Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
| 2 | In Drosophila the segmentation genes paired and gooseberry are required for a proper wingless and engrailed expression . |
| 3 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 4 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |
| 5 | The President is elected for a five-year term by a 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ) , described in the Constitution as the embodiment of the whole Indonesian people . |
| 6 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Daniel arap Moi was returned for a third five-year term as President in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by the Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) , the sole legal party . |
| 7 | Under the 1983 Constitution an executive President is elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral Legislative Assembly , which was expanded from 60 to 84 members in March 1991 . |
| 8 | An executive President is elected for a five-year term . |
| 9 | The President is elected for a five-year term by the 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat — MPR ) . |
| 10 | Under the 1979 Constitution , an executive President is elected for a single four-year term . |
| 11 | Usually the programme is intended for a certain age group . |
| 12 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 13 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 14 | A synthesis of my two strands of research is attempted for an illustrative ‘ typical ’ case in figure 10.6 . |
| 15 | But this harsh action was condemned by Reagan who called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc , threatened to cut off all talks with Moscow and asked that Western aid be ended for an oil-gas pipeline which was being constructed from Soviet Siberia into Europe . |
| 16 | Yet a sizeable turnover is required for a successful market : given the concern with the structure of the London capital market , and increasing international competition between markets , analysis of what determines turnover has an immediate relevance . |
| 17 | His solution to the problem of scholarship is to call for a closer alliance between literary criticism and the historical study of language , to be achieved through the kind of emphasis on literary language which he himself had favoured since the 1930s . |
| 18 | A similar figure is quoted for a large landscape with a castle by Hubert Robert , while the portrait of Countess Maria-Theresa Kinsy , painted by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun in circa 1793 , is estimated to bring FFr1.2-1.5m ( £120–150,000 ; $210–265,000 ) . |
| 19 | If the money plus the bonus is left for a further two years , an additional bonus of another 14 months ' interest is paid , boosting the tax-free return to 8.62 per cent ( worth 11.49 per cent to the basic rate taxpayer , or 14.37 per cent to a higher rate taxpayer ) . |
| 20 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |
| 21 | An article in Our Flag in November 1912 pointed out that the average turnover of votes in by-elections had been about 1,300 votes per contest and that only 250 votes per contest was needed for an overall Unionist majority . |
| 22 | Elections to the 125 elective seats in the Assembly last took place in October 1988 ; at the same time the President was re-elected for a further five-year term , having held the office since independence [ see pp. 36264-65 ] . |
| 23 | The President was elected for a five-year term , limited to two consecutive terms . |
| 24 | A search was made for an apt sock-it-to-him opening remark , yet nothing came . |
| 25 | The six times world champion could see a full ball and the standard miss rule was applied for a forfeited frame . |
| 26 | A free system of administration was substituted for an official system . |
| 27 | The Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry on Jan. 9 announced that the Czechoslovak side was to press for a complete withdrawal before the end of 1990 of the estimated 75,000 Soviet troops stationed in the country since the entry of Warsaw Pact forces in 1968 . |
| 28 | The Reuters poll shows only 5 p.c. of dealers expect an outright Tory victory , while a similar proportion are looking for a clear Labour majority . |
| 29 | However , under section 13(3) ( b ) and section 58 of the Act of 1988 in conjunction with regulation 66 of the Regulations of 1988 , the validity of registrations made under the previous Act were extended for a transitional period until 31 March 1989 . |
| 30 | I got another breakthrough , my typing teacher told me that the London County Council were advertising for a Medical superintendent 's Clerk at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham SW6 . |