Example sentences of "which is [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their manifesto says that the government ‘ will continue to work strenuously for a political solution acceptable to all parties ’ , which is to say for a gravitational system in which apples fall upwards . |
| 2 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 21-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in January 1989 , when the People 's Electoral Movement ( Movimento Electoral di Pueblo — MEP ) won 10 seats , and with the support of the Aruban Patriotic party ( Partido Patriótico Arubano — PPA ) and the National Democratic Action ( Acción Democrático Nacional — ADN ) formed a government [ see p. 37075 ] . |
| 3 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 22-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in March 1990 , when Prime Minister Maria Liberia Peters 's National People 's Party ( Partido Nashonal di Pueblo — PNP ) won seven seats and continued to lead a coalition government . |
| 4 | Executive power in internal affairs in each case is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term . |
| 5 | Under its 1921 Constitution it has a government appointed by the Prince on the proposal of the 25-seat Landtag ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult sufferage . |
| 6 | Legislative powers reside with the bicameral Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) comprising the 46-member Upper House ( Ständerat ) of representatives from the cantons and the 200-member Lower House ( Nationalrat or National Council ) , which is elected for a four-year term . |
| 7 | The Kingdom of Norway is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch exercises authority through a Council of State ( Cabinet ) , appointed by the monarch in accordance with the will of the 165-member parliament ( Storting ) , which is elected for a fixed four-year term . |
| 8 | Legislative power is vested in the 120-member National Assembly , which is elected for a five-year term . |
| 9 | It has a 65-member House of Representatives which is elected for a five-year term ( subject to dissolution ) by direct universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 10 | Air France also has an operating alliance with Malev , the Hungarian carrier which is looking for a strategic foreign partner . |
| 11 | A multijunction cell , Solarex believes , should be more efficient as it uses layers of different crystals , each of which is optimised for a specific band of the visible light spectrum . |
| 12 | Tensing and relaxation are then incorporated into the turtle response by tensing the body when assuming the turtle position , as a count is made from one to ten , followed by relaxation of the muscles , which is maintained for a few moments . |
| 13 | Nothing is quite an adequate substitute … social service departments should make every effort to support and assist the family which is caring for an older member ’ . |
| 14 | Gary Eichorn , general manager of Hewlett-Packard Co 's workstation systems group said he did n't think COSE in its initial guise would be enough to meet the demands of user collections like the Galileo group , which is pressing for a generic common front end . |
| 15 | See also Derby and Co Ltd v Weldon ( No 8 ) [ 1990 ] 3 All ER 762. 2.3 Limited purpose of disclosure There is a large body of authority in support of the proposition that information which is disclosed for a limited purpose is received under an obligation of confidence and can not be used or disclosed otherwise than for that purpose . |