Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A designer was using a computer to specify plans for the igniter for an aircraft engine . |
| 2 | In the following year , addressing the Royal United Services Institute , he was to be found covering his tracks across the same ground : ‘ They accept us now ; they used to suspect us of being a trap to catch boys for the Army … |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman must recognise that we have not given a commitment to establish a funding council : we simply gave a commitment to provide powers for the Secretary of State to do so . |
| 4 | Throughout June President Lech Walesa and the Sejm ( the lower house of parliament ) remained deadlocked over the passage of a bill to establish procedures for the country 's first democratic general election , expected to be held in October . |
| 5 | There has always been a tendency to build houses for the dead to resemble houses for the living . |
| 6 | A group of policemen were arrested after raiding an armoury to acquire weapons for the funeral march and the Army had to be called in to restrain demonstrating policemen who surrounded the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu and threatened medical staff for allegedly failing to give their colleagues adequate medical attention . |
| 7 | In an effort to improve prospects for the latter , the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has drawn up a four-year plan . |
| 8 | In an effort to help funds for the church and its path , a charge of £3 will be made for listeners and singers . |
| 9 | Silas introduced them , and in an effort to make amends for the earlier incident on the highway she held out her hand and spoke quietly . |
| 10 | The caretaker government had decreed on Sept. 18 a ban on all food exports until the end of March 1991 , in an effort to boost stocks for the coming winter . |
| 11 | NEWARK AIR MUSEUM have launched an appeal to raise funds for the restoration of their General Aircraft Monospar ST.12 VH–UTH . |