Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western diplomats referred to the example of neighbouring Croatia , where a stream of failed ceasefires were used by militias to consolidate gains and prepare for new offences . |
| 2 | In a sombre May Day speech , Mengistu admitted that the government had suffered setbacks and called for renewed commitment to the war , saying : " It is no longer a question of national unity , but rather of national survival . " |
| 3 | Without records , investigators are interviewing workers and searching for physical clues to what happened . |
| 4 | In addition to these United Kingdom bilateral conventions , there was a very large number of bilateral arrangements between States , many of whom were parties to the 1905 Hague Convention , regulating procedures and providing for other modes of communication ; the Hague Conference Permanent Bureau listed over 50 such arrangements known to it in 1967 . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's no good looking round , you do n't make excuses or look for other people to help you . |
| 6 | On the other hand , since it is mostly women who are responsible for running households and caring for dependent members of their families , it is not surprising that they are involved in helping each other in these practical ways , which lend themselves to being organized on a reciprocal basis . |
| 7 | At the height of the crisis his church sent a cablegram to Brooklyn : ‘ Queen Street Church , Wolverhampton , sends greetings and prays for perfect peace between England and America . |
| 8 | That 's just one example of an approach which gets away from counting events and controlling for extraneous variables . |
| 9 | Granting a monopoly was the easiest way for the monarch to encourage a trade or an industry , and was also a way to reward courtiers , who did not get salaries and hoped for substantial favours of just this sort . |
| 10 | Mr Palios advised anyone who had paid deposits or paid for uncompleted work on credit to write to Cork Gully at 6 Minshull Street , Manchester . |