Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each state has its own constitution and is administered by a governor who , with the exception of the Governor of the Federal District , is elected for a six-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 2 | Each state has its own constitution , is administered by a governor , who is elected for a six-year term , and has a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 3 | Legislative authority is held by a National Congress , comprising a 47-member Senate serving an eight-year term ( of whom 38 are elected and nine are directly appointed by the outgoing government and the Supreme Court — see pp. 37117 ; 37488 ) and a 120-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term . |
| 4 | In general , all restores would then be carried out from the optical disk , minimising the number of mounts needed for the magnetic media . |
| 5 | Much of the variation in the items is indeed directly related to their use , but the variability in the design of objects destined for the same function may point to socio-cultural differences . |
| 6 | All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time . |
| 7 | But few can doubt that Europe 's varied assortment of nations makes for a conflicting assortment of company commercial strategies and government policies . |
| 8 | Something struck him as odd about the number of books cited for the new library . |
| 9 | They all groan under the weight of books needed for the current volume . |
| 10 | A large ( 33 million word ) corpus was taken and sets of ten nearest neighbours of words derived for the thousand most common words in the corpus . |
| 11 | This order brings to 13 the number of type 23 frigates ordered since 1984 , and the number of vessels ordered for the Royal Navy since 1979 to 71 . |
| 12 | Set against this , however , is that over the same period the number of compounds screened for every new product generated has increased from 2 × 10 3 to 2 × 10 4 , which inevitably increases development costs . |
| 13 | The key question was whether , in practice , the numbers of candidates enrolling for the new system would live up to the high expectations . |
| 14 | ‘ Indeed , there is an increasing number of countries competing for the limited funds available for re-investment and will be glad to welcome new entrants . |
| 15 | A number of hypotheses to account for an excess mortality have been proposed , including an effect of socioeconomic statis . |
| 16 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 17 | A warm and welcoming place , Southern Brittany provides a wealth of places to explore for the remaining time before flying back to England on 20 April 1991 . |
| 18 | When a group of individuals meets for the first time the process of group formation has begun . |
| 19 | A second group of stations opted for a free version of cinquecento baroque — Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof ( 1872 ) , Mannheim ( 1876 ) , Budapest East ( 1876 ) , Zurich ( 1871 ) , and Brunswick ( 1848 ) . |
| 20 | The range of distances found for the other four molecules is given in parentheses . |
| 21 | I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding the House of our special announcements to ensure that special features of properties adapted for the disabled should be disregarded . |
| 22 | I 've just sent a cable to the club : list of delegates expected for the next week 's visit — does that sound okay ? |
| 23 | Old folk at the Wesley Court centre had collected hundreds of pounds to pay for the sing-a-long machine . |
| 24 | But for months , Hay had been forcing Bryan to hand over hundreds of pounds to pay for an expensive lifestyle . |
| 25 | Add an extension to your home and still have thousands of pounds left for a rainy day . |
| 26 | All manner of gatecrashers followed for the next twenty years . |
| 27 | On board were hundreds of campaigners heading for a national demonstration against the government 's rail privatisation plans . |
| 28 | The price of goods varies for the same item , in fact Birkbeck noted as many as ten different prices for the same type of waste paper . |
| 29 | Some 200 people in possession of pamphlets calling for a multiparty political system were reported to have been arrested in recent weeks around the country ; the human rights organization Amnesty International said that many people working in companies with facsimile transmission machines capable of receiving opposition literature printed abroad were among those detained . |
| 30 | The next day , they admitted that they had miscounted and that ‘ in the period June 27-August 9 … the numbers of persons detained for the whole range of offences connected with public order were loyalists 468 ; republicans 427 ’ . |