Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] [adj] public [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Government spending had already been reviewed and cut substantially , but the time had now come for a great public gesture ; this was supplied by the appointment of the Geddes Committee , a typical Lloyd George manoeuvre using businessmen instead of MPs or ministers .
2 A VITAL , hitherto forgotten point was raised yesterday as preparations were made for a controversial public inquiry .
3 PeopleSoft Inc is going for a secondary public offering of 1.55m shares for general corporate purposes including working capital .
4 Without hard evidence , he remained sceptical of the Interfor Report 's findings , but nevertheless called for a genuine public inquiry .
5 On Friday 22 March , John Carroll of the ITGWU called for a sworn public inquiry into the possible health hazards of the Raybestos factory , though also saying Raybestos must be allowed to go ahead .
6 LABOUR councillors have called for a massive public demonstration to save Woodchurch swimming pool , amid fears it could be lost ‘ by stealth . ’
7 The petition called for an open public inquiry into the grounding of the tanker in January , strict tanker exclusion zones and improved ship monitoring and standards .
8 Rev. Cahal Daly , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor , all called for an independent public inquiry into the killings , but Brooke declared that he had every confidence in the investigation being undertaken by the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
9 Calling for a full public debate , Mr McFall said the Scottish Office should establish a Royal Commission on Criminal Justice similar to that already at work south of the Border .
10 Seminar participants learnt that in Hong Kong , political inertia accounts for the limited public influence in cable TV ( CATV ) , while in Korea , the government is keeping tight control on its own CATV networks .
11 Fine Gael also called for a full public inquiry before exploration began .
12 Dataware Technologies Inc , offering software and services to the CD-ROM market in Cambridge , Massachusetts , has filed for an initial public offering of 2m shares at a target $10 to 12 per share .
13 In essence , Labour is proposing the Swedish model in which the state controls the economy — rather than owning it — and taxes it ferociously to pay for a ballooning public sector .
14 According to these sources , the Pope and the Secretariat of State intend to push for a firm public commitment to legalisation by Mr Gorbachev when he visits Italy and the Vatican at the end of November .
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