Example sentences of "and [vb pp] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 2 | Such writing is essentially public and intended for an audience . |
| 3 | A rehabilitated person is one who has been convicted of and sentenced for an offence or offences and who has not committed a further offence or offences during the appropriate rehabilitation period and that period has expired . |
| 4 | Mr Khasbulatov accused the president of attempting a coup and called for an emergency session of the Congress to dismiss him . |
| 5 | This report pointed out that there existed no clear accountability for the expenditure of public money on local services and called for an audit service independent of both central and local government . |
| 6 | And yesterday councillors at Barry , South Wales , condemned it as ‘ absolutely crazy ’ and called for an inquiry . |
| 7 | The two largest union federations , Turk-Is and Hak-Is , which organized the strike , demanded an increase of 500 per cent in workers ' pay and called for an end to restrictive labour laws . |
| 8 | Bush denied that he had been in Paris and called for an end to the " rumour-mongering " concerning the affair . |
| 9 | Policewoman Anne Moore thought that the woman had died — and called for an undertaker . |
| 10 | PC Chandler ‘ phoned his station in Valpy Street , and called for an ambulance to take the wounded man to the Royal Berkshire Hospital . |
| 11 | Mr Davies put his friend in his car and took him back to his flat in Highfield Road and called for an ambulance . |
| 12 | He said the decision was ‘ little short of a vote of no confidence in Sir Bryan Carsberg ’ and called for an investigation of the role in the affair of the Corporate Affairs Minister , Neil Hamilton , between December and February , when he declared a possible conflict of interest and withdrew from consideration of the bid . |
| 13 | The first drew attention to the position of deaf and dumb inmates of Poor Law Institutions and called for an enquiry into numbers involved and the best method of dealing with them . |
| 14 | She was driven several miles to a secluded country spot and assaulted for an hour . |
| 15 | Ten more receive similar help in Colombia and three in Pakistan , while a member of the Rome office successfully applied and studied for an MBA in industrial management . |
| 16 | He examined her swiftly and impersonally , and sent for an ambulance . |
| 17 | This protein was then purified and tested for an ability to be phosphorylated in a crude HeLa cell nuclear extract ( Figure 1C ) . |
| 18 | The resulting proteins were then expressed and tested for an ability to serve as DNA-PK substrates ( Figure 4 ) . |