Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 2 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
| 3 | TERRY COOPER yesterday accused Cambridge of a time-wasting campaign as Birmingham qualified for the international stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup . |
| 4 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 5 | Freud moved from Vienna in 1938 , when the Nazis took over , and lived for the last year of his life in London . |
| 6 | The Christmas Crib appeal brings in much needed revenue for the work of the society , and Father Gannon asked for the continued support of clergy , schools and people of the diocese . |
| 7 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 8 | Flaubert 's niece asked for the traditional cast of the writer 's hand to be taken . |
| 9 | At the same time a taste arose for the refined lifestyle of the cultured Greek . |
| 10 | We made for the top front of the vehicle , as this provided the best all-round view . |
| 11 | It also argued for the complete removal of executive power from the President as well as the abolition of a number of unspecified prerogatives enjoyed by the President as head of state . |
| 12 | It argued for the urgent creation of a new comprehensive energy strategy . |
| 13 | The so-called Endeavour Accord , which provided for the immediate lifting of the blockade and for the restoration of communications , education , health and power services , was reached after the two sides agreed to set aside the independence question for further talks within the next eight weeks . |
| 14 | It provided for the unimpeded movement of foreign exchange and gold into and out of the country by both Philippine residents and overseas investors , and removed the requirement that foreign exchange earned abroad by Philippine-based commodity and service exporters be sold to Manila-based banks . |
| 15 | Instead , he proposed a package which provided for the highest degree of democratization permitted under the Basic Law , the colony 's Constitution which had been approved by China in 1990 . |
| 16 | The published version of the draft constitution , which provided for the direct election of the president for an eight-year renewable term , and allowed the president to issue emergency decrees , did not include an amendment approved by the Assembly recommending that Saddam Hussein be elected President for life . |
| 17 | The Knesset approved legislation on March 18 which provided for the direct election of the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed an agreement in Hanoi , the Vietnamese capital , on May 12 which provided for the forcible repatriation of all Vietnamese " economic refugees " from Hong Kong . |
| 19 | The free trade agreement between Canada and the USA ( signed in 1988 and implemented from Jan. 1 , 1989 ) , which provided for the eventual abolition of all customs duties between the USA and Canada after one , five and 10 years , continued to produce disputes between the two countries over specific items during 1990 . |
| 20 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 21 | The original was dated 1545 and was one of the series Vredeman de Vries created for the great garden of Wallenstein ( see p. 94 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ We tried for the best part of 18 months to get Dowty to agree to a friendly deal , but both the old chairman , Lord Harrowby , and the new chairman , Roy Roberts , refused . |
| 23 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |
| 24 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 25 | RUNAWAY teenager Nicola Rogers told today why she headed for the bright lights of Blackpool after leaving her home 100 miles away four days ago . |
| 26 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 27 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 28 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 29 | A major emphasis was placed on Intercession and listening to God This was invaluable as we prepared for the first section of outreach in Budapest , Hungary . |
| 30 | ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas . |