Example sentences of "continued [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan continued to appeal for a ceasefire and to impress on foreign ambassadors his willingness to negotiate with the rebels . |
| 2 | Gerry , born in Armagh , retired in 1987 but continued to write for the Armagh Gazette , broadcast on BBC radio and wrote a book on rural tales entitled And the Band Played On . |
| 3 | The Emperor deplored the bellicosity of language and continued to work for a peaceful settlement , using the King of the Belgians as an intermediary , at the same time maintaining close contact with the Spanish Ambassador in Paris . |
| 4 | But Ned Corvan , it seems , continued to work for a solidly working-class audience and address working-class concerns . |
| 5 | Leland and this son Wilfred continued to work for the company . |
| 6 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 7 | At many cultural levels the old Petersburg continued to prevail for a while over Moscow in many informal , non-governmental ways , as will be noted in a later chapter . |
| 8 | He continued to play for the club until the age of 65 . |
| 9 | This was still some way from a mathematical science , and chemists continued to look for the Kepler or the Newton of Chemistry who would make it deductive and mathematical . |
| 10 | The business sector was disappointed that the cut in interest rates was not larger , however , and they continued to press for a devaluation . |
| 11 | Although the Scottish Division defeated re-affiliation by 88 votes to 6 at its Conference in February 1938 the MPs continued to press for a return to the Labour Party . |
| 12 | The ANC continued to press for the setting up of an interim government during the constitutional negotiations , whereas some other groups , including the Democratic Party and the Zulu-based Inkatha movement , favoured the current government staying in power during the transition period . |
| 13 | During 1990-91 the Commission continued to press for the introduction of its policy deregulating European air traffic routes . |
| 14 | The Labour Party , on the other hand , continued to press for the acceptance of its Parliamentary Standing Orders . |
| 15 | After the initial failure to sell Austin Rover and Leyland Vehicles the government continued to negotiate for the sale of Leyland Bus , which was to have been sold to the Laird Group , the second largest UK bus manufacturer . |
| 16 | The Left-wing of the party continued to fight for the adoption of socialist policies . |
| 17 | Throughout all this period the SPD and FPD continued to argue for a less exclusively western orientation , dusting off the old chestnut about Germany 's ‘ third way ’ which had been so disastrous in 1918 . |
| 18 | Although the gas industry retained the larger market share for cooking overall , more than a quarter of consumers had electric cookers by 1958 and electricity for cooking continued to account for a fifth of domestic electricity sales . |
| 19 | After Tvrtko 's death the Bosnian nobles quarrelled and , although the Kotromanić family continued to reign for the next seventy years , their power rapidly declined . |
| 20 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 21 | The charity continued to pay for the schoolmaster in Saltash , who fulfilled certain conditions , the sum of £6. 17s. 2d. per annum up until 1875 , when the school , run by a Mr. Williams , closed down . |
| 22 | As Ronni continued to ponder for a moment , Jeff leaned across the table . |
| 23 | But though he continued to broadcast for the Nazis throughout the war , he was never to match the growth in fame of the new arrival at Charlottenburg . |
| 24 | In the event the vast majority continued to make for the seaside resorts in the area , leaving the conservationists to fend off the more predatory designs of farmers and water authorities . |