Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] its [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE SCOTTISH National Party yesterday signalled its strategy for the 1990 regional council elections and the next general election by accusing Labour of swallowing ‘ Thatcher values ’ . |
| 2 | The new government quickly showed its enthusiasm for the private medical sector which was growing rapidly in 1979 , and in 1980 Gerard Vaughan , Minister of Health , expressed the belief that it might grow to around one quarter of the size of the NHS . |
| 3 | South Korea formally submitted its application for UN membership on Aug. 5 , North Korea having made a similar application in July [ see p. 38341 ] . |
| 4 | At the same time much of London 's growth resulted from the influx of the rural poor , so that it early acquired its reputation for slums and crowded tenements . |
| 5 | ‘ Powick still had its reputation for cheapness and it made a profit . ’ |
| 6 | THE Scottish National Party yesterday foreshadowed its campaign for next year 's European elections , in an effort to raise Scots ' confidence in going it alone as an independent nation . |
| 7 | As an early priority , C&P management thoroughly reviewed its strategy for each individual business . |
| 8 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 9 | The Security Council also confirmed its support for the role played by Pérez de Cuéllar , explicitly requesting him " to assist the two communities by making suggestions to facilitate the discussions " , and calling on both communities to co-operate with him " on an equal footing " . |
| 10 | It also indicated its potential for meeting the latent demand for adult education which existed in rural areas , at that time handicapped by geographical isolation . |
| 11 | In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million . |
| 12 | On the Cuban Foreign Ministry 's accusation that Fernández Ordoñez was acting like a " colonial administrator " , Spain immediately recalled its ambassador for consultations and suspended US$2,500,000 in aid , and urged the other European Community ( EC ) countries to do likewise . |
| 13 | The foundation simply expressed its preference for a publisher , she says , with no talk of a quid pro quo . |
| 14 | The Congress then signalled its support for Ryzhkov with a thunderous and sustained ovation . |
| 15 | On the outbreak of war one week later , the Communist Party hesitated and then reversed its support for the war into an appeal for a " people 's peace " . |
| 16 | GM-EDS then offered its network for use by other companies . |
| 17 | After the election the new government in November 1990 again expressed its support for the ban and confirmed that it remained in place . |