Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Co-ordination Committee of Opposition Groups called for a day of civil disobedience on April 15 and for a general strike — " Operation dead cities " — on April 18 and 19 , which appeared to be widely observed . |
| 2 | We will retain the right of council tenants to opt for a change of landlord , but only after a fair ballot . |
| 3 | The Council 's permission for many priests to share in a single concelebration was again , initially , limited to a very few occasions , but before the end of the 1960s the absurdity of the former practice had become rather obvious and concelebration was rapidly becoming the norm for all circumstances where the number of priests exceeded the number of community Masses needed for a pastoral purpose . |
| 4 | Obviously , the type of leadership qualities required for a fast food establishment are not the same as for an insurance company . |
| 5 | Last summer he suggested that the appalling state of government finances called for a fundamental reassessment of the way it spends £250 billion a year of taxpayers ' money . |
| 6 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the use of animals in cosmetic-testing in particular and product-testing in general . |
| 7 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the coercive use of any animal in military research , or in such research topics as the deleterious effects of smoking , maternal deprivation and drug addiction . |
| 8 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the traditions of ‘ sport ’ hunting and trapping of wildlife . |
| 9 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the commerce in the skins of other animals for purposes of human vanity . |
| 10 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the capture and training of wild animals , for purposes of entertainment . |
| 11 | Dropping hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards , the company pointed to figures showing that the majority of software start-ups make for an IPO at between $10m and $20m of venture funding : Neuron Data is capitalised at $16m . |
| 12 | Recently people have begun to criticize the violence , sexism and racism in many programs , the exploitation of children 's needs by commercials aimed at them , the biased politics of ‘ objective ’ news reporting , and by the threat to cultures in the developing world by the widespread broadcasting of TV programs created for a US audience . |
| 13 | It is hoped that golf clubs will allow the holders of identity cards to play for a nominal green fee at off-peak times and that such cards will act as a passport to junior membership , particularly in the cases of youngsters whose parents are not golfers and , therefore , may find it difficult to join a club . |