Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1940 at the Labour Exchange at Devizes , I duly registered for military service . |
| 2 | Dulles and Admiral Radford later in the same month militantly argued for American intervention if Egypt — equipped with Russian arms — were to attack Israel . |
| 3 | Detectives in Northwich yesterday appealed for public help in catching the pair . |
| 4 | BRITAIN 'S first vicar from the Pakistani community yesterday prayed for divine intervention in the great Cricket Ball Row . |
| 5 | SCOTLAND 's two largest trade unions yesterday called for increased investment in public transport after a study which reaffirmed that Scotland has the lowest level of car ownership in Britain . |
| 6 | A VICAR yesterday called for mass action to stamp out crime on an estate where good neighbour Les Reed was kicked and beaten to death as he tackled vandals . |
| 7 | Just as he once battled for supreme fitness , he has poured his energy into learning to speak again . |
| 8 | Thus containment can effect rather than defeat change ( and this does not presuppose the desirability or otherwise of that change ; it might be reaction or progress or , as in this play , complex elements of both with each differently appropriated for different audience positions ) . |
| 9 | The draft also provided for additional aid to industry to improve its competitiveness . |
| 10 | Cornell and French ( 1983a and 1983b ) included different income and capital gains taxes on futures and shares in their no-arbitrage condition , incorporated the tax timing option and also allowed for stochastic interest rates . |
| 11 | Delinquent subculture theory , with its emphasis on a collective solution to the problem , also allowed for social learning to augment and expedite the generation of delinquent values . |
| 12 | At a press conference in Belfast today the group also called for immediate action on measures which the Opsahl report had shown enjoyed widespread support , such as the immediate introduction of a Bill of Rights . |
| 13 | The motion also called for equal retirement for men and women — at 60 . |
| 14 | They also called for international aid . |
| 15 | Gorbachev also called for international regulation to protect zones with a " unique place in nature " , especially the Antarctic . |
| 16 | The communiqué also called for increased support for the Palestinian intifada in the Israeli-occupied territories , and for material , moral and political assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon . |
| 17 | He also called for existing club members to provide greater public access to their clubs . |
| 18 | The 16-member team led by Karen Jansen also searched for hidden equipment at various sites during its eight-day mission ( see also pp. 38696 ; 38838 ; 38935 ) . |
| 19 | Intensive — short reading passages which have been lexically and structurally graded for intensive reading practice . |
| 20 | Their work culminated in the drug Tagamet or cimetidine , soon widely adopted as the most effective remedy yet discovered for gastric overacidity and gastric and duodenal ulcers . |
| 21 | Peter Ball , 31 , who previously worked for British Coal and Michael Scott , 37 , previously with Securicor , will report to chief commissionaire John Harris . |
| 22 | Fortunately , she was a feminist and seldom asked for extra money , since she would consider that degrading , although she had accepted a house and school fees . |
| 23 | ( As the governor had to confess to a Commons select committee on February 19th , banks are not supposed to belong to people publicly castigated for past mendacity — as the Fayeds were , by inspectors from the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988 . ) |
| 24 | Strangely enough , we actually opened for Argent back in 1974 on one of our first big tours in America , and were promptly thrown off the tour for behaving like rude Americans … which all Americans are anyway . |
| 25 | They never campaigned for military preparedness . |
| 26 | During the late 1970s , the company found that it was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain its head office in London and therefore looked for alternative accommodation elsewhere . |
| 27 | Laura had learned , from the antique dress in the window of Gwalia House , the pulling power of a loss leader and she was not above producing one sample dress , never intended for general distribution , for the press , always hungry for a fashion article around which they could build a story . |