Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each state has its own constitution and is administered by a governor who , with the exception of the Governor of the Federal District , is elected for a six-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 2 | Each state has its own constitution , is administered by a governor , who is elected for a six-year term , and has a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 3 | Legislative authority is held by a National Congress , comprising a 47-member Senate serving an eight-year term ( of whom 38 are elected and nine are directly appointed by the outgoing government and the Supreme Court — see pp. 37117 ; 37488 ) and a 120-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term . |
| 4 | PLANS by British Aerospace and France 's Thomson-CSF to merge their guided weapons businesses moved a step closer yesterday after the United Kingdom 's Ministry of Defence opted for a European missile for the new generation of anti-aircraft frigates . |
| 5 | The amount of money received for a service rendered is not dependent upon who you are , but upon the abstract relations within which the service is performed , for example as wage labour . |
| 6 | SUPPORT for Britain 's coal industry came last night from an unexpected quarter as the right wing pressure group Aims of Industry called for a wide ranging review . |
| 7 | In both cities men of £40-£99 accounted for a further 16–19 per cent . |
| 8 | The development of a GIS capable of storing and manipulating the volumes of data required for a global research programme is still some way off , but smaller GIS have been used to attempt to provide at least a beginning . |
| 9 | A The type and amount of equipment required for a coldwater aquarium will depend very much on how complex you wish the system to be and how much you wish to spend . |
| 10 | For example , the pay schedule code contains all the rates of pay and hours of work allowed for a particular grade and will therefore act as a validation check when grade , hours and pay are entered . |
| 11 | that the hours of work required for a person to be treated as in ‘ remunerative work ’ will be reduced from not fewer than 24 to not fewer than 16 hours a week from April 1992 . |
| 12 | On their part the workers protested over " oppressions " in the shape of late wage payment , truck , " stoppages " from pay for allegedly deficient workmanship , of effecting wage cuts by increasing the measure of work expected for a " price " , and of deducting excessive charges for rent of equipment and the supply of essential items , as often as they did of employers ' combinations to lower wages . |
| 13 | If you feel you 'd like to concentrate on the accountancy , it 's worth knowing that the Open University reduces the number of credits needed for a BA degree for people with ‘ advanced standing ’ through certain professional qualifications . |
| 14 | It measures the number of years taken for a shareholder to recover his initial investment ( assuming that all earnings are distributed ) ; alternatively , it measures the price an investor has to pay to buy 1 worth of income in the company . |
| 15 | There were several weights over 5 lb and it was nice to see plenty of fish caught for a change . |
| 16 | A second group of stations opted for a free version of cinquecento baroque — Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof ( 1872 ) , Mannheim ( 1876 ) , Budapest East ( 1876 ) , Zurich ( 1871 ) , and Brunswick ( 1848 ) . |
| 17 | Add an extension to your home and still have thousands of pounds left for a rainy day . |
| 18 | ONE firm of stockbrokers accounted for a sixth of complaints and inquiries to the Complaints Bureau of the Securities and Futures Authority and the London Stock Exchange last year . |
| 19 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 20 | Heating water etc. to cope with large quantities of laundry made for a periodic need to bring in extra labour over that maintained in the household . |
| 21 | Patterns of use obtained after the introduction of the programme of user instruction were compared with the pattern of use obtained for a control group before the start of the innovation . |
| 22 | I think er a number of the things that are , are meant to be provocative this morning , for example how we get a clinical er evaluation er of patients selected for a T U R P or earlier treatment B P H , but also now |
| 23 | This is less than the 90 per cent level of acceptances required for a compulsory sale of minority interests under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 24 | A partnership is an unincorporated body of people combined for a common business objective . |
| 25 | I also learnt the difference between a Helio Courier and a Pilatus Porter , two types of STOL aircraft often used in Ecuador ; the former small and cheap to charter , the latter costing £150 an hour but able to carry a collecting team of three people , with our usual equipment and the 500 litres of petrol needed for a long river trip . |
| 26 | For the number of members required for a quorum , see s.5(3) . |
| 27 | He looks like the sort of slave sold for a knock-down price ; skinny and stooped , wearing nylon trousers , damp plimsolls , and cringing in his thin anorak against the wind . |
| 28 | Very little food was imported up to World War I , and even after 1918 imports of foodstuffs accounted for a much smaller proportion of total imports than in some other industrial nations , particularly Britain . |
| 29 | Consequently the amount of memory required for a dawg will also vary . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is often ineffective , due to the difficulty of detecting abuse and , in criminal cases at least , the high standard of proof required for a successful prosecution . |