Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zaher el-Khatib ( Sunni , of the ‘ Marxist Bloc ’ from the Chouf ) and two other deputies are campaigning for an end to confessionalism . |
| 2 | Institutional shareholders are calling for a change in the trust 's management and an eventual winding up . |
| 3 | Painting , gluing , varnishing , soldering and similar activities are banned for a while , If magazines or books smell strongly ( usually the ‘ glossy ’ magazines and books with shiny paper ) , read something else . |
| 4 | EXPERTS are preparing for an event billed as the biggest controlled explosion in Europe since the Second World War — the demolition today of two multi-storey blocks of flats in Glasgow 's Gorbals . |
| 5 | Contracts are made for an initial 4 years , renewable up to an additional 4-year period . |
| 6 | Associated with this internationalization of production , sales and purchases have become increasingly international as products are made for a world market rather than for ‘ local ’ national buyers . |
| 7 | Although ‘ mixed ’ marriages between people of different races or cultures are made for a variety of reasons , conscious and unconscious , some are necessitated by the need to have constant reassurance of difference : for example , a skin of another colour . |
| 8 | Both groups are calling for a halt to the planning application until a full hydrological survey has been carried out to check the pond would be safe . |
| 9 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 10 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 11 | BARBADIAN cricket fans are calling for a boycott of tomorrow 's historic Test match , not because of any anti-South African sentiment but as a protest over the omission of local fast bowler Anderson Cummins . |
| 12 | Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products , from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing . |
| 13 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 14 | Tetbury 's one and only bookstore is n't stocking it even though nearby shops are heading for a sellout . |
| 15 | Nineteenth century ephemera , including table games , playing cards , a hieroglyphic card ( one where small pictures are substituted for a number of letters or syllables ) and ( centre ) a ‘ zoetrope ’ or ‘ wheel of life ’ , an early motion-picture toy . |
| 16 | The wordsmiths who put wooden jokes into his speeches are writing for a man who lacks the essential sense of timing for making them . |
| 17 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 18 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 19 | Pest Control branches were scoured for a bubble big enough to get the van into , and the London East fumigators — Brian Bacon , Ian Buchan and Terry Hart carried out a successful fumigation . |
| 20 | Erika dissented quite vehemently from this heresy while , despite herself , her eyes were searching for a mirror . |
| 21 | On March 29 Moscow radio reported that almost all Ossete villages in South Ossetia had been razed by Georgian militants , and on the following day there were ominous reports from officials in North Ossetia that 12,000 armed Georgians were massing for an assault on Tskhinvali and surrounding districts still under Ossete control . |
| 22 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 23 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 24 | From 1992 – 93 the target was reduced to an 18-month maximum and many districts were aiming for a year or even less . |
| 25 | An accountant who bought and sold shares worth £250,000 in various public flotations using false names and addresses was jailed for a year and fined £25,000 yesterday . |
| 26 | A THIEF who stole from cars was jailed for a year yesterday . |
| 27 | Telephone , television and computer technology are converging and high tech companies are scrambling for a slice of the action . |
| 28 | Aviation enthusiasts are calling for a memorial to be built on a hillside where a wartime pilot crashed . |
| 29 | Malcolm Crosby is fighting hard to keep his job at Sunderland , even though the directors are searching for a replacement . |
| 30 | COHSE argues that most trusts are waiting for a system to prove itself somewhere else before showing their hands — and that PRP will not work unless there is money to fund it . |