine firewall to compensate for an alteration in the aircraft 's centre of gravity . |
| 5 | It is a blow to the American who was hoping that yesterday 's inquiry would give him the chance to press for an amendment to the existing whip rules . |
| 6 | offers two training posts with the opportunity to study for an M.Sc at the University of Surrey , Guildford . |
| 7 | Waltham Forest health authority , which includes Mr Norman Tebbit 's Chingford constituency , in Essex , has become the second health authority to call for an end to the dispute by either negotiation or arbitration . |
| 8 | But there is an arrangement to cater for an emergency of that kind . |
| 9 | The hotel had its own high-class shopping area , and it took only one telephone call to arrange for an assortment of clothes to be sent up . |
| 10 | 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 . ' . |
| 11 | DOZENS of people are expected to join a sponsored five-mile walk at the weekend to campaign for an end to the killing of whales . |
| 12 | In later species there appeared an additional opening behind the eye socket to allow for an attachment of the various jaw muscles ; these were the synapsids . |