Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps , too , the archaic words might for a brief minute live again :
2 Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded .
3 An FAO report published in November 1989 said that , despite a net increase in world cereal production , world stocks would for the third year running be " at or below the minimum necessary to safeguard global food security " , with wheat reserves in the leading exporting countries at their lowest since the world food crisis of the early 1970s .
4 Since citizens of all colours will for the first time be allowed to vote together , it will produce a legislature dominated by blacks .
5 Andorrans would for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary .
6 Andorrans will for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary .
7 The atmosphere is good-humoured , with a strong sense of relief that adults can for a few moments get together without thinking of what is to be done next with twenty or thirty demanding , stimulating and occasionally frustrating children .
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