Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Murphy , president of the National Union of Students Scotland , said that delegates to the union 's annual meeting are expected to endorse plans for an escalating campaign against proposals to force students to pay individual levies to support campus associations . |
| 2 | Mr Beregovoy is expected to approve proposals for a Gallic form of personal equity plans in the next few weeks which would allow French investors up to £60,000 worth of shares each , free of dividend and capital gains tax . |
| 3 | There were projects in rural areas too , such as the Arnhem-Elst-Nijmegen route , which were designed to improve conditions for the large volume of cyclists who cycle to school or work in neighbouring villages and towns . |
| 4 | The 5–14 proposals , which are designed to prepare children for the Standard Grade and Revised Highers syllabi currently in place throughout mainstream Scottish Education , will form the basis of Scottish Primary Education for the rest of this century and beyond . |
| 5 | Neither was it organised to recruit members for the Anti Nazi League/SP . |
| 6 | So unilateralism says Mr. O'Brian must not be made to pay damages for the emotional injury he caused Mrs. McLoughlin even though the judge thinks the opposite rule would be better for the future . |
| 7 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |
| 8 | This method might be used to gather ideas for the next course of sermons , for example . |
| 9 | In 1651 , the Rump Parliament debated a suggestion that all twenty-six should be demolished and their stonework and furnishings sold to provide funds for the poor . |
| 10 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |
| 11 | Election poster campaigns by the main political parties customarily occupy sites previously booked by others — by clients of the party 's agency who can be persuaded to postpone campaigns for a few weeks , by the Central Office of Information ( whose government advertising goes on hold once an election is called ) or reputedly ( in the case of the Tories ) by the big brewers and tobacco companies . |
| 12 | In early March 1989 it was reported that the UK , Italy , Netherlands and Spain had agreed to study costings for a joint army Light Attack Helicopter ( LAH ) project ; a Franco-German joint project had been under way since late 1987 ( see p. 35665 ) . |
| 13 | List servers may be used to raise issues for a particular discipline or to air thoughts and to stimulate discussion between a whole range of people who will never meet . |
| 14 | have a small stock remaining of their Centenary Souvenir Dinner Brochures , and would be happy to send them out to keen rugby folk in return for a cheque for just £1.50 , which will be used to raise funds for the paraplegic centre at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 15 | Jacquie , who can be contacted on 0483 301831 for information — or for a fundraising pack that could be used by clubs , pubs and organisations — told the Herald : ‘ Politics and now the general election have tended to dominate newspapers for a long time , squeezing out reports on stories about Africa — good as well as bad . |
| 16 | A. kollari first appeared in Britain in the 1830s , after galls were brought from the Middle East to Devon , where they were used to make dyes for the woollen cloth industry . |
| 17 | the most expedient course to consult the architect who had already been employed to prepare plans for the particular office now to be built , and who from his official position in connexion with the Board of Works might be resorted to with the least invidiousness to the professional public . |
| 18 | It has refused to support proposals for a new draft directive , which would specify that waste be treated as any other commodity , and thereby allowed unrestricted movement . |
| 19 | The take-home pay of the young will have to be substantially reduced to provide pensions for the increased numbers of elderly . |
| 20 | The event is set to examine prospects for the offshore sector , which is the region 's biggest employer . |
| 21 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 22 | In January 1939 Messrs Hobart and Heron of Belfast were asked to submit plans for a new church estimated to cost about £4000 . |
| 23 | ‘ We had an extraordinary example of this recently when the Department of Transport was asked to nominate roads for the proposed Trans- European Highway Network , and failed to consult Welsh Office Ministers before proposing the A5 across Snowdonia . ’ |
| 24 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 25 | Convinced that a hung parliament was inevitable , Ashdown had begun to make demands for an immediate commitment to PR from a minority Labour government that a more sensible ( and sensitive ) politician would have left until after 9 April . |
| 26 | Many of the diplomas and certificates offered by the University are intended to prepare students for a particular career path , or to enhance their prospects in the career they have already chosen by extending their knowledge and developing their skills . |
| 27 | The bankrupt may be required to submit accounts for the previous three years and to provide additional information as may be required by the official receiver ( rr 6.64–6.66 ) . |
| 28 | Tony Harrison recounts a story about a meeting which is likely to become apocryphal : ‘ There had been over ten accidents in a year on one particular plant and a meeting was held to consider targets for the next year . |
| 29 | And it is well known that , being required to prepare designs for a useless and costly object by one of our leading nobility , long since deceased , one of princely fortune , but who had an extravagant passion for building , he purposely appealed to the son to advise his father to give the intention ’ . |