Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [noun] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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1 | They and other committed Europeans like Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl hoped for a massive endorsement to put all their plans firmly back on track . |
2 | Three Fokker Dr.I replicas made for a fascinating sight , added to which came the Great War Combat Team and a decidedly real SE.5A . |
3 | In August 1988 both sides had agreed in principle to a UN peace plan calling for a ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and to a referendum designed to give the inhabitants of the territory ( administered as a Spanish colony until 1976 ) a choice between independence or integration into Morocco . |
4 | On June 12 the UN Security Council renewed for a further six months , until Dec. 15 , 1992 , the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP ) . |
5 | Top cosmetic surgeon Anthony Erian says he turns away more than half the people who walk into his Harley Street consulting rooms looking for a new image . |
6 | Last week , Mr Perez de Cuellar called for a ‘ structured ’ Afghan delegation representing all the Afghan factions to meet and organise an intra-Afghan dialogue . |
7 | Past pleasures NOSTALGIA time is nearly here again as the British Glen Miller Orchestra prepare for a return visit to the province . |
8 | ROYAL baby doctor Sir George Pinker arrived for a quiet lunch yesterday — to find Princess Diana and 1,000 other people had turned up to honour him . |
9 | World Bank President Barber Conable called for a " broad-based international effort " to help Poland . |
10 | Clauses in the UN draft plan provided for a system of proportional representation , a method supported by the Khmers Rouges . |
11 | In the United States average stay for a patient aged 65 + decreased from 13 days in 1967 to 8.8 days in 1986 ( Eisdorfer et al . |
12 | Cleveland County Council leader Coun Paul Harford called for a ‘ calm , careful debate and above all open minded debate . ’ |
13 | Colombian President Virgilio Barco Vargas called for a powerful UN agency to direct the global struggle against drug abuse . |
14 | On Wednesday Mrs. Gilmour arranged for a copy of petition to be left at the Holybourne Post Office and Stores . |
15 | The deadline passed on Feb. 28 for Hong Kong citizens to apply for a " first tranche " of allocations of UK passports under the British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Act , introduced in April 1990 as a confidence-building measure after the unrest in China in the previous year [ see p. 37376 ] , and enacted in July . |
16 | After their pantomime season , Les Jolies Petites toured for a year at various dates all over the country , always getting an excellent reception . |
17 | DEREK LAMBERT breeds fish for a living — but even he has his failures — as his frustrations with Aspidoras catfish show . |
18 | An NIS Domain license goes for a one-time fee of $25,000 . |
19 | An NIS Domain licence goes for a one-time fee of $25,000 . |
20 | In West Germany shoppers look for a Blue Angel on the label before they purchase . |
21 | ASMALL bronze statue entered for a sale of garden furniture because its elderly owners wanted to ‘ clear up the garden ’ fetched a record £6.8 million at Sotheby 's yesterday , writes Joanna Coles . |
22 | The Jones family set sail for a new life . |
23 | Saddam Hussein has gone on Baghdad T V to call for a Holy War against U S forces in the Gulf , and the overthrow of Saudi Arabia 's King Faed . |
24 | Mr Freeman recently held discussions with management from the Caldaire bus company which occupies the Grange Road site earmarked for a possible supermarket development . |
25 | To that end she had a place at Norwich City College to read for a B A in hospitality management subject to achieving the right grades in her A levels and achieving O level maths or its equivalent . |
26 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
27 | As she again became distraught yesterday , Detective Superintendent Ian Whinnett sent for a police psychiatrist . |
28 | Anton Ulrich Museum closed for a year |
29 | Although Lord Wilberforce in Reardon Smith Lines called for a review of cases based upon excessive technicality , his Lordship 's views are obiter and there is no doubt that he anticipated a definitive review of the question in future cases . |