Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second Expeditionary Force was despatched across the Channel to France , but it WAS forced to return to Britain almost immediately because the French government asked Germany for an armistice , on 17th . |
| 2 | Indeed the importance of the correct citing of an author 's spelling is regularly marked by the insertion of sic into a citation by a second author who wishes to disclaim responsibility for an aberrant spelling . |
| 3 | In January the NRA announced proposals for an alternative site for the reservoir which could save Mr Tarry , who lives in the village of Brinkley , and his neighbours in Carlton and Bradley . |
| 4 | The attacks are designed to disrupt plans for an election on May 23rd . |
| 5 | Two of these are funding to support study for an MEd and the Robert Reid fellowships . |
| 6 | But the governing New Democracy Party dismissed calls for an early general election . |
| 7 | It has plans for an industrial policy the Tories do n't appear to have one and has modelled its industrial manifesto on the demands of the CBI , the Tories traditional bedfellows . |
| 8 | Part of Booth 's schemes to improve the lot of the disadvantaged in society had included plans for an overseas colony . |
| 9 | Mr McKeown also urged the Arts Council to provide funding for an extension to the theatre , comprising a rehearsal room , set construction workshop and studio theatre with flexible seating for between 50 and 150 people . |
| 10 | In spite of not being able to find support for an affirmative answer to the question , ‘ Are there logical conditions of something 's looking blue to someone ? ’ in what Wittgenstein says , and not accepting what would be Mill 's reason for an affirmative answer , I think an affirmative answer is the right answer . |
| 11 | Responsibility was claimed by the Islamic Jihad Movement — Bayt al-Maqdis ( Jerusalem ) , which had also claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israeli tour bus in Egypt in February 1990 [ see pp. 37265-66 ] , and which in late October had been declared illegal in Israel and the occupied territories . |
| 12 | On April 3 the People 's Revolutionary Struggle ( ELA ) and the May 1 group jointly claimed responsibility for an explosion outside UN offices and for placing bombs under European diplomats ' cars . |
| 13 | Both groups had claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on Antonio Rios , former president of the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela ( CTV ) and a leading member of the ruling Democratic Action ( AD ) party , who had recently resigned from his post to face trial on charges of influence peddling . |
| 14 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |
| 15 | But many white Americans were more concerned about the breakdown of law and order , and Congress reflected this view by refusing to grant funds for an elimination of ghetto conditions . |
| 16 | Behaviour here is a genetically programmed capacity for an adaptive response to environment . |
| 17 | The study found that 89 per cent of all companies interviewed provide assistance for an employee buying a home in the new location . |
| 18 | This decision was described as exceptional in Alexander v Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd ( 1990 ) , where the High Court reasserted the traditional principle that the courts should refuse to grant an injunction to restrain a breach of contract which would force an employer to provide work for an employee he does not wish to employ . |
| 19 | Working in Grendon must be one of the most difficulkt places for an officer becausec we 're telling them they 're not dependant on their uniform but their personality and ability to relate to people . |
| 20 | Someone who buys goods having more than one common use or who wants goods for an abnormal purpose will not benefit from section 14(3) unless the seller was expressly informed of the particular purpose for which they were required . |
| 21 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 22 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 23 | The ISCSH also found evidence for an association between exposure to passive smoking and low birthweight and said that , since active smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive smoking confers a hazard on the health of the unborn baby , passive might be expected to confer one also , albeit a smaller one [ 4 ] . |
| 24 | They provide evidence for an accuracy order in performance . |
| 25 | Nor were a dozen other heads of state who are not , I think going to request witnesses for an After Action Study . ’ |
| 26 | The failure of a small group of teachers ( who even if they were not professionally inept were certainly politically naïve ) was used to provide ammunition for an attack on schools whose approach to learning diverged from the traditional . |
| 27 | Paul Ince and Mark Ward both left the club , the former Celtic player Frank McAvennie was fined £6,000 for an alleged fracas with the team 's commercial manager , and the club were fined £20,000 for pitch disturbances during a Littlewoods Cup tie against Wimbledon . |
| 28 | One body which is not dragging its heels is the CBI , which wants space for an industrial design and enterprise centre — an idea backed by Westminster Council and the City Corporation . |
| 29 | The U D M is planning to set up a giant recycling plant here to provide employment for an area badly hit by pit closures . |
| 30 | Major international telecommunications service providers are teaming under the auspices of the Network Management Forum to agree purchasing specifications for an open , standardised computing environment to support their network , service and business management needs — and with annual spending of $20,000m a year on computer systems , the parties involved have the muscle to impose any standard they set . |