Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [noun] for an " in BNC.

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1 Once Smith finally began to criticise union influence in the party and voiced his preference for an electoral college composed solely of MPs and individual members , Gould penned a letter to the Guardian promising to strengthen rather than loosen union links .
2 After its first emergency meeting on Aug. 3 the GCC Ministerial Council met again in Jeddah on Aug. 7 and reiterated its call for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal .
3 Convenors of local committees are still encouraged to go along to the police and to discuss their plans for an event with them .
4 During the censure motion debate leaders of the right and centre opposition parties reiterated their criticism of the government as being out of touch and not in control , and repeated their demand for an early general election .
5 Its 495-326 vote had the effect of curbing Mr Yeltsin 's authority and cancelling his plans for an April referendum .
6 When Simon pressed and won his claim for an assistant inspector to supervise the national vaccination scheme in 1871 , the current permanent secretary , Ralph Lingen , issued a general warning in the accompanying minute : ‘ I do not know who is to check the assertion of experts when the government has once undertaken a class of duties which none but such persons understand . ’
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