Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation called for a full-scale nervous breakdown . |
| 2 | This scheme provided for a mixed system of public and private pensions , with many of the better paid and more secure groups of workers able to ‘ contract out ’ into private schemes so long as they were at least as good as the State Earnings Related Pensions Scheme ( SERPS ) . |
| 3 | For all its bias , such poetry written for a specific occasion has some obvious advantages as source-material . |
| 4 | New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer 's speech to the United Nations General Assembly that month called for a global ban , and spelt out the effect that drift-netters were having on the fragile fishing-based economies of the South Pacific . |
| 5 | These considerations lead lenders to charge different rates for the same amount loaned for a given time period to , say , the government , a commercial company and a private individual . |
| 6 | Several correspondents called for a brainstorming session , largely of Third World scholars , to discuss how best to proceed . |