Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around half returned almost immediately , while half deferred their studies for a year . |
| 2 | Not that this affected his appetite for the bottles on Franco 's highest shelf . |
| 3 | In 1876–7 he made his first visit to Japan and this confirmed his admiration for oriental design and inspired much of his best work , as well as a book , Japan : its Architecture , Art , and Art Manufactures ( 1882 ) . |
| 4 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 5 | He was just as at home behind the wheel of a Sports Car as he was in a Grand Prix car , and his passion for all branches of the sport possible hindered his quest for the world title . |
| 6 | Describing the ANC plan as unrealistic , de Klerk on Nov. 26 released his timetable for future constitutional reform . |
| 7 | A routine mission on April 24 , followed by a ‘ milk run ’ on April 26 completed their missions for that month , bringing the total to 15 — halfway through their tour/ |
| 8 | LAWNSWOOD Junior confirmed his liking for Edinburgh when he registered a fifth course success in yesterday 's Levy Board Handicap . |
| 9 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
| 10 | Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 made their bids for the title of Cleveland 's Young Consumer of the Year at Middlesbrough town hall last night . |
| 11 | Fresh from his defeat in the gubernatorial election in Louisiana in November [ see p. 38566 ] , David Duke on Dec. 4 announced his candidature for the Republican nomination . |
| 12 | In 1216 it was Eustace who commanded the fleet which ferried Philip 's son , Louis , across to England when the latter mounted his bid for the English throne . |
| 13 | The Moroccan Organization of Human Rights on Aug. 3 denounced the government 's policy of " political detention " and " inhuman prison conditions " , while on Aug. 7 Amnesty International renewed its call for the " immediate release of all army personnel held in secret beyond the expiry of their sentence , for over 17 years " , a reference to some 60 people said to be still detained under conditions of " rigorous imprisonment " at an isolated fortress in Tazmamart . |
| 14 | Vaclav Havel , who had been federal President from June 1989 until July 1992 [ see p. 39015 ] , on Nov. 17 confirmed his candidacy for the post of president of the Czech Republic . |
| 15 | Eight detainees at Oukacha prison in Casablanca , on hunger strike since Nov. 26 , were on Dec. 25 granted their demands for political prisoner status , the right to family visits and the right to read newspapers ; their families had been fasting in support at the offices of the Moroccan Union of Labour . |
| 16 | Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach . |
| 17 | MMC endorsed our plans for Corporate Requirements and Guidelines for Project Management . |
| 18 | But once I think we were , we were going in a mad rush er , each saw his responsibilities for that word , and that 'll do , and then we 'd say yes , and stuck it here . |
| 19 | She also attended a kindergarten school where she first demonstrated her talent for modelling with clay . |
| 20 | He first demonstrated his taste for going back to first principles as a student at Brown University in the late 1960s . |
| 21 | Power rests on a broad coalition of nationalists and ( not-so-very ) ex-communists , formed when the country first began its drive for independence in 1991 . |
| 22 | Here he first developed his love for the sea , which influenced so much of his later life . |
| 23 | Baddiel first discovered his talent for humour when the school review he edited was banned and he met Newman , also 27 , when they were students at Cambridge . |
| 24 | The meeting with British art historian Basil Taylor first fuelled his enthusiasm for collecting British art at a time when this area was greatly undervalued . |
| 25 | It was in this context that the Liverpool abolitionists in particular began their campaign for equalising duties in the British market on slave-grown West Indian sugar and free-labour East Indian sugar . |
| 26 | The more she heard , the greater became her respect for his views , and the lower her spirits sank . |
| 27 | Out of 23 Scottish Labour MPs , 14 expressed their support for Mr Clarke , four felt he should stand down and one was undecided . |
| 28 | While directors like Ken Russell and Nic Roeg carried on along their own idiosyncratic paths , and many of the directors who had flourished in the 1960s packed their bags for the trip to LA , there were no indications that those left behind had begun to face up to the economic realities of British film production , or what would have to be done to patch up the damage done to the craft of filmmaking , more particularly screenwriting , during the dead times of the 1950s and into the 1960s . |
| 29 | When Milongo on Jan. 19 reiterated his support for Col. Gangouo , troops occupied the national radio and television stations in Brazzaville , and sealed off the airport . |