Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pan Am , the third US carrier to cease operations in 1991 , was founded in 1927 and became known for expanding air routes to south America and pioneering US air travel to the Far East . |
| 2 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Tory group on Darlington council , says litter and pollution in the river is as bad as ever and has called for swift action . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |
| 4 | Who else but Daly could be humble enough to offer to withdraw from the 1993 US Ryder Cup team if his team-mates do n't want him , and get fined for fast play , officials deciding he was in contempt by completing the second round of the TPD Championship in just over two hours . |
| 5 | ‘ That way , we would save the contractor 's connection charges of over £40,000 — and get paid for each load . ’ |
| 6 | In 1959 Greece and Turkey had already drawn this conclusion , and had applied for some form of association with it . |
| 7 | Some of this fear he controlled , and had controlled for some time , by smoking the odd joint . |
| 8 | It is difficult to point to any experiments in egalitarian social life which have abolished stratification , and have survived for any length of time . |
| 9 | Recently ethnolinguists , deriving their inspiration in England from the work of J. R. Firth and his disciples at SOAS ( The School of Oriental and African Studies ) , have also challenged ‘ universalism ’ and have argued for more attention to ‘ language-specific ’ descriptions before more general claims about language can be made , Fought , for instance , writing of attempts to analyse traditional Mexican languages , argues : |
| 10 | We have told them that the suppression of opposing views is not the way forward , and have called for further progress towards democracy and greater public accountability . |
| 11 | They support the FDR-FMLN on a negotiated solution , condemn the role of the United States and have opted for electoral abstention on the grounds that their children have been denied the vote and that therefore the conditions ( or free elections do not exist . |