Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As evidence they would point to the government 's growing practice of giving funds already allocated for a specific purpose : for example , the £1 million contribution to the Royal Opera redevelopment decided by Lord Donaldson , Minister for the Arts 1976–79 , or the Enhancement Funding Scheme , introduced in 1991 to stimulate private sponsorship . |
| 2 | Alternatively , they are organizations originally created for a non-political purpose ( for example the British Medical Association was originally formed to circulate medical and scientific information to doctors ) which have acquired political purposes over time . |
| 3 | The organisers wisely elected for a slower , but much drier , exit ! |
| 4 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 5 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 6 | On the question of a separate European " defence identity " , some NATO members reportedly pressed for a greater security role for the nine-country Western European Union ( WEU ) [ see pp. 37212 ; 37931 ] . |
| 7 | Some proposals for block contracts ( DoH 1989f ) at first sight do appear to be population based , eg ‘ the DHA might , for example , require a specified number of beds to be available to a DHA 's residents whenever required for a defined area of treatment together with the appropriate facilities for treatment ’ , but this does not indicate who is responsible when these beds are all occupied and more ( emergency ) cases arrive . |
| 8 | The partisans too hoped for a quick end . |