Example sentences of "which [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Critics ascribed the rise in currency to the current trade surplus and high domestic interest rates rather than the impact of foreign investment funds , which account for a small proportion of equity investment . |
2 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
3 | They were too alike , they annoyed and inflamed each other now and then , which made for a tricky situation . |
4 | Green also anxiously records bouts of measles , his youngest son Thomas having fits as a baby , and Joshua being troubled with erysipelas , which made for a tiring journey for him back to Keswick . |
5 | My eldest sister had a black cauldron suspended from an old iron cooking tripod , this was filled with sawdust and packed with small gifts which made for an attractive lucky dip at tuppence a time . |
6 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for a five-year term and consists of six appointed senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
7 | Although it is the traditional culture which continues to manage the western world , Snow argued , only science can feed that world , create wealth , provide hope for the poor and the sick , and forge the essential links between intellect and practicality which make for a proper wisdom and awareness of moral and social issues . |
8 | ( iii ) Limitation of liability.It has been said that the courts tend to view clauses which limit liability more favourably than those which provide for a total exclusion . |
9 | Too often some of our Catholic families are not aware of the existence of our excellent senior schools which provide for a solid Catholic education and a growth in faith for our children . |
10 | stage 3 modules which provide for a wider range of opportunities for science specialisation . |
11 | On Aug. 2 Nakayama and his Lao counterpart , Gen. Phoune Sipaseuth , signed three economic aid agreements which provided for a Japanese aid package to Laos totalling 1,636,630,000 yen ( approximately US$11,000,000 ) . |
12 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
13 | The recommendations of the Commission were not entirely adopted , but they did have an impact on the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act 1950 , which provided for a federal budget based on the functions and activities of the government . |
14 | The government on Sept. 29 approved an amended budget for 1993 which provided for a further BF21,800 million to cover the budgetary shortfall , including BF5,200 million in social security cuts . |
15 | In a series of meetings in early 1990 the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh pressed for more rapid progress even than that envisaged by the Aden declaration of Nov. 30 , 1989 , which provided for a formal declaration of a unified Yemen Republic on Nov. 30 , 1990 . |
16 | A referendum on June 28 endorsed the draft constitution elaborated by the Constituent Assembly [ see pp. 38420 ; 38585 ] , which provided for a parliamentary system with a strong presidency . |
17 | Meanwhile , talks were also continuing in Vienna on the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , which had been signed in November 1990 by 22 states from eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ( NATO ) [ see pp. 37838 ; 38255 ; 38458 ] , and which provided for a multilateral reduction of troop deployment levels in Europe as well as a general reduction of conventional weapons stockpiles . |
18 | Miloš and Marasli negotiated a settlement which provided for a Serbian administration , based on a national council of the knezovi of each of the twelve nahijes , who in their own districts would work alongside a Turkish administrator ( müsellim ) . |
19 | The conflict was only resolved in late November when Spitaels and Deprez , leaders of the PS and PSC respectively , signed a declaration promising to ensure the financing of the measures decided , which provided for a monthly salary increase of BF2,000 from April 1991 and a further rise of 4 per cent from October 1992 . |
20 | A new constitution came into effect on Nov. 30 , 1990 , which provided for a multiparty system , direct elections and a free market economy , and dropped the designation People 's Republic , the country 's formal title becoming simply the Republic of Mozambique [ see pp. 37843-44 ] . |
21 | All were charged under the National Security Law which provided for a maximum penalty of death by hanging . |
22 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
23 | The meeting was prompted by a draft secretarial order , issued by the US Interior Department in July , which provided for an expanded role for the new resident US representative in Belau [ see p. 37885 ] . |
24 | The 1982 Constitution , which provided for an elected National Assembly , was suspended after the coup , as was the Democratic Party of Guinea , formerly the ruling and sole legal party . |
25 | The 1982 Constitution , which provided for an elected National Assembly , was suspended after the coup , as was the Democratic Party of Guinea ( PDG ) , formerly the ruling and sole legal party . |
26 | In 1978 a new constitution was promulgated which provided for an elaborate reversion to a tribal mode of rule involving an electoral college of eighty members chosen by forty local councils ( ‘ tinkhundla ’ ) , dominated by tribal elements . |
27 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
28 | In such a culture , knowledge is superseded by wisdom , which looks for a total view of life , seeking to come to terms with its essential suffering and aspiring [ in Goethe 's words ] to " live resolutely in wholeness and fullness " . |
29 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
30 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |