Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun sg] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | CND had planned a number of marches in London for that summer but they were affected by a ban on all public processions ( other than those traditionally held ) in the Metropolitan Police District which was imposed for a twenty-eight-day period by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner , with the consent of the Home Secretary , under section 3 of the Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 2 | Ten or more coaches may be needed for a provincial tour by the Queen when the train becomes her Palace on Wheels . |
| 3 | Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly . |
| 4 | Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly ( Kuo-Min Ta-Hui ) . |
| 5 | Its short history provided one album , denounced for a dubious cover by the popular press , and a huge concert in Hyde Park in early June . |
| 6 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 7 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 8 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 9 | Under its 1949 Basic Law ( Constitution ) , the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are ( i ) the Federal Diet ( Bundestag ) , the lower house of parliament , comprising 497 members elected for a four-year term by a mixed system of proportional representation and direct voting , and 22 members elected by the West Berlin House of Representatives ; ( ii ) the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) , the upper house of parliament , comprising 41 members of the governments of the Republic 's 10 Länder ( states ) and four representatives appointed by the West Berlin Senate ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident — currently Richard von Weizsäcker ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; and ( iv ) the federal government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — currently Helmut Kohl ) elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President and his or her ministers . |
| 10 | Fiji 's executive President was to be appointed for a five-year term by the Great Council of Chiefs , which would also nominate 24 Melanesians to the 34-member Senate . |
| 11 | Under the 1949 Basic Law the Federal Republic is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are : ( i ) the Bundestag ( lower house of parliament ) elected for a four-year term in universal , direct , free and secret elections ; ( ii ) the Bundesrat ( upper house ) , now comprising 65 members of the governments of the Republic 's 16 Länder ( states ) ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) , comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; ( iv ) the Federal Government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President ) , together with his or her ministers ; and ( v ) the Federal Constitutional Court ( Bundesverfassungsgericht ) , whose judges are elected by the Bundestag and Bundesrat to serve 12-year non-renewable terms . |
| 12 | The President is elected for a five-year term by the 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat — MPR ) . |
| 13 | Judging the tension in the runners is difficult for someone who does n't drive a sled , and the lashings are probably best left easily untied for a final adjustment by the user . |
| 14 | In spite of the bad news , Mr Alphandéry 's wish for a buoyant bourse by the autumn may come true . |
| 15 | A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor . |
| 16 | MOVES by the US to introduce an energy tax could clear the way for a similar measure by the European Community , according to Sir Leon Brittan , the external trade commissioner , writes Frank Frazer . |
| 17 | The Field Chair is elected for a two-year period by the staff members of the field committee and is eligible for re-election . |
| 18 | After Williams comes Benneton from Enstone … they 've signed up Ricardo Patrese to partner Schumacher … and watch for a young Brazillian by the name of Rubens Barrichello … he 's the new wizz kid in the Jordan team … |
| 19 | He took a 40 per cent pay cut , swapped the corporate splendour for a mushroom-coloured Portakabin by the Thames , and installed himself as chairman of a company which makes candles . |
| 20 | That was all , except for a little box by the bed covered with a beautiful silky blue and green scarf with long black fringes . |
| 21 | They provided the foundation for a conclusive victory by the champions which suggested they might yet put up a spirited defence of their crown . |
| 22 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 23 | The upper decks were wide with two and two seating , except for a single seat by the trolley which was slightly offset . |
| 24 | Resolution 44/44 of Dec. 7 , adopted without a vote , allocated $US40,800,000 to the UN Observer Group in Central America ( established for a six-month period by the UN Security Council on Nov. 7 ) . |
| 25 | He even postponed , on his own responsibility , a proposal for a mediatory broadcast by the Archbishop of Canterbury ( Randall Davidson ) , which the Government itself would have found very difficult to forbid . |
| 26 | On those grounds , the court in reply to the questions referred to it for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales , Queen 's Bench Division , by order of 10 March 1989 , hereby rules : |
| 27 | I understand that , in view of the allegations about the conduct of Staffordshire special branch officers , the chief constable of Staffordshire has arranged for a full investigation by the deputy chief constable of another force . |
| 28 | When the Conservative grip on power in Wiltshire was broken by a re-organisation of boundaries at the local elections , the new hung council was ripe for a pre-emptive strike by the anti-hunt lobby . |
| 29 | On 1 August , Warsaw rose in rebellion against the Germans , hoping for an early relief by the Russians — who had their own plans . |
| 30 | In Spain González expressed his concern in a letter to Bush , suggesting that allied aerial bombardment of Baghdad and other cities should be halted , and calling for an international inquiry by the UN and the ICRC into the incident . |