Example sentences of "[num] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government on Sept. 29 approved an amended budget for 1993 which provided for a further BF21,800 million to cover the budgetary shortfall , including BF5,200 million in social security cuts . |
| 2 | In 1678 he applied for a patent for a new way of processing flax , which may have been related to investigations of this topic made under the society 's auspices in the 1660s . |
| 3 | In the 1650s Howard evidently also developed an interest in industrial practices , and on 27 October 1660 he applied for a patent for a new method of tanning , the subject of a printed broadsheet , Brief directions how to Tanne Leather according to a new Invention ( n.d . ) . |
| 4 | In the early seventies I canvassed for a Labour candidate , who , when elected , turned out to be anti-gay . |
| 5 | In 1940 he fell for an actor who was his lover for two years before joining the navy in 1942 . |
| 6 | At the meeting of the Transportation Committee on 5 October 1992 you asked for a report on bus services in the Kirknewton area . |
| 7 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 8 | The outcome of their efforts was the treaty of Leake in August 1318 which provided for a meeting of Lancaster and the king . |
| 9 | A considerable amount of my time since Annual Conference has been spent in following up Resolution No 25 which called for a specialist review of administration and expenditure . |
| 10 | From 1915 to 1922 she was chairman of the Women 's International League for Peace , which aimed to harness feminism to the peace movement ; and throughout World War I she campaigned for a negotiated peace and the establishment of an international peace-keeping organization . |
| 11 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 12 | Eighty lots sold for a respectable total of £4.19 million ( $6.29 million ) , with only nine lots failing to find buyers . |
| 13 | In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe . |
| 14 | In 1987 he argued for a beefed-up Neddy with the council meetings chaired by the industry secretary rather than by the chancellor . |
| 15 | A new Constitution was introduced in 1982 which provided for a Governor , an Executive Council and a House of Assembly with seven elected , two ex-officio and two appointed members . |
| 16 | In 1989 he led for a circuit on his only previous ride in the race , on one Kersil with Little Polveir , the eventual winner , and West Tip in close attendance . |
| 17 | In a series of books from the 1960s he searched for a theory of world society . |
| 18 | This was to be Philpot 's last visit to the School : on 9th December 1974 he went for a drive near Haverfordwest , and died peacefully in his parked car . |
| 19 | In December 1937 he applied for a short-service commission in the RAF and to his evident amazement was accepted and sent for elementary flying training in 90 m.p.h . |
| 20 | And then when I was about seven I went for an eye test where you get one of those cards with all the dots on , and , you 're supposed to see fifty-seven but I could only see twenty-seven . |
| 21 | Allsop 's auction was a record sell-out , with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million , and other auction houses reported successful sales with average prices well above the guides . |