Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 7 a spokesman for the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait said in Geneva that a minimum of US$145,300,000 would be needed to protect and assist Kurds over the next six months . |
| 2 | On Jan. 1 a plan for unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza strip was proposed by two left-wing Israeli Knesset members , Ran Cohen of the Citizens ' Rights Movement and Amnon Rubinstein of the Shinui Party . |
| 3 | On Jan. 24 a spokesman for the Islamic Tahrir ( Liberation ) party , Atta Abu Rushtah , was arrested by security forces after a press conference in which he had called for suicide attacks to be launched on Western and allied interests throughout the world in retaliation for attacks on Iraq . |
| 4 | The Volkskammer approved on July 22 a budget for the second half of 1990 . |
| 5 | On 7 January 1959 a committee for space research ( Comité des Recherches Spatiales ) was created by government decree . |
| 6 | On Nov 20 a spokesman for Gailani had denied reports that he intended to meet Najibullah , and on Nov. 21 Mujjaddedi also denied meeting him , adding that " neither we nor our representatives are ready to hold talks with the puppet Najib or his representative " . |
| 7 | In Say v. Smith ( 1563 ) 1 Plowd. 269 a lease for a certain term purported to add a term which was uncertain ; the lease was held valid only as to the certain term . |
| 8 | In November 1989 a Movement for Polish Politics ( RPP ) was set up by a number of OKP deputies , members of citizens ' committees , industrial associations and various political clubs , the aim being to unite the Polish centre-right . |
| 9 | On Oct. 27 a spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) claimed that the PKK had agreed to cease attacks on Turkey from bases inside Iraqi Kurdistan . |
| 10 | On Feb. 19 a spokesman for the London-based Association for Free Kuwait said that more than 7,000 civilians had been killed and 17,000 detained since Aug. 2 . |
| 11 | In a statement issued on March 3 a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade described Bush 's veto as " a very wise decision which will be of great help to the future development of Sino-US relations " . |
| 12 | On Nov. 22 a spokesman for the exiled Iraqi New Ummah Party claimed that he had been executed along with seven other officers for having attempted to depose Saddam Hussein . |
| 13 | In September 1912 a record for fast travelling was set up when a turn-out was made in 30 seconds to a big fire at the foundry at Deanshanger . |
| 14 | On March 16th an offer for 30m new shares in Astra International closed , heavily over-subscribed and raising 446 billion rupiah . |
| 15 | The Japanese Diet ( the lower House of Parliament ) approved on April 9 a budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 , 1992 , which envisaged a sharp curtailment of the rate of growth in overall spending . |
| 16 | On June 10 a spokeswoman for the US State Department dispelled speculation about a possible reversal of the administration 's aid policy by saying that the USA would continue to withhold the sale of conventional military hardware until it had received proof of Pakistan 's commitment to a peaceful nuclear programme . |
| 17 | On June 5 a spokesman for the NPFL denied over the rebel radio station at Gbarnga that the Front was holding any ECOMOG troops . |
| 18 | In Cheshire Lines Committee v. Lewis & Co. ( 1880 ) 50 L.J.Q.B. 121 an agreement for a weekly tenancy contained an undertaking by the landlord not to give notice to quit until the landlord required to pull down the demised buildings . |