Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] for [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He criticised the WEA for allowing some branches to be ‘ swallowed up by the vortex of gentility ’ , failing to engage in serious study and neglecting their mission to manual workers : he wanted such branches closed . |
| 2 | In October 1989 , after four years of dispute , the European Commission finally began its legal attack on the UK for allowing excess nitrate in the water supply of Norwich and Redbridge , and for illegal levels of bacteria and aluminium elsewhere . |
| 3 | Festivals are one of the few opportunities in the UK for screening short films , and we will be presenting not just this year 's BFI New Directors shorts , but also programmes of short films from film schools in the UK and Canada , from the Arts Council funded schemes and films funded by the filmmakers themselves . |
| 4 | In general , Ollero believes that European countries have similar opportunities to the US for developing innovative software , and says that many important ideas have come from small companies . |
| 5 | Using a definition of unfair trade based on " internationally accepted rules , as set out in GATT [ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ] , and in comparable international agreements " , the report indicted the USA for employing unfair trade practices in nine out of the 10 areas where offences were deemed to be most internationally common . |
| 6 | In a report today , the lawyers , including representatives of the National Council for Civil Liberties and the Haldane Society , criticise Douglas Hogg , the former Home Office minister , and the RUC for accusing some solicitors of holding IRA sympathies . |