Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A designer was using a computer to specify plans for the igniter for an aircraft engine . |
| 2 | In the following year , addressing the Royal United Services Institute , he was to be found covering his tracks across the same ground : ‘ They accept us now ; they used to suspect us of being a trap to catch boys for the Army … |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman must recognise that we have not given a commitment to establish a funding council : we simply gave a commitment to provide powers for the Secretary of State to do so . |
| 4 | Throughout June President Lech Walesa and the Sejm ( the lower house of parliament ) remained deadlocked over the passage of a bill to establish procedures for the country 's first democratic general election , expected to be held in October . |
| 5 | There has always been a tendency to build houses for the dead to resemble houses for the living . |