Example sentences of "[noun sg] continue [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the date for returning to work continues to slip for no apparent reason the claimant should be advised that we will be arranging for an independent examination . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , membership continues to build for the Object Group . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , membership continues to build for the OMG . |
| 4 | Will the vendor continue to work for the company after it is sold ? |
| 5 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 6 | The charity continued to pay for the schoolmaster in Saltash , who fulfilled certain conditions , the sum of £6. 17s. 2d. per annum up until 1875 , when the school , run by a Mr. Williams , closed down . |
| 7 | I intend to concentrate on two issues in the Queen 's Speech — the commitment to continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Railways Board and the commitment to introduce a new council tax and to establish a review of local government structure in England . |
| 8 | During 1990-91 the Commission continued to press for the introduction of its policy deregulating European air traffic routes . |
| 9 | Will Her Majesty 's Government continue to press for an orderly transfer to open elections on a free and fair basis ? |
| 10 | After the initial failure to sell Austin Rover and Leyland Vehicles the government continued to negotiate for the sale of Leyland Bus , which was to have been sold to the Laird Group , the second largest UK bus manufacturer . |
| 11 | In the event the vast majority continued to make for the seaside resorts in the area , leaving the conservationists to fend off the more predatory designs of farmers and water authorities . |
| 12 | Although the gas industry retained the larger market share for cooking overall , more than a quarter of consumers had electric cookers by 1958 and electricity for cooking continued to account for a fifth of domestic electricity sales . |
| 13 | After Tvrtko 's death the Bosnian nobles quarrelled and , although the Kotromanić family continued to reign for the next seventy years , their power rapidly declined . |
| 14 | The Left-wing of the party continued to fight for the adoption of socialist policies . |
| 15 | However , it has not yet been possible to obtain agreement on the need for specific regulation for construction liability and so the principle of subsidiarity continues to apply for the time being . |