Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [vb past] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A meeting of Western European Union ( WEU ) Foreign Ministers in Paris on Jan. 17 reaffirmed support for the USA in the Gulf war and for military action against Iraq until it withdrew unconditionally from Kuwait . |
| 2 | The trial of the preliminary issue was heard by Morland J. who on 15 March 1991 gave judgment for the council , holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual damage was alleged , and that the council had a cause of action in libel against the defendants on the basis of the pleaded statement of claim . |
| 3 | A member of the council , he functioned as escort to the king 's daughter , Queen Margaret of Scotland [ q.v. ] , during 1252–3 , and in March 1254 took responsibility for the English and Welsh lands of the young Prince Edward . |
| 4 | Newspaper reports of a " secret " meeting between Mandela , Tambo and President F. W. de Klerk on Dec. 17 caused embarrassment for the ANC , which later admitted that a meeting had taken place but described it as " a long-scheduled meeting of the working group looking into the suspension of armed actions " . |
| 5 | A statement sent to the Tunis bureau of the Agence France-Presse news agency on June 9 claimed responsibility for the killing on behalf of the Fatah Revolutionary Council , the Palestinian faction led by Abu Nidal . |
| 6 | Requests to Edward VI in June 1552 included relief for the children of the Earl of Surrey , executed in 1547 ; fee-farms for the King 's cofferer , Mr Chitterwood of the Privy Chamber , Dr Leyson , Sir Thomas Dacre , and Sir Ralph Bagenal ; 200 for Sir Nicholas le Strange ; and a pardon to John Smallwood for inadvertent manslaughter . |