Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [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 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 5 | The family of a remand prisoner found hanged in his cell have called for a public inquiry after an inquest reached a suicide verdict . |
| 6 | The club have opted for a left arm spinner Jamie Stewart from Western Australia as their pro . |
| 7 | Wirral housing committee has called for an urgent meeting with housing minister Sir George Young . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 10 | Certainly , a residence requirement which consisted of a requirement to have resided for a certain time in the country before a self-employed occupation could be taken up would involve covert discrimination , because it would be satisfied virtually automatically by nationals and would therefore affect nationals of other member states , if not exclusively , at least chiefly . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's probably the most important match either team has faced for a long time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A vacancy has arisen for a Clinical Cytogeneticist ( Grade B ) in this laboratory , which provides a diagnostic service for South East Scotland . |
| 15 | A vacancy has arisen for a senior hydrogeologist based at our Shrewsbury offices . |
| 16 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 17 | 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% . |
| 18 | this was the day that members of our group had set for a sponsored walk , the length of the old Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 19 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 23 | One evening Finck proclaimed that a piece of music that Tiller had composed for a skipping-rope routine was dull and lifeless and that neither he nor the Girls could do a thing with it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Although before the election Meciar had pressed for a separate currency and central bank , he acknowledged in an interview with Le Monde published on July 7 that Slovakia was " not yet ready " for this . |
| 26 | Although before the election Meciar had pressed for a separate currency and central bank , he acknowledged in an interview with Le Monde published on July 7 that Slovakia was " not yet ready " for this . |
| 27 | While still at school Widgery had written for a short-lived national schools magazine , which rapidly collapsed . |
| 28 | The train had halted for a full five minutes on the western side of West Acton and all that time Dean had been lying on the roof in the rain . |
| 29 | Tens of thousands demonstrated last night in the Romanian capital after reports of at least 20 deaths there earlier in the day , and students at the heart of the protest movement have called for a general strike today . |
| 30 | Many organisations including the Town and Country Planning Association , Council for the Protection of Rural England , Royal Town Planning Institute , and the South East Economic Development Strategy have called for a comprehensive planning and transport strategy for the South East , arguing that this is essential both to protect the region from the adverse effects of the Tunnel and to maximise its benefits . |