Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protest continued on the following day , but on April 12 the strike committee agreed to suspend strikes for 10 days pending negotiations with the republican leadership . |
| 2 | The 51-country Asian Development Bank 's annual meeting in Vancouver , Canada , on April 24-26 failed to agree terms for a controversial replenishment of its soft loan window , the Asian Development Fund [ see p. 35206 for last replenishment in 1986 ] . |
| 3 | They saw the sense of the plan and agreed to find refuges for the boys in the thick forest between Bolfracks and Kenmore . |
| 4 | On March 28 , 1990 , the Cabinet agreed to tighten procedures for ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe , requiring them to apply for West German citizenship in their country of residence rather than simply coming to West Germany . |
| 5 | The referendum , only the third in Canada 's history , would enable the electorate to endorse or reject the constitutional package agreed in late August which sought to meet demands for greater autonomy for French-speaking Quebec and for the native Indians and Inuit populations , and offered increased representation within the federal legislature for the western provinces [ see pp. 39044-45 ] . |
| 6 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton and McKinsey & Co. dominated this business , which sought to find guidelines for company regeneration and solutions for management problems . |
| 7 | This is the man behind it all , Ralph Reader , a successful composer in the thirties who agreed to write songs for the scouts to perform and his material is still used today . |
| 8 | The rationale is that traditional financial institutions have in some way failed to find funds for these sectors , as outlined above . |
| 9 | SACKING the head of welfare at an animal experimentation centre because of poor standards is a positive move , but is n't it time we stopped using animals for testing altogether ? |
| 10 | Even under the existing rules , several cases have been brought against the directors of securities firms caught compensating clients for stockmarket losses . |
| 11 | He would certainly notice if they tried to leave signs for Fenella and Caspar to follow . |
| 12 | He rose to give thanks for the thanks . |
| 13 | Trounson , who helped to pioneer techniques for freezing the embryos of cattle while working in Britain during the 1970s , says that research in sheep , mice and cattle indicates that vital factors in effective freezing include the chemical composition and the physical size of the embryonic cells . |
| 14 | We tried to get witnesses for the defence , but they ail confirmed that he had killed the DO on purpose . |
| 15 | He stopped making excuses for him ; he let his loyalty and his trust slip aside , and he saw Jean-Paul clear . |
| 16 | To achieve this they pursued tight monetary policies which in many cases involved setting targets for the growth in money supply . |
| 17 | We tried to make suggestions for character developments , all of which they would n't allow . |
| 18 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 19 | Norway imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1987 and in 1991 , for the first time , stopped killing whales for scientific purposes . |
| 20 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 21 | That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’ |
| 22 | The latest round of negotiations with the government over Kurdish autonomy [ see pp. 38126 ; 38211 ; 38308 ] ended on Aug. 20 with apparent agreement on a draft settlement , believed to include provisions for the resettlement of Kurdish refugees and the creation of a Kurdish executive and legislative council for the autonomous region . |
| 23 | SUNSOFT DETAILS ENHANCED NETWORKING FEATURES FOR SOLARIS |
| 24 | Those who remained , once she 'd made allowances for the ways they described themselves , fell broadly within the category of Ugly but Eager . |
| 25 | When the National Executive came to choose speakers for its ten BBC broadcasts , it could call upon a wide range of ministerial talent . |
| 26 | They were once thought to be very dangerous indeed and believed to steal infants for the Devil to torment in Hell . |
| 27 | She 'd got stockings for Susan — only one pair , but nice ones . |
| 28 | The district judge was undoubtedly aware of it , since it features in his lengthy rehearsal of the arguments , but he did not refer to it when he came to give reasons for his ruling , which was based exclusively on an examination of the merits . |
| 29 | As they developed , however , the protests came to incorporate demands for the resignation of Roh 's government and merged with the traditional demonstrations commemorating the Kwangju uprising . |
| 30 | She 'd invented schools for children , on the basis that since reading and writing were quite difficult it was best to get them over with early . |