Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has launched a report in Brussels calling for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 2 | It becomes clear from the expressions used by Lord Wright speaking for the Privy Council to describe the duty and its breach , the important and significant date in relation thereto was not the date of manufacture but when the damage occurred : see also Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , 1960 S.C . ( H.L. ) 92 . |
| 3 | Seven people were reported killed after police fired on protesters in West Bengal calling for the arrest of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh officially estimated to total 100,000 . |
| 4 | On Oct. 23 , during a demonstration in Mogadishu calling for the release of political prisoners and protesting against high food prices , two civilians and one policeman were killed and 36 civilians wounded following violent clashes between protesters and police . |
| 5 | This led to Meredith posing for the face of the dead poet , Thomas Chatterton [ q.v. ] , in Wallis 's painting ‘ Chatterton ’ ( Tate Gallery ) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856 . |
| 6 | David Spence , a 23-year-old from Natal studying for a diploma in social science , said : ‘ Oxford is seen as one of the very top universities in the world , and it is a dream come true just to be here . |
| 7 | I know this after a dispiriting tour of San Francisco looking for a place to eat at 10 pm . |
| 8 | With Monzer al-Kassar and Rifat Assad fronting for the group in Europe , it fell to Kenaan , as the man on the spot , to supervise the supply end of the business , to keep the Bekaa peaceful and productive , to suppress dissent , discourage private enterprise and mediate disputes . |
| 9 | You can spot the modern first edition collector : it is he who sifts assiduously through a pile of the new Martin Amis searching for the copy whose corner is not bumped , only to reject it because the alignment of the dust-wrapper ( not jacket ) on the spine is very slightly askew — but he does n't want that copy either because of the biro indentation on the lamination , and the nineteenth copy would have been OK had the rear cover not been soiled . |
| 10 | Barry Fry 's sacking leaves Barnet boss Stan Flashman looking for a manager . |
| 11 | In the '60s Scottish football was awash with stories of ‘ scouts ’ — the often unpaid enthusiasts who scoured the pitches of school-boy Scotland looking for the next generation of international talent . |
| 12 | This large man , ‘ whose countenance was the cast of an ancient statue ’ , says the concluding passage of the Life , tolerated unstimulatedly the hospitality of the silent professors , and wandered through Old Aberdeen looking for a book of poetry , then back to his inn . |
| 13 | But , as he has every right , he 's keeping Glamorgan waiting for an answer . |
| 14 | In the fighting which ensued , Rodrigo 's son Diego was slain , fighting alongside Alfonso , El Cid having remained in Valencia waiting for an attack which never came . |
| 15 | Before the General Election there had been some talk of revising Crime Has No Boundaries , after Quintin Hogg had written to Heath calling for a ‘ refurbishment ’ of policies towards crime . |
| 16 | — Brenda Binge of Burnley calling for a ban on acid house parties ‘ I went to Oxford University , but I 've never let it hold me back . ’ |
| 17 | He blasted MPs like Bryan Gould calling for a vote with Tory rebels against Maastricht . |
| 18 | On May 6 thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lomé calling for the resignation of President Gnassingbe Eyadema and Prime Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh , who , they claimed , were " accomplices " in the attack . |
| 19 | Lot ten ten , ten is the Burmese Buddha this the Buddha showing for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds , and ten at a hundred and ten pounds all done ? |
| 20 | Frank responding for the C E C and motions three one four , three one six , three one eight , three one nine and composite eighteen . |
| 21 | It was always going to be a tough qualifying group with Italy , Portugal and Scotland fighting for the two places . |
| 22 | The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 . |
| 23 | ‘ Yesterday morning , ’ began Juliet , ‘ when we were both on Hunter Ward waiting for the doctor to finish talking to Mum . ’ |
| 24 | When I returned to the laibon 's village with the paperwork , he was looking out towards Ol Doinyo Lengai waiting for the sound and the dust and the cries of his cattle coming back . |
| 25 | By now the Arab with my coat would be in Malaga waiting for the boat across to Africa . |
| 26 | Thirty children delivered a petition to Downing Street pleading for the Kenton Ward at St Bartholomew 's Hospital , London . |
| 27 | DAMON Hill aims for a hat-trick of victories in today 's Italian Grand Prix at Monza — and keep Williams team-mate Alain Prost waiting for the world championship crown . |
| 28 | Two impassive cops in shiny black raincoats levelled guns like the Gestapo rehearsing for a massacre . |
| 29 | and then pensions are the same again except the guy 's a carpenter , a self-employed carpenter , and then finally erm there 's only one of you doing er so you Robert going for the savings , you 're doing savings are n't you ? |
| 30 | The Estonian parliament , influenced by these concerns , adopted a constitutional amendment on 16 November providing for the right of veto over all legislation that was intended to apply to the USSR as a whole . |