Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] 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 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 5 | For most of the Eighties , Punjab has been wracked by vicious conflict between the security forces and half a dozen incoherent but well-armed groups ostensibly fighting for a free Sikh state of Khalistan , the Land of the Pure . |
| 6 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 7 | or individuals possibly working for a higher degree , have gathered information and analysed it . |
| 8 | Einstein spent most of his later years unsuccessfully searching for a unified theory , but the time was not ripe : there were partial theories for gravity and the electromagnetic force , but very little was known about the nuclear forces . |
| 9 | For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending . |
| 10 | The organisers wisely elected for a slower , but much drier , exit ! |
| 11 | When confronted with the prospect of a nuclear holocaust , peace campaigners sometimes search for a legal expression for their moral outrage , and some layers are indeed able to offer such legal comfort . |
| 12 | Authorities originally budgeted for a non-payment level of six per cent — about 250,000 Scots . |
| 13 | Although the fossil record is much poorer , coevolution with the terrestrial angiosperms probably accounts for a major component of the radiation of insects and birds . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Expeditions typically last for a three months . |
| 16 | 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 ] . |
| 17 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 18 | In it young children , with the great enthusiasm children always show for a colourful ritual which they do not fully understand , recite with actions an English nursery rhyme for his benefit . |
| 19 | Not simply on Tring Reservoirs or the home counties gravel pits do men now sit for a ten pounder anymore . |
| 20 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
| 21 | Males without harems sometimes opt for a frontal attack . |
| 22 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 23 | Some schemes deliberately opt for a non-expressive notation . |
| 24 | ‘ Women always ask for a good contraceptive because they really need one . |
| 25 | Good bonding with reliable adhesives also makes for a good leak-free join . |
| 26 | The partisans too hoped for a quick end . |