Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] for [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the indicators chosen are suspect , as Macnicol has shown for earlier periods , in that they simply count contact with state agencies , and it is a commonplace observation that the poor are more likely to be in contact with social workers because they are poor ( Becker , 1988 ) ; young drug-takers in inner cities are more visible than wealthy socialites but drug-taking and drinking stretch across social groups ( O'Bryan , 1989 ; Plant , 1989 ) ; desertion of women by husbands and the choice to remain unmarried are not restricted to the poor ; and so on and so on . |
| 2 | WHILE most British eyes have been on the election of a new Westminster parliament , a 500-member pensioner 's parliament from all 12 countries of the European Community has called for better pensions throughout the EC . |
| 3 | The all-party Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons has called for stricter regulations to prevent pollution by oil and chemical spills at sea . |
| 4 | The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has called for tougher controls on pollution caused by diesel engines of lorries , buses and coaches . |
| 5 | The World Wide Fund for Nature has called for tougher safeguards to protect Britain 's remaining natural forests . |