Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Hoarse but buoyant , Clinton had roared towards the end of a marathon tour of eight states yesterday pleading for every last vote . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | or individuals possibly working for a higher degree , have gathered information and analysed it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Early bird catches worm : there are two programs already shipping for the still-unavailable Microsoft Windows NT-run Alpha AXP , Digital Equipment Corp says . |
| 8 | Within months , Scargill 's warnings of substantial pit closures were transformed into reality : the NUM was unable to resist — with most of its members at the affected pits rapidly opting for the generous redundancy terms — and with the privatization of the electricity-generating industry at the end of the 1980s the ability of many British mines to compete was in question ; closures were instituted even in the more productive fields . |
| 9 | Road we will have to consider though against other schemes also competing for the next waive of funding . |