Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mr Barabash argues for a hefty transfer . |
| 32 | Jackson asked for a revised contract on returning from the summer tour Down Under . |
| 33 | The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that . |
| 34 | In Court their barrister Ian Glen asked for a judicial review . |
| 35 | But the Australian Government went further and instructed its delegation to the IWC to work for a permanent global ban — not a moratorium , a ban — and at the same time to press for humane measures while any whaling continued . |
| 36 | Whether the view of science led Peirce to look for a prior epistemology , or whether the desire for , or availability of , a prior epistemology led him to think of inquiry as he did , are questions I shall not pursue here . |
| 37 | A group representing families of the British victims marked the anniversary by handing in a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for a public inquiry . |
| 38 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 39 | The bill had faced a stormy second reading on Feb. 15 , with Kharkov deputy Leonid Suchov calling for a national referendum on the issue , since he believed the law " betrayed the essence of the state " . |
| 40 | Colombian President Virgilio Barco Vargas called for a powerful UN agency to direct the global struggle against drug abuse . |
| 41 | Is Mr asking for a specific figure for net conversions to be included in stage one . |
| 42 | Ms Donovan worked for a local authority and , during the course of disciplinary proceedings , was told that she would be permitted to terminate her employment on the last day of the year if she so wished . |
| 43 | Pale , Bosnia : BOSNIAN Serbs called for a new peace plan for Bosnia after declaring the current one dead yesterday but Muslim-led government leaders said this meant the West no longer had any excuse to avoid decisive action . |
| 44 | As time trouble approached , Short went for a wild kingside attack , but Karpov played well and it was Short 's king which proved the weaker . |
| 45 | Julia thought for a little while and then produced one word : |
| 46 | But that Wilson longed for a psychic union with fantasy , fantasy father . |
| 47 | They and other committed Europeans like Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl hoped for a massive endorsement to put all their plans firmly back on track . |
| 48 | The library created by Aby Warburg in Hamburg left for a safe haven in London in 1933 , accompanied by its custodians and future directors Fritz Saxl and Gertrud Bing . |
| 49 | Burun searched for a convincing argument . |
| 50 | Robert groped for a familiar name . |
| 51 | WITH Wall Street closed for a public holiday , dealing was extremely thin , allowing the FTSE to drift . |
| 52 | The 27-year-old who played for Hull City , his home town club , and Walsall before joining Barnsley will link up in attack with Lenny Johnrose , who Murray signed for a then-record £50,000 from Blackburn Rovers last month . |
| 53 | City equalised through Peter Costello after 49 minutes but then had Graham Bressington dismissed for a scything tackle on Tony Griffiths . |
| 54 | At last they came to a clearing , where Vic headed for a mossy log . |
| 55 | So , is the Zemaitis destined for a working , or a purely ornamental life ? |
| 56 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 57 | The UN Security Council , convened at the request of France on Sept. 25 , adopted Resolution 713 sponsored by Belgium , France and the UK calling for a complete arms embargo on Yugoslavia and the immediate cessation of hostilities and requesting the Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to assist with mediation . |
| 58 | United seek values of a visionary : Ken Jones reflects on a tarnished ideal as Old Trafford struggles for a new sense of stability |
| 59 | After a great deal of pressure exerted upon him by Dempsey and others , the husband agreed to guarantee the indebtedness on the Dempsey accounts for a limited period said to be ‘ only about four days , ’ and to secure this by a charge on his house in favour of the bank . |
| 60 | The conclusion is the same : provided the doctor can argue that he was seeking to prevent pain and suffering , the other criteria proposed by Skegg allow for a sufficient degree of subjective assessment as to offer no real barrier to the exercise of the doctor 's paternalism . |