Example sentences of "[noun] of the [noun prp] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vogue of the Klan lasted for a relatively short time , but at its height , it may have had five million members . |
| 2 | OECD member countries of the DAC accounted for 91 per cent of all ODA . |
| 3 | The Battle of the Atlantic lasted for most of the Second World War . |
| 4 | Guidelines for the future , including a meeting on national minorities scheduled for July 1-19 , 1991 ; negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures ( CSBM ) in Europe [ see p. 36539 ] to be concluded no later than a follow-up summit meeting of the CSCE scheduled for 1992 ; and the earliest possible conclusion of a comprehensive ban on chemical weapons . |
| 5 | Not every school will be able to travel down to Portsmouth to see the wreck of the Mary Rose for themselves , but they could watch a video about the discovery and raising of the wreck , and carry out a computer simulation to search for the wreck . |
| 6 | A ‘ no ’ vote is likely to delay the start of the EEA planned for January 1 to coincide with the launch of the EC 's single market . |
| 7 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 8 | At their beginning the members of the LCS debated for five nights in succession : " Have we , who are Tradesmen , Shopkeepers and Mechanics , any right to obtain a Parliamentary Reform ? " |
| 9 | ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription . |
| 10 | The widening of the EEC argued for greater awareness of the European market and the need for both young people and businesses to face the real demands for new skills , greater knowledge of other languages and more mobility in moving throughout other countries . |
| 11 | Provisions against Wimpey 's extensive property portfolio and housing land on both sides of the Atlantic accounted for £37 million each out of a total exceptional charge of £114 million . |