Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This two-track approach was seen by the press in member countries as reflecting continued manoeuvring over the role of the United States in the alliance , against a background of US troop reductions in Europe and Franco-German proposals for a European military force . |
| 2 | In its final statement the Council rejected United States and Israeli proposals for a regional peace conference and reiterated previous demands for a UN-supervised international conference on the Middle East , to be attended by , among others , the PLO and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 3 | AT THE May meeting of Claudy WI , N Brown of Walworth Garden Centre showed the members how to plant tubs and hanging baskets for a good display during the summer . |
| 4 | The DES agreed to fund a pilot project for the ten months from October 1989 to July 1990. it aims to identify and recruit twenty German and French teachers for a ten-week course in the coming summer term . |
| 5 | Back in 1978 the Department of Health and Social Security brought together clinicians , statisticians , health service researchers , economists , and civil servants for a similar seminar addressing waiting times for hospital treatment . |
| 6 | By highlighting the threat to the constitution from Labour and Liberal plans for a Scottish Parliament and the proportional representation system by which its members would be elected , he consistently and robustly drove home the message that the Tories alone stood as the party of Union , of collective strength in negotations abroad and strong government at home . |
| 7 | Instead , the government intends to resist pressure from the unions for a freeze , and separate suggestions for a generalised rationing system . |
| 8 | Similar strategies have been pursued in most Western European and Australasian democracies for a longer period , notably in the UK , where limits on what parties can spend in local constituencies are remarkably stringent . |
| 9 | On July 28 Mandela emphasized that the aim of the strike , an initiative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) , was not " an insurrection " but the immediate installation of an interim government of national unity , and one-person-one-vote elections for a constitution-making body . |
| 10 | Strong and justified pressures for a New International Economic Order also make it imperative for the implications of Europe 's relationships with the Third World to be taken into serious account . |
| 11 | All that remains to be said is Happy Christmas and good wishes for a New Knitting Year ! |
| 12 | Surgeons , however , have used metallic implants such as clips and automatic sutures for a long time without any such complication reported . |
| 13 | Figure 3 shows the total demand for money plotted against the rate of interest : L s represents the speculative demand and L t represents the transactions and precautionary demands for a given level of income . |
| 14 | Oil and sewage sources accounted for 20 per cent of the total ; agricultural and industrial sources for a further 10 per cent each . |
| 15 | Although a tentative date for the first democratic elections has been put forward , we are not yet , not yet there and our campaign for free and fair elections for a democratic constitution needs your urgent support . |
| 16 | Aylwin , reflecting demands from the Catholic church and from left- and right-wing politicians for a full inquiry , stated on June 21 that , if the courts determined individual responsibilities for human rights abuses , one of the consequences would be " the retirement of those guilty of such responsibilities " . |
| 17 | There were many memorable and often moving episodes , indeed , more than I can find space to record , and to Lata Sharma ( Maria ) , David Curry ( Tony ) , Maurice Jay ( Riff ) , Petrea Cooney ( Anita ) , Michael Lally ( Bernardo ) and the others in the cast , not to mention the excellent rival gangs and , of course , the stage crew , my congratulations and heartfelt thanks for a rich and rewarding theatrical experience . |
| 18 | Eventually a compromise was adopted between the call championed by Scandinavian and other countries for a permanent ban , and France and Britain 's insistence on their right to dump larger items such as nuclear components of submarines and power stations . |
| 19 | In Benin in February a national constitutional conference of notables brought an end to the regime of General Mathieu Kérékou and laid plans for a general election next year . |
| 20 | Many headhunters now specialise in the finance function , recruiting financial directors and financial controllers for a wide range of interests . |
| 21 | After many long hours of negotiations between the key delegations , however , and increasing support among South American and African countries for a total ban on drift-nets , a compromise text was agreed which involved substantial concessions by Japan . |
| 22 | If all goes according to plan you should find further details of the study and proposed dates for a first meeting enclosed with this letter . |
| 23 | You should find further details and proposed dates for a first meeting enclosed with this letter . |
| 24 | And £18.50 is enough to pay for a year 's supply of medicine and special foods for a sick child in San José . |
| 25 | Necessary and sufficient conditions for a quadratic form to be pos. def. are established in Theorem XIII of 1.22 . |
| 26 | Of the 23 species surveyed , there were significant increases in numbers for three ( Wren , Reed Warbler and Blackcap ) and significant decreases for a further three ( Whitethroat , Willow Warbler and Blue Tit ) . |
| 27 | She pressed a button and one of the hit songs of the season emerged at full volume , the tough , shallow lyrics gloatingly declaimed by a star of the mid-sixties who had traded in her artless looks and girlish lispings for a street-wise manner and a voice laden with designer cynicism . |