Example sentences of "which [verb] for a " 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 | Following the Seveso incident , strict EEC legislation has virtually eliminated the possibility of similar accidents which account for a relatively small component of overall exposure . |
| 3 | During the Second World War , three influential reports were published which were to shape the evolution of statutory planing : the Barlow Report , in 1940 , which advocated controlled industrial decentralization from the conurbations ; the Scott Report , in 1942 , which argued for a system of planning controls to protect the agricultural use of the countryside ; and the Uthwatt Report , also in 1942 , which recommended nationalization of undeveloped land to secure for the community the value added to land by the planning system . |
| 4 | Naykene had written an article in which he alleged that all members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council , which ruled for a period in 1979 , had benefited from an illegal foreign loan . |
| 5 | Underneath the black hair , the man 's fleshy lips curled into a grimace which passed for a smile . |
| 6 | The successful schemes were unsentimental and transcended the apparent dilemma posed by the design brief which asked for a building which related to preformed and powerful sensibilities and beliefs about life and death and which is also required to be effectively energy conscious . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Do we really want to go down in history as the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies , which have successfully built brand names and franchises of high repute over a century or more … ? |
| 9 | Lillie Moulton was invited to Fontainebleau in August 1866 on a day of ‘ intolerable heat in a crowded train which made for a highly unpleasant journey ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They were too alike , they annoyed and inflamed each other now and then , which made for a tricky situation . |
| 12 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | stage 3 modules which provide for a wider range of opportunities for science specialisation . |
| 18 | ( 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 . |
| 19 | The outcome of their efforts was the treaty of Leake in August 1318 which provided for a meeting of Lancaster and the king . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On Sept. 14 , 1989 , an agreement was eventually initialled which provided for a customs union with the EC whereby industrial goods would flow freely between Andorra and the EC but the EC 's external tariffs would be applied by Andorra to third countries . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | All were charged under the National Security Law which provided for a maximum penalty of death by hanging . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ] . |
| 28 | A new Constitution was introduced in 1982 which provided for a Governor , an Executive Council and a House of Assembly with seven elected , two ex-officio and two appointed members . |
| 29 | On Sept. 27 parliament finally approved an amended budget which provided for a budget deficit of 26,000,000 million zloty , compared with the 24,300,000 million zloty provisionally agreed with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in August . |
| 30 | 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 . |