Example sentences of "plan for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moscow , USSR : At the same time , 12,000 miles away , a delegation from Amnesty 's International Secretariat is making plans for a fledgling Moscow Group to participate in the Women in the Front Line campaign . |
| 2 | I made my way home each night with at least some notion of hope and plans for a new assault on Wilde . |
| 3 | Europe 's supercomputing industry has received a boost with unveiling by German company Parsytec of plans for a new range of parallel machines . |
| 4 | Australian Mutual Provident executives were yesterday believed to be mounting plans for a takeover which could be one of the largest acquisitions made in the British life insurer sector . |
| 5 | In the final weeks of the Reagan administration , State Department plans for a ‘ surgical strike ’ against General Noriega were scotched by the Pentagon , which estimated that any use of US troops would cause several hundred military and civilian deaths . |
| 6 | There are distant plans for a Burke 's range of repro furniture and wallpaper . |
| 7 | CHINA 'S political turmoil has had a ‘ traumatic ’ effect on Hong Kong , but in announcing plans for a Bill of Rights and expenditure of HK$127bn ( £10.1bn ) on a new international airport and port facilities , Sir David Wilson , the Governor , made a bold attempt yesterday to bolster the territory 's confidence . |
| 8 | BRITAIN 'S plans for a new generation of anti-tank weapons , involving projects costing more than £3bn , could be thrown into turmoil after the discovery of new armour on Soviet tanks . |
| 9 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 10 | KATHLEEN MACK , a 74-year-old stud owner , has forced a development company to amend its plans for a new overspill village for Cambridge by turning down a £6m offer and chasing the company 's surveyors off her land with a shotgun , writes Christian Wolmar . |
| 11 | There was never any prospect of a ‘ Yes ’ vote being recorded , and the treasured plans for a Welsh assembly to occupy a derelict corn exchange in Cardiff docks were put on ice . |
| 12 | An angling club has condemned plans for a hazardous waste storage site on the banks of the River Eden . |
| 13 | • Long Beach Grand Prix founder Chris Pook arrived in Phoenix to show off elaborate plans for a purpose-built , multi-disciplinary stadium which is scheduled to be built near Dallas next year . |
| 14 | ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything . |
| 15 | General Holomisa recently dealt himself into South Africa 's reform game by moving towards a loose alliance with the outlawed African National congress and by announcing plans for a referendum on the ‘ independent ’ homeland 's possible reincorporation into South Africa . |
| 16 | An estimated 40 new firms have already joined the big three specialising in GP computers since the Government 's controversial plans for a management orientated NHS were published in January . |
| 17 | Mr Parkinson recently signalled ministerial concern by blocking BR 's plans for a 14 per cent fare rise in February . |
| 18 | The EC-EFTA meeting in Brussels was overshadowed by the visit of the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze , who this week unveiled plans for a ‘ common European home ’ based on links between the EC , EFTA , and Comecon . |
| 19 | The decision leaves in tatters the Government 's original plans for a scheme administered by the private sector , and in effect hands control of higher education funding to the Treasury , a blow to the morale of the Department of Education and Science which wants to expand student numbers . |
| 20 | In Benin in February a national constitutional conference of notables brought an end to the regime of General Mathieu Kérékou and laid plans for a general election next year . |
| 21 | When an engineer calls up the plans for a jet engine , the information in the definition of that object allows the system — automatically and efficiently — to retrieve the plans for all its sub-components . |
| 22 | Labour Party plans for a national minimum wage were criticised by the AEU engineering union , which fears an erosion of skilled workers ' pay differentials . |
| 23 | Plans for a Kurdish state vanished . |
| 24 | John Major juggled a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries with plans for a citizens ' charter to guarantee public services . |
| 25 | The Labour Party unveiled plans for a women 's ministry , which would have a seat in the cabinet . |
| 26 | It appears that the promises of God , his plans for a new beginning for his world , are locked up in a Pharaoh 's palace . |
| 27 | One of the shocks of 1991 was the news that Mercedes is to stop production of MB-tracs next year and has ditched plans for a replacement . |
| 28 | We talked a lot and made great plans for a concert tour but in the end the dates were n't right . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , there are plans for a musical , it is true we are talking about doing one with Kylie and we all very much want it to happen , ’ admitted Pete Waterman . |
| 30 | In this friendly atmosphere , plans for a reunion had already started before we were halfway through , and many people still keep in touch with each other back home . |