Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker also sought support for the USA 's opposition to a Malaysian proposal for an East Asian trade grouping which excluded the USA [ see p. 38535 ] . |
| 2 | On Viola 's approach down the hall , Hilda turned up the gas and made preparation for a hasty departure , but this , it seemed , was not the idea . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His defects were that he lacked subtlety , was vehemently anti-communist to the point where any unrest or dissent might be regarded as a sign of communist activity , and that he lacked preparation for the tasks he faced . |
| 5 | In a bid to lift the country out of recession Norman Lamont announced boosts for the car industry , housing , the health service and schools . |
| 6 | Mr Robinson 's counsel , Kieran May , had told the judge that the MoD admitted liability for the purposes of the action , but was disputing how much should be awarded . |
| 7 | Germany and Austria led calls for the west to recognise the independence of Slovenia and Croatia . |
| 8 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 9 | On a bend of the Colorado river we made camp for a month . |
| 10 | And by eavesdropping talk on the terraces and in the pubs , they overheard plans for a pitch invasion like this one at the County Ground last year . |
| 11 | Participants also discussed the possibility of launching a major research project on the theme , and made plans for a book on communication and human rights in Africa . |
| 12 | Participants also discussed the possibility of launching a major research project on the theme , and made plans for a book on communication and human rights in Africa . |
| 13 | At twenty , he was too old for youth training schemes , but lacked experience for the type of job he wanted in book-keeping . |
| 14 | The meeting also agreed proposals for the abolition of the visa system , for flights between the two countries and for bilateral co-operation on development projects , such as the planned construction with Indian aid of a hospital . |
| 15 | But , with that unpredictability which makes biology such a fascinating science , it was some biochemists interested in nutrition who laid foundations for the next major advance in the treatment of cancer . |
| 16 | The IRA admitted responsibility for the explosions . |
| 17 | She appeared at a police press conference in Derby with the sergeant 's mother , Mrs Joyce Newman , 58 , after the Irish National Liberation Army admitted responsibility for the murder . |
| 18 | The Army admitted responsibility for the deaths in July 1989 of 47 youths who had suffocated after being locked in a railway wagon during a roundup of suspected Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) rebels around Kumi , some 200 km north-east of Kampala . |
| 19 | The Yugoslav Federal Defence Secretariat admitted responsibility for the " undesired and tragic accident " , and the immediate suspension of Yugoslav air force commander Col. Zvonko Jurjevic suggested that the Yugoslav government was hoping to prevent the incident from impeding the deployment of UN troops . |
| 20 | The revelation came as the IRA admitted responsibility for the Tyneside blasts . |
| 21 | The Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the shooting and claimed that the man was an active Irish Republican Army member who had been involved with the killing of four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at Downpatrick , Co Down , in April 1990 . |
| 22 | The IRA admitted responsibility for the attack . |
| 23 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 24 | The board admitted responsibility for the affair and apologised for any ‘ errors ’ in accepting Mr Birt 's freelance status which gave him tax advantages . |
| 25 | The Irish Republican Army admitted responsibility for the killing of two Australian tourists in the Netherlands . |
| 26 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 27 | In its original form the Bill made provision for a single ballot , the decision resting on a simple majority of those voting . |
| 28 | The agreement ( i ) conferred land rights on ethnic Indians living in the eastern Amazonian department of Beni , covering the Isiboro Sécure el Iviato National Park and 170,000 hectares of the central forest of Chimanes ; ( ii ) established that a multiparty commission would be set up , composed of government and indigenous Indian representatives and others from " respectable institutions " , to draft a new Law for Indigenous Indians of the East and Amazonia ; ( iii ) established that timber merchants in the central Chimanes forest had to end their operations by Oct. 31 , 1990 , when contracts to cut timber would not be renewed ; and ( iv ) made provision for a further multiparty commission to be set up to police the agreement . |
| 29 | The accord made provision for a new prime minister and a " national consensus Cabinet " to negotiate with the OAS for the lifting of sanctions . |
| 30 | Admittedly , the draft legislation made provision for a more demanding sort of primary education in parts of the country which expressed a desire for it , but the likelihood of this superior version taking root was small in view of the poverty of the peasants who would have to pay for it . |