Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why power boat owner David Peaks opted for a five-door turbo diesel Mitsubishi Shogun — rival to the Range Rover — after a succession of diesel Land-Rovers . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mr Freeman recently held discussions with management from the Caldaire bus company which occupies the Grange Road site earmarked for a possible supermarket development . |
| 5 | At the start of the negotiations the ACP countries called for a wide-ranging revision of the convention to take account of developments in recent years which had adversely affected their economies , in particular rising debt ( currently estimated at USdollars 200,000 million for the sub-Saharan countries alone ) and falling commodity prices . |
| 6 | Of the importing countries the UK government applied for a six-month exemption for Hong Kong , where 3,000 carvers and other workers depended on ivory for their livelihood , to dispose of its stockpile . |
| 7 | In presenting his new government , comprised largely of young technocrats without previous government experience , Petre Roman called for a rapid transformation to a market economy . |
| 8 | Professor Fred Stone of Glasgow University called for a countrywide network of agencies made up from the police , social workers , teachers and other agencies to spot potential troublesome children . |
| 9 | RIGHT-THINKING PEOPLE have been angered and shamed by the manner in which our unimaginative leaders bundled that wretched and ill-done-by Papusoiu onto a plane at Heathrow airport bound for a cruel Romanian jail , and have voiced their disgust . |
| 10 | The Avery prize paid for a free place for four years at Redmond College , one of the best colleges in Canada . |