Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Majority opinion in the ILP was best expressed in the resolution moved on behalf of the Rugby Branch , which argued for continued affiliation on the basis of a satisfactory revision of Parliamentary Standing Orders . |
| 2 | He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner . |
| 3 | In 1978 the Mariana Islands ( excluding Guam ) had opted for status as a self-governing commonwealth of the USA , and in 1982 the FSM and the Marshall Islands had signed compacts of free association which provided for internal sovereignty and US economic support in return for continuing US control of their defence and foreign policies . |
| 4 | In line with the terms of the agreement the government announced a supplementary budget on April 2 , which provided for further tax cuts and increases in the subsidies on agricultural produce and house building . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there was constitutional advance , in the form of the Government of India Act of 1935 , which provided for responsible government in the provinces . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that guidance should be given to the profession relating to receipts which are being issued for redemption money on the redemption of feuduties in terms of Section 4 of the Land Tenure Reform ( Scotland ) Act , 1974 , the section which provided for voluntary redemption of feuduties at the terms of Whitsunday and Martinmas . |
| 7 | Fifteen years of one-party rule ended formally on Nov. 30 when a new Constitution came into effect which provided for multiparty democracy and a free-market economy . |
| 8 | FOR TWO DAYS I WENT ABOUT RACKING MY BRAINS FOR A PLOT OF ANY SORT ; – ON THE SECOND NIGHT I DREAMED THE SCENE AT THE WINK ) W , AND A SCENE AFTERWARD SPLIT IN TWO , IN WHICH HYDEPURSUED FOR SOME CRIME , TOOK THE POWDER AND UNDERWENT THE CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PURSUERS . |
| 9 | These depositors were less likely to make sudden substantial withdrawals , which allowed for lower cash reserves : profit without risk , especially since lendings were usually secured on land mortgage . |
| 10 | Human rights organizations opposed the emergency powers , which allowed for indefinite detention without trial . |
| 11 | Cakici and Chatterjee ( 1991 ) examined daily closing prices for the S&P500 from 1982 to 1987 , and compared the mispricings calculated using a no-arbitrage condition which allowed for stochastic interest rates and one which did not . |
| 12 | He was believed to be a supporter of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy ( MMD ) which campaigned for political reform . |
| 13 | Consolidation has been accompanied by an increase in renting , a phenomenon which existed for some time in African shanty towns , before it became common in Latin America . |
| 14 | The popular fronts themselves became still more intransigent in their demands : both the Latvian and the Lithuanian fronts , in late 1989 , were openly contemplating the possibility of formal secession from the USSR , not simply a greater measure of autonomy , and the three fronts jointly organised a Baltic Assembly which called for political independence for the republics within a ‘ neutral and demilitarised Balto-Scandia ’ . |
| 15 | This and other statements were clear enough , and it seems a little one-sided to attribute causal power to one set of statements — those which encouraged Protestants to reject the O'Neill government — and yet deny causal power to those statements which called for such rejection to be confined within the limits of legality . |
| 16 | It was run be Peter Hindle , who now makes the planes , and was remarkable for its practical ‘ hands on ’ approach , which called for concentrated effort , some students working up to 8pm at night ! |
| 17 | OECD reports , technical journals , but no reports of future European Planning Committee meetings in Geneva , or Paris , Lisbon , Rome or Madrid , and no minutes of previous Planning meetings with resolutions which called for immediate action . |
| 18 | Some of the complaints , of course , reflected political strains which called for general solution by legislation . |
| 19 | This in turn produced a sharper contrast than in 1980–1 between ( a ) responses which emphasized the need to strengthen and buttress the role of the police , and ( b ) responses which called for greater emphasis on the rejuvenation of the social and economic fabric of the inner cities . |
| 20 | The United Kingdom had consistently expressed reservations over intervention , in contrast to the stance of the USA which called for preventive bombardment of Serb positions ; however , on Dec. 20 outgoing US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister John Major agreed in Washington to support a UN resolution enforcing the flight ban . |
| 21 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |
| 22 | They came to the bank of the stream which had for some time been running unseen beside them . |
| 23 | There were , however , a number of variables other than positive discrimination policies , which accounted for this relationship . |