Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protest continued on the following day , but on April 12 the strike committee agreed to suspend strikes for 10 days pending negotiations with the republican leadership . |
| 2 | He also sought to preserve wheat for human consumption and issued a proclamation prohibiting the manufacture of starch from wheat . |
| 3 | On March 28 , 1990 , the Cabinet agreed to tighten procedures for ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe , requiring them to apply for West German citizenship in their country of residence rather than simply coming to West Germany . |
| 4 | The referendum , only the third in Canada 's history , would enable the electorate to endorse or reject the constitutional package agreed in late August which sought to meet demands for greater autonomy for French-speaking Quebec and for the native Indians and Inuit populations , and offered increased representation within the federal legislature for the western provinces [ see pp. 39044-45 ] . |
| 5 | It was held that , because the car was referred to in the contract as a new car , this was an express term and since the exclusion clause sought to exclude liability for implied terms only , the defendants were liable . |
| 6 | The rationale is that traditional financial institutions have in some way failed to find funds for these sectors , as outlined above . |
| 7 | His father , he added , was a musician and helped to provide work for many unemployed musicians through the Morley College in London by creating an orchestra which Tippett later conducted . |
| 8 | In the meantime , Emilia Lanier tried to provide means for this grandson and his sister , Mary , by claiming in Chancery heritable rights in the patent for the weighing of hay and straw . |
| 9 | You ever tried keeping milk for five kids without a fridge in a heatwave ? ’ |
| 10 | He went on to propose a Rainbow Curriculum — without actually reading it first — which tried to teach tolerance for all , but in the process had to discuss homosexuality with kids of eight . |
| 11 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 12 | One problem for the Virginia planters was that tobacco could be grown in England ; James I agreed to help the company by making tobacco-growing illegal in England and , although people broke the law and tried to raise tobacco for much of the rest of the century , the American monopoly was eventually made effective . |
| 13 | The Japanese also promised to improve access for foreign companies to markets including glass , paper , legal services and computers . |
| 14 | Norway imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1987 and in 1991 , for the first time , stopped killing whales for scientific purposes . |
| 15 | The compound has been ringed by police and federal agents since a 28 February shoot-out that erupted when agents sought to arrest Koresh for alleged firearms violations . |
| 16 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 17 | The influence of the war was to affect social classes , groups and individuals in Britain in a variety of ways and many came to support fascism for disparate political , economic and social reasons . |
| 18 | Everything became one long dreary goodbye as parents came to thank Cassie for all she had done for their children , and the children themselves became sad and fretful at the thought that soon Cassie would no longer be their teacher . |
| 19 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 20 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 21 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 22 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 23 | Wallasey Labour MP Angela Eagle campaigned for Bill Clinton during a trip to America and her twin sister Maria , who failed to win Crosby for Labour in the April general election , is in Minnesota helping with the final push to bring the Democrat challenger to power . |
| 24 | During this period the Commission sought to win agreement for fundamental reform of the EC 's common agricultural policy ( CAP ) , in part to restrict the growth of intervention stocks ( or " food mountains " ) and in part as a result of pressure to reduce the EC 's level of agricultural subsidy in the context of the " Uruguay round " of multilateral trade talks of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , which ground to a halt in December 1990 [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 25 | Labour 's Alan Milburn , in response to the first question , pledged to restore benefits for 16 and 17-year-olds unable to find work . |
| 26 | The company also paid travelling expenses for all employees following the move of their department for a six-month period . |
| 27 | All major denominations strove to raise standards for lay preachers ; methods chosen included free circulating libraries and denominational courses and examinations . |
| 28 | The party planned to field candidates for other seats in parliament . |
| 29 | In the course of time , the goldsmiths began to issue receipts for gold payable to the bearer rather than to any named person . |
| 30 | Thus , it is not surprising that , even though the snowball group were older than their known counterparts when they began using drugs for recreational purposes ( a modal age of 16 against 15 ) , they were initiated into heroin use at an earlier age ( a modal age of 16 against 17 ) . |