Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun prp] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ndebugre , a former PNDC Secretary for Agriculture dismissed in November 1984 [ see p. 33828 ] , was arrested for allegedly failing to rise promptly for the national anthem , and was reportedly beaten while in detention — he was later released on a court order but was immediately rearrested . |
| 2 | March : March 5 : United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major had talks in Moscow with Gorbachev on the Gulf conflict and the situation in the Baltic states ; March 7 : the RFSFR and Czechoslovakia signed a trade co-operation agreement ; March 12 : it was announced in Moscow that the withdrawal of the 50,000 troops stationed in Poland would begin in April , although the process would not be completed before 1994 ; March 14-16 : following a tour of the Middle East , US Secretary of State James Baker visited Moscow for talks on the situation in the Gulf and the presentation of a six-point US plan for peace and stability in the Middle East ; March 18-20 : UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd visited both Kiev and Moscow for discussions on British-Soviet relations ; March 22 : Soviet-Romanian treaty of friendship and co-operation initialled in Moscow ; March 28 : Bessmertnykh held further talks in Tokyo in connection with Gorbachev 's forthcoming visit . |
| 3 | It was a seventh Haydock victory for Twin Oaks from eight visits to the course , and the performance delighted Richards . |
| 4 | There was a new NI record for North Down 's Alison Moffitt , who hurled the javelin 47.54 metres and she later made it a double by throwing the discus 39.72 metres . |
| 5 | the P.N.M. would have to sort out a few more issues of contention ; a Federated West Indies for instance ; constitutional reform ; should they let the U.S. retain its naval base at Chaguaramas ? and , are we a socialist movement ? |
| 6 | By 1627 the northern works were again in difficulties and Daniel and Joseph Höchstetter petitioned successfully to a sympathetic Charles 1st. for release from the moeity of the one fifteenth part , or measure , of the copper raised . |