Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 2 | Er the industry is responsible for half our fixed investment and accounts for a third of our manufacturing base . |
| 3 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 4 | The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed . |
| 5 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 6 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 7 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 8 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 9 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 10 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 11 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 12 | However I run my boat as a charter boat and cater for a masochistic fringe who would sail on Christmas day if I were to let them . |
| 13 | Both rejected positivistic literary scholarship and called for a renewed attention to literature as literature ; both insisted on the differences between literature and other kinds of writing , and tried to define these differences in theoretical terms ; both gave a central role in their definitions to ideas of structure and interrelatedness , and treated the literary text as an object essentially independent of its author and its historical context . |
| 14 | CHURCHMEN and intellectuals in East Germany , worried about the new , aggressive tone that has crept into the emotional issue of reunification , yesterday warned against confrontation and called for a temporary end to mass street demonstrations . |
| 15 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |
| 16 | NCR Corp 's Hauppauge , New York-based subsidiary Applied Digital Data Systems Inc has signed a co-marketing agreement with Structured Software Solutions Inc for ADDS to distribute the latter 's FacetTerm Window and session manager software with ADDS ' AlphaWindow and character terminals , making ADDS the only terminal manufacturer to offer windowing systems on both character and AlphaWindow terminals ; to encourage evaluations , value-added resellers can currently buy a single AlphaWindow terminal and FacetTerm for a reduced price of $350 . |
| 17 | Add the mushrooms and pepper and cook for a further 10 minutes . |
| 18 | Add the garlic , chilli and pepper and cook for a further 1 minute , stirring . |
| 19 | And Paul de Levantiére would sigh , turn with a resigned expression to his fitter and ask for the next outfit to be tried on . |
| 20 | Externally , in his relations with other villages , he becomes the vehicle and focus for the xenophobic fear and animosity between rival communities . |
| 21 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 22 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 23 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 24 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 25 | We do not want them to inherit all our problems when it is their responsibility to create the wealth and care for the increased number of elderly and aged people in this country . |
| 26 | But Laura herself quietly went in the next day , spent hours cleaning up the mess and advertised for a new manageress . |
| 27 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 28 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 29 | Heat the oil in a large frying pan , add the garlic and cook for a few seconds . |
| 30 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |