Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September . |
| 2 | Louis Blom-Cooper , QC in the Listener , Bernard Levin in the Observer , Leo Abse , MP in the Spectator all called for an immediate inquiry , while Julian Symons in the Sunday Times , C. H. Rolph in the Times Literary Supplement , Mervyn Jones in the New Statesman all declared categorically that Meehan was innocent and should be granted a free pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy . |
| 3 | Rev. Cahal Daly , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor , all called for an independent public inquiry into the killings , but Brooke declared that he had every confidence in the investigation being undertaken by the Royal Ulster Constabulary . |
| 4 | The right of rejection is not given for an ordinary breach of warranty . |
| 5 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 6 | In such conditions , where drug combinations are not used for an adequate length of time , resistant strains have every chance of profiting from the destruction of their more sensitive relatives , and establishing a reservoir of intractable organisms . |
| 7 | Crew arriving by air to join a yacht are not normally asked for an onward ticket : however , nationals who need visas for Spain should have a letter from the owner of the yacht stating that the crew is joining the yacht at Las Palmas . |
| 8 | Maulvi Farooq was a moderate who had peacefully campaigned for an independent Kashmir , an option opposed by both India and Pakistan . |
| 9 | ( ) ’ ) . Cooper painted these images in the landscape around his home area of Canterbury and they were always intended for an urban albeit regional art market . |
| 10 | And yet , for all his reservations , Nietzsche continued to devote time and energy to orthodox classical scholarship ; and he was still prepared for an academic career , albeit with the special aims appropriate to one so sceptical of the established order . |
| 11 | A citizen could be arrested without a warrant under the Deer Act 1963 , the Town Gardens Protection Act 1863 , or the Public Stores Act 1875 for ‘ obliterating marks denoting that property in stores is HM property ’ , but he or she could not be directly apprehended for an indecent assault on a woman . |
| 12 | Geet FM complains that no franchise was ever advertised for an Asian service in Leicester . |
| 13 | Television cameras , radio microphones and hundreds of fascinated spectators brought to remote Utah the sort of attention usually reserved for an important visiting head of state in Washington or New York . |
| 14 | Because import duty ( 35 per cent on ornamented goods ) and freight charges , had from the start pushed prices up in the US , Peter now decided to make a virtue of necessity and deliberately aimed for an exclusive designer image with corresponding price tag . |
| 15 | Amsterdam Travel Service recognise the growing demand for High Class hotels and the collection of top quality four and five star hotels on this page has been carefully selected for an ideal blend of style , quality , comfort and location — the perfect recipe for a magical holiday . |
| 16 | The exiled monarch had also called for an immediate end to military rule . |
| 17 | He was banned from driving for 10 years and was also jailed for an additional six months for driving while disqualified . |
| 18 | With planning consent now received for an improved access for the physically handicapped and an extension to provide a parish office and toilet for the disabled , tenders will shortly be invited for the building works . |
| 19 | Lady Thatcher , an Oxford graduate , was originally proposed for an honorary degree in 1985 but members of the university 's ruling body the Congregation voted down the idea in protest at her Government 's handling of education . |
| 20 | It is now divided for an old people 's residential home and private residence , yet much the same in appearance as the original . |
| 21 | The college has not yet applied for an English Heritage grant , for which it would certainly be eligible . |
| 22 | In such cases , Hansard has frequently been referred to with a view to ascertaining whether a statutory power has been improperly exercised for an alien purpose or in a wholly unreasonable manner . |
| 23 | You could n't be more ideally placed for an action-packed holiday this Summer than in the smart and lively Copacabana hotel . |
| 24 | This sexism was traced in the stereotyping of women ( the madonna/whore dichotomy of classic Hollywood is a well-known example ) , and critics implicitly or explicitly called for an authentic women 's cinema which would portray real women as they really are . |
| 25 | To ring the changes , hair was sprayed at the roots and lightly backcombed for an alternative look . |