Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
2 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
3 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
4 | AT&T Co has signed an agreement with the People 's Republic of China allowing it to supply personal telecommunications products with manufacturing partner S Megga International Holdings Ltd 's S Megga Telecommunications Ltd unit : the two have a memorandum of understanding with the China National Posts & Telecommunications Industry Corp to market and distribute AT&T-brand telephones , facsimile machines and other consumer items through hundreds of mainland outlets ; consumer products account for an estimated 20% of a total Chinese telecommunications market of $7,000m a year . |
5 | Beginning with the fall of a Galactic Empire , paralleling the Roman one , the books yearn for an enlightened Second Empire . |
6 | Probably an amalgam of two mass-circulation papers The New York Herald and The Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer ( edited by James Gordon Bennett and Colonel Watson Webb respectively ) : both papers attacked CD in the most scurrilous fashion after his speeches calling for an International Copyright Agreement . |
7 | Charlotte clamped her eyes shut for an instant to stave off frustration . |
8 | Wide margins , the suggestions given above and colour coding during study periods make for an attractive and useful set of notes . |
9 | It can be used to find missing people and in the Thames Valley area the system spotted party-goers gathering for an illegal rave in Buckinghamshire . |
10 | Sports shoes account for an increasing share of the total footwear market — about 23 per cent by value — but represent only ten per cent of Clarks ' 17 million unit business . |
11 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
12 | Over the period 1957–65 for US manufacturing , extra sales by overseas subsidiaries counted for an estimated 13 per cent of the total increase in production ( additional exports accounted for only a trivial 2 per cent ) . |
13 | A number of hypotheses to account for an excess mortality have been proposed , including an effect of socioeconomic statis . |
14 | COLM MURPHY looks back to the future as Clandeboye 's golfers prepare for an All-Ireland double assault in the national Cup and Shield finals at Woodbrook next weekend . |
15 | In fact , when metals or ceramics are prepared in single-crystal form , even the common materials such as iron , aluminium , alumina and rock salt — to name only a few — are anisotropic and so not adequately described by a single modulus such as Young 's modulus or even the two moduli required for an isotropic material . |
16 | Using the nCube Parallel Software Environment , applications developed for an eight-processor nCube 2E system will run unchanged on an nCube 2S computer with as many as 8,192 processors , so serious potential users can make an affordable investment in the thing to decide whether they really like it before making a real commitment . |
17 | This scheme allowed individuals to arrange for an interest-free loan of up to DFl.12,500 ( £4,460 ; $7,140 ) to finance the purchase of a work of art . |
18 | On June 8 , restrictions were eased somewhat , to allow employees over 28 to leave the Gaza Strip if their workplaces employed 10 or more people from there ( and provided that the individuals qualified for an additional special permit ) . |
19 | The party ran only 148 candidates , of whom 136 were elected , a larger proportion than in recent elections , but far short of the 257 seats required for an overall majority in the 512-member House of Representatives . |
20 | The second major groups of carers to which we now turn are the younger ( usually ) relatives caring for an elderly disabled member of the household . |
21 | Meanwhile , the people of Gondar , Wollo , Tigre and Eritrea sit in their shelters waiting for an indifferent world to decide their fate . |
22 | The Geneva Conference on Disarmament re-opened on Jan. 22 with delegates calling for an urgent and comprehensive ban on the use of chemical weapons . |
23 | For example , the individual organisations might explain why many firms opt for an expansionist policy in times of recession . |
24 | It was significant that when the International Revolutionary Socialists had held their conference of April 1916 in Switzerland , barely any of the French Socialists voiced support for their resolutions calling for an immediate peace . |
25 | Resolutions calling for an international strike were passed unanimously at every meeting and there was similar enthusiasm in Liverpool , Cardiff , Glasgow , Belfast , Hull , the north east coast and from mass meetings in Antwerp , Dunkerque , Amsterdam , in Denmark and in Norway , all addressed by a team of NSFU speakers , including Wilson , Cathery and Hopkins . |
26 | On the streets — onlookers gather for an exterior scene from Brighton Rock ( 1947 ) |
27 | But for months , Hay had been forcing Bryan to hand over hundreds of pounds to pay for an expensive lifestyle . |
28 | The new regulations allowed for an initial warning to groups and individuals by the Minister of Home Affairs which , if unheeded , would be followed by heavy fines and terms of imprisonment . |
29 | The research investigates the problems created for an individual region of the UK by the cumulative impact of industrial and other investment upon its physical environment . |
30 | All these features make for an excellent package . |