Example sentences of "which [verb] for an " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean .
3 Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 ] .
8 On May 6 the Commission presented a 1993 draft budget which provided for an increase in the full " appropriations " budget from ECU66,600 million in 1992 to ECU67,300 million .
9 A paradox which allows for an exciting and fulfilling journey — one for which a single lifetime is too short .
10 A paradox which allows for an exciting and fulfilling journey — one for which a single lifetime is too short .
11 Light enveloped Ruth , a heatless blaze which seemed for an instant about to destroy her ; and then she was gone into a great space of darkness .
12 A good headhunter potentially has significant awareness of how other companies have solved this problem , and knowledge about the market place in which to look for an individual .
13 to keep ‘ important ’ issues off the agenda£ fails to take into account the diversity of media — magazines , journals , books , radio — which allow for an enormous amount of information to find its way into the public domain .
14 The outcome was a programme for ‘ The Living Wage ’ which called for an incoming Labour Government to undertake a massive redistribution of income through family allowances , better social services and increased social security benefits , all paid for by taxing the , rich .
15 The Government of Burma continue to disregard all pressure put upon them , but I am pleased that on 30 November the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Burma , in which we were co-sponsors , which called for an improvement in the human rights situation and for progress towards democratic government .
16 The " decision " followed Bush 's initiative , unveiled at the UN General Assembly in September ( for Bush and Shevardnadze speeches see pp. 36906-07 ) and which was at variance with the existing chemical weapons treaty draft , which called for an immediate halt to production .
17 The USA also approved a separate , vaguely worded and non-binding preamble which called for an eventual Middle East peace conference .
18 Doi 's resignation came the day after the party 's central executive committee adopted a draft policy document which called for an acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the Japanese Self Defence Forces ( SDF ) and of the country 's right to self-defence .
19 Following the deployment , the Lebanese government made it clear that its next step would be to place diplomatic pressure on the United States to persuade Israel to allow Lebanese army deployment in Jezzin , as a first step towards compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 425 , which called for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon .
20 The disclosure was made by the right-wing Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) , a pro-Pinochet party during the dictatorship , which called for an inquiry and accused the government of repeating " the errors of the past " .
21 Once again , you have a case which asks for an answer divided into two main sections , which means that you ca n't use the classic problem-solving structure .
22 I recommend you go to The Face Place where you can have a complete make-up for £16 which lasts for an hour .
23 But our task is made relevant only in the context of an adequate sociological model which provides for an account , from ‘ without ’ , of the processes by which football fans come to be viewed as deviant , and how fans come to be portrayed as disordered and devilish .
24 Intuitively , what is happening here is that the force which argues for an increase in output ( fall in prices ) from the double marginalization position in monopoly is being outweighed by a force which argues for a decrease in output ( increase in price ) from the duopoly position .
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