Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A panel of senior journalists made their selection for awards which included prizes of £500 for individual winners . |
| 2 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 3 | The blue eyes surveyed her face for a moment , their expression dark and oddly unreadable . |
| 4 | Other unions were equally alarmed by the potential scale of the problem , which was just emerging as schools received their budgets for the new financial year . |
| 5 | Instead the MEPs renewed their demand for a directive , based on the World Health Organisation 's code , that would be binding on the industry . |
| 6 | A boy passing by homewards from the pictures heard his cries for help . |
| 7 | Opposition parties repeated their call for the election of a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution . |
| 8 | Her province was terrestrial , the mountains and hillsides where wild animals needed her protection for their nurture . |
| 9 | ‘ Why ? ’ he rasped again as his eyes scoured her face for an answer . |
| 10 | Both parties stressed their desire for the restoration of full Lebanese sovereignty and for the withdrawal from Lebanon of Israeli forces , as demanded in UN Security Council Resolution 425 . |
| 11 | None of the Saints candidates advanced their claims for inclusion in Malcolm Reilly 's tour squad which the Great Britain coach will announce tomorrow morning . |
| 12 | His eyes searched her face for what seemed like aeons . |
| 13 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |
| 14 | The force with which the judges made their case for Second Empire can be explained by assuming that they felt that if they did not strongly press for this form of building , another , and less welcome style in their eyes , would be adopted . |
| 15 | BRISTOL ROVERS began their fight for First Division survival yesterday by signing QPR 's Andy Tillson and Gary Waddock for nearly £500,000 . |
| 16 | A seminar entitled ‘ Into Celluloid ’ : The potential for lesbian and gay film in Ireland ’ attracted a small but vocal audience whose overwhelming concerns addressed their needs for selfexpression in the Ireland of the '90s . |
| 17 | Near its edge the dark , wet sand was a sheen on which footsteps kept their shape for only a minute or two . |
| 18 | The miners took their fight for survival to Downing Street yesterday with a 638,000-name petition opposing the closures . |
| 19 | Although some attempts at tackling air pollution problems date back to the last century or even earlier , most countries introduced their strategy for air pollution control in the 1950s , 1960s or 1970s . |
| 20 | That night Operations confirmed my claim for two CR 42s shot down . |
| 21 | However , it must be stressed that the High Anglicans reserved their contempt for the Whig bishops ; they recognised that there were some sound bishops ( though not as many as they would like ) , and they remained committed to the defence of the institution of episcopacy . |
| 22 | Yesterday , Darlington and South West Durham health authorities unveiled their plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 23 | The Gulf states showed their appreciation for Syria 's stand against Iraq by providing large amounts of money , ostensibly to offset loss of remittances from Kuwait . |
| 24 | None of her infrequent , but uneventful and pleasant , visits to the capital on Women 's Institute theatre excursions or rare shopping trips had failed to shake her conviction that Liverpool Street was the cavernous entry to an urban jungle , where predators armed with bombs and syringes lurked in every Underground station , and seducers laid their snares for innocent provincials in every office . |
| 25 | CRISIS club Barnet 's future was balanced on a knife edge last night after Football League officials rejected their request for £91,000 withheld in lieu of fine payments and commission costs . |
| 26 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 27 | Composers scored their music for the forces that were available , and David Wulstan is surely correct in perceiving that the recognition of evolutions and innovations in the performing medium may contribute to the establishment of a chronology for a composer so long-lived as Byrd . |
| 28 | BRITISH Telecom 's ‘ Mr Sickie ’ who took more than three years off with illnesses withdrew his claim for unfair dismissal yesterday . |
| 29 | Around the middle of the fourth century Christians seem to have observed these traditional festivals along with their own ; some ancient celebrations kept their appeal for centuries . |
| 30 | As Ibn Fayoud 's guests took their seats for dinner , he introduced himself to Kelly with edgy formality . |