Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A narrow majority voted for a ban in parks and open spaces … but moves to make tenants conform to the ban as well were defeated by three votes . |
| 2 | Angry telephone calls followed and a strong case made for a review of Japanese regulations . |
| 3 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 4 | The German Foreign Ministry called for a fairer distribution of the burden of aid to the CIS , citing figures produced by the European Commission which showed that about 75 per cent of all aid to the Soviet Union since September 1990 had come from the EC and 57 per cent from Germany alone ( the figure included humanitarian aid , credits and special payments for troop withdrawal made by Germany ) . |
| 5 | When , at its first meeting in 1831 , the British Association called for a report on the state of mathematics it elicited only three sections , on algebra , trigonometry and the arithmetic of sines , which almost completely ignored the major developments of the previous century and a half . |
| 6 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 7 | A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer . |
| 8 | The old seaman called for a glass of rum , and stood outside , drinking and looking around . |
| 9 | Going back to work in a different job helped for a while , however . |
| 10 | As late as the 1980s foreign trade accounted for a relatively small proportion of Soviet national income , the Soviet currency was not freely convertible , and the movement of people and information across Soviet borders was closely regulated and very limited . |
| 11 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 12 | But to see the delight on the players ' faces on their return to the headquarters marquee after each day 's match for a glass or two of DB export and sumptuous food made for a highly successful occasion . |
| 13 | The GDBA provides all the practical and theoretical training required for a City and Guilds kennel staff examination which is taken after 12 months experience . |
| 14 | Eleanor McLaughlin has argued effectively that , in comparison in particular with modern Protestantism , the medieval tradition allowed for a more androgynous understanding of God and , since the human was seen as ‘ female ’ before God , also of the human being . |
| 15 | But it was in New Orleans , when the alcoholic fog lifted for a while , that he wrote eleven hundred pages in a four-month period ending in early 1987 . |
| 16 | While a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting stressed that the " Nine " had expressed " their agreement with the CSCM project " , each North African Foreign Minister called for a " pragmatic " approach excluding global solutions to regional problems of security . |
| 17 | In London , the Foreign Office called for a return to democracy , and EC talks have begun on concerted action . |
| 18 | While the Emperor 's personal determination counted for a great deal in the redevelopment of Paris , the transformation was really made possible by the general upsurge in the French economy which took place after 1850 . |
| 19 | In 1907 the central committee campaigned for a minimum wage for all women co-operative employees . |
| 20 | A text can take on a very different character through the circumstances of its circulation : when it finds publication , who publishes it , and what were the terms of its publication — for example , in a cheap edition offering wide access or an expensive limited edition intended for a specific audience . |
| 21 | The return of Philip Gray , who missed that game , should provide extra the extra firepower needed for a two or three goal victory . |
| 22 | The point is that , with the increased powers of the authorities , there is a greater chance that the requisite evidence needed for a successful prosecution will be more readily available , requiring the insider dealer to further refine his cost benefit calculus in deciding whether to engage in the insider dealing . |
| 23 | Appropriate information needed for a user to make a decision is also retrieved before presenting the command options , for example , maps with the correct specifications ( e.g. with topological relations already created , when this is necessary for the operation ) . |
| 24 | On May 8 the Democratic Party called for a judicial inquiry into the New Nation allegations . |
| 25 | A spokesman for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors commented ‘ The problem is the very low fee charged for a valuation , and the possibly massive liability at the end of it ’ . |
| 26 | A feature of the Blackpool season for many years was the Daily Mirror Week in Blackpool , when a specially decorated tramcar operated for a week on the Promenade , with all the fares collected going to charity . |
| 27 | The White Paper called for a fundamental re-examination of penal methods ‘ based on studies of the causes of crime , or rather of the factors which foster or inhibit crime ’ , supported by reliable assessments of the results achieved by existing methods . |
| 28 | One such was a remarkable grotto-garden built for a South African diamond mining millionaire at Merrow Grange on the outskirts of Guildford , in Surrey . |
| 29 | I got married to an Australian and emigrated to Australia in December 1987 and feeling the need for an Australian qualification enrolled for a Bachelor of Business degree course at a local university . |
| 30 | on the basis of a hundred per hundred thousand square feet to which you 'd have to add obviously a sort of surrounding area from the square footage used for a distribution warehouse , it looks as though it 's around about the thirteen |