Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun pl] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | The rationale is that traditional financial institutions have in some way failed to find funds for these sectors , as outlined above . |
| 5 | Norway imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1987 and in 1991 , for the first time , stopped killing whales for scientific purposes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Labour 's Alan Milburn , in response to the first question , pledged to restore benefits for 16 and 17-year-olds unable to find work . |
| 8 | The company also paid travelling expenses for all employees following the move of their department for a six-month period . |
| 9 | All major denominations strove to raise standards for lay preachers ; methods chosen included free circulating libraries and denominational courses and examinations . |
| 10 | The party planned to field candidates for other seats in parliament . |
| 11 | In the course of time , the goldsmiths began to issue receipts for gold payable to the bearer rather than to any named person . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Efforts intensified to finalize plans for post-war reconstruction estimated to cost around $100,000 million , or well in excess of the $40,000 million estimated earlier . |
| 14 | In line with Cockburn 's experiments , other villages in the region began to develop industries for local craftsmen , such as Andrew Fletcher 's attempted factory at Saltoun . |
| 15 | Mr Ross had already built a substantial business when he began to approach banks for additional funding . |
| 16 | Other people tempted to rearrange borders for ethnic reasons ( Hungarians looking at western Romania , Greeks eyeing southern Albania , Russians glaring this way and that ) will have to go on making their own calculations about how much they really want that bit of the country next door , how tricky seizing it might be , and so on . |
| 17 | The KANU policy review failed to address demands for wide-ranging political reform , although it had been set up after the rioting in July 1990 in the wake of a growing campaign by pro-democracy supporters [ p. 37603 ] . |
| 18 | We 're advancing all the time and I think there may came a time we wo n't use animals at all for medical research , but at , up till now we needed to use animals for medical research . |
| 19 | Spotting that gap , the government decided to auction licences for three new national commercial-radio stations . |
| 20 | Cutbacks meant abandoning plans for extra work such as installing mortar into internal walls and changes to the machinery which supplies air to the centre . |
| 21 | The Bush administration issued new regulations on April 2 ( to become effective after 30 days ) which eased lending conditions for real estate and permitted " well-capitalized " S&Ls to open branches in any US state . |
| 22 | Now if you any system you got to have beds for short stay etcetera , you do n't count them into whether the those are vacant , because you have to keep some of those vacant in emergencies etcetera so you ca n't count them . |
| 23 | We did discuss themes for each issue , but this will be security themes , and it would help the people who are producing the paper to sell because this is one big moan they 've had , they do n't know what the content is until the last moment if they knew it was say er car security they could approach garages and car security device manufacturers etc . |
| 24 | He also he also did create chances for other players around him but I do n't mind what you |
| 25 | John Aitken , defending , said Bland did have certificates for some of the weapons . |
| 26 | Some fundholders did switch hospitals for some specialties where they were promised a better or a cheaper service . |
| 27 | Even last year , when her father was so ill , she and Susan had filled stockings for each other , and had such fun over the wonderful box of curios that Jack had sent from India . |
| 28 | Three SSDs had developed strategies for independent living and three others were in the process of developing such a policy . |
| 29 | It was obviously impossible for the receiver to sue the person who had appointed him , and in any event the company had received indemnities for all costs , including those of the other side if necessary . |
| 30 | In an inflationary age those who had sound customary tenures reaped the benefits of fixed annual rents , but those tenants who were successfully challenged by their lords had to meet demands for considerable increases . |