Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just hours after Mercury cut phone bills for domestic and small business customers , BT declared a freeze on the cost of all UK and international direct-dialled calls for a year . |
| 2 | The collapse of the shogunate and the restoration of the Meiji throne was but one effect , from which a myriad of others flowed : the revival of Japanese nationalism and her imperial designs , the invasion of China , the florid plans for a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere , the bombast and cruelty of the Pacific War , the creation in America of the atomic bomb , its eventual use over the two great cities of Kyushu , and Japan 's consequent defeat , post-war disgrace , ruin and decay . |
| 3 | IN framing controversial proposals for a US energy tax , President Clinton gave a new lease of life to the British thermal unit , which the UK has abandoned in favour the joule based on the metric standards adopted in Europe . |
| 4 | He signed for Palace on 8 March 1962 and progressed through the Junior ranks for a couple of seasons . |
| 5 | I was wounded in a demonstration and had to retire from political activities for a while to recuperate and another member was killed in the massacre , when the security forces dislodged the peaceful occupation of the Venezuelan Embassy . |
| 6 | ‘ I could have gone to European clubs for a lot more money than I earn now , ’ he says . |
| 7 | Recall that among the possible reasons for a loss of conditioned responding with a change of context was the generalization decrement that might be expected when the event designated by the experimenter as the CS is presented in a different context . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | THE Government has ruled out any major changes in its controversial plans for a pollution agency for Scotland . |
| 10 | CONTROVERSIAL plans for a motel complex and petrol station in a picturesque County Durham village have been revived . |
| 11 | Controversial plans for a superstore on the outskirts of Darlington could undermine the new Cornmill shopping centre . |
| 12 | ( The privately rented sector has low values for a number of reasons : it contains a larger non-married proportion , and the form of stock is often considered to be less suitable for childrearing . |
| 13 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
| 14 | Now we on these benches have suspected that in fact the Liberals are hopeless opportunists for a number of years . |
| 15 | Several months previously he had applied through the usual channels for a commission in the RAF , with the idea at the back of his mind of getting back into flying . |
| 16 | He was even granted £10 to enable him to keep his garden in order , though the Goldsmiths proved obdurate to his continual requests for a Stable and Chaisehouse . |
| 17 | BOTCHED plans for a rail bridge which did not have enough room for trains to pass beneath cost the taxpayer nearly £1m , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 18 | During the 1950s , Sir John Neale presented an alternative view , which dominated historical accounts for a generation , but which some now believe was based upon questionable assumptions . |
| 19 | She may be able to work different hours for a period of time while her burden is shared by another member of the family or a neighbour . |
| 20 | However , as described above , there are usually good commercial reasons for a hive-up , although most of these have related tax motivations . |
| 21 | Anfield 's most prolific marksman was axed by Graeme Souness three games ago , but since his return , has been showing the sharpness that has terrified top defences for a decade . |
| 22 | FRESH calls for a bypass were made last night after a heavy goods vehicle hit the underside of a railway bridge in Cleveland . |
| 23 | DETAILED plans for a £4.63m leisure pool for Middlesbrough go before councillors this week . |
| 24 | The Flowton farmer on whose holding Agriculture Minister John Gummer last week unveiled detailed proposals for a £31 million non-rotational set-aside scheme last week , showed his delight once the depth of this Suffolk achievement had sunk in . |
| 25 | Not only has the plan for a two-speed EMU been endorsed by Chancellor Kohl 's Vice President of the Bundesbank , Dr Hans Tietmeyer , but also geo-political plans for a Europe of ‘ concentric circles ’ based around an inner federal core of politically and economically integrated countries have been drawn up by Kohl 's adviser , Michael Mertes . |
| 26 | Mary of Guise , as leader of Papal and pro-French elements among the nobility , was dubious about English proposals for a proxy marriage before the queen was 10 , and a subsequent upbringing in England . |
| 27 | Recently , the BAG handed down a decision ( 4ASR 293/91 ) in which it stated that there were no justifiable reasons for a differential in wages . |
| 28 | Immigration R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal , Ex parte Khalid Hussain ; CA ( Lloyd , Glidewell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 5 Oct 1989 Under r 18 of the Immigration Appeals Procedure Rules 1972 , the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal considering whether or not to hear oral evidence to determine whether there were compassionate reasons for a person convicted of murder to be given entry clearance was a matter of discretion and could only be attacked on Wednesbury principles or other recognised rules . |
| 29 | Praps leeds should scout the old raves for a pill popper and nobble the opposition similarly ? |
| 30 | To discuss such issues outside the parlement of Paris , in territory which was in the immediate lordship of the English crown ( though held from the crown of France ) , represented a concession to English requests for a meeting which did not take the form of a lawsuit between unequals . |