Example sentences of "and [verb] for a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Persian rugs have traditionally been considered the most expensive and easily re-saleable of all oriental rugs , and allowing for a few notable exceptions ( usually older and more collectable items from different parts of the world ) , this assumption has generally held true . |
| 2 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 3 | It recommends an increase in the number of part time training posts and allows for a resulting modest fall in the average number of whole time equivalents that doctors work . |
| 4 | Kevin Coley was rumoured to be fed up with the dreadful Napiers and looking for a new senior professional . |
| 5 | Some major parties quickly rejected the whole idea of the planned conference , regarding it as undemocratic , and called for a genuine national conference to draw up a new constitution . |
| 6 | China has regretted North Korea 's defiance and called for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula . |
| 7 | The Lebanese government received a US letter of assurances on Oct. 19 , reportedly referring to the implementation of UN Resolution 425 , adopted in March 1978 following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and calling for a complete Israeli withdrawal [ see p. 29649 ] . |
| 8 | If it was not , then the Committee should have made this plain and opted for a different verbal formula . |
| 9 | For example , you may like to swim on Mondays and Fridays , play squash on Wednesdays , and go for a long brisk walk or jog on Saturdays and Sundays . |
| 10 | ‘ Right here in Clonmacnoise , ’ the blonde ticket girl replied , and sent for a tall young man who worked in the grounds to show me her grave . |
| 11 | We will actively support the peace-making role of the UN — for example , in Cambodia and Somalia — and work for a permanent United Nations peace-keeping force . |