Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prince M.C. Subhadradis Diskul , Director of the seameo Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts , Bangkok , said Thailand is willing to return stolen property only when it can be fully documented with photographs which is rarely possible after the damages inflicted by the Khmer Rouge . |
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| 3 | In 1895 he became secretary to the British Association seismological committee for study of earth tremors and the following year he and the seismologist John Milne [ q.v. ] , newly returned from his pioneering work in Japan , became joint secretaries of its newly established subcommittee for seismological investigation , until Davison retired from this position in 1899 . |
| 4 | On May 20 Joseph Bendouga , leader of the opposition Democratic Movement for Renewal and Evolution in Central Africa ( MDREC ) , was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment on charges of sending an " insulting and offensive " open letter to President André Kolingba . |
| 5 | Suu Kyi , secretary general of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) , had been under house arrest since July 1989 [ see p. 36816 ] . |
| 6 | The country 's first multiparty general election for 30 years , held on May 27 , brought a clear victory for the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) . |
| 7 | The results confirmed that the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) had won a massive victory , winning 392 of the 485 People 's Assembly seats contested . |
| 8 | On Sept. 6 the military authorities in Myanma arrested two high-ranking members of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) , acting chair Kyi Maung and Chit Khaing , on charges of " passing state evidence that they should have kept to themselves to an unconcerned person " . |
| 9 | A week-long series of arrests of leaders of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) in late October had left only four of the 16 NLD central executive committee members at liberty as of Nov. 1 . |
| 10 | The May elections had resulted in an overwhelming victory for the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) and allied parties . |
| 11 | Press reports highlighted the deaths of several elected People 's Assembly representatives of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD — which won an overwhelming majority in the May 1990 elections ) , apparently while in custody . |
| 12 | During April the ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , moved to frustrate further the efforts of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) to form a democratic government . |
| 13 | Elections to a Constituent Assembly in May 1990 resulted in victory for the opposition National League for Democracy . |
| 14 | During Yokota 's visit the UN General Assembly 's committee on social , humanitarian and cultural issues unanimously approved a resolution condemning Myanma 's ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , for refusing to surrender power to the country 's democratically elected parliament [ for victory of opposition National League for Democracy in May 1990 general election see pp. 37457-58 ; 36612 ] . |
| 15 | On Nov. 15 the PNC candidates for seats on municipal councils were declared elected unopposed after a boycott of the elections by the five-party opposition Patriotic Coalition for Democracy ( PCD , which included the PPP , first formed in 1986 — see p. 34163 ) which had demanded electoral reform . |
| 16 | The Catholic and Anglican archbishops of Georgetown had stated that the existing lists did not form a " credible basis for free and fair elections " , and both the Carter Centre and the opposition Patriotic Coalition for Democracy ( PCD ) had called for the elections to be delayed until 1992 . |
| 17 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 18 | In September and November 1991 the new coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) government had announced plans to reform the constitution to bar the army from involvement in party politics , and had stated that it would assist international efforts to investigate the army 's involvement in drug production and trafficking , money laundering and gun running [ see p. 38432 ] . |
| 19 | Remember when they had the sign in the window white kitten for sale ? |
| 20 | One of them recently ran out of petrol and had to do a 45-mile round trip for fuel when its total allocation for the whole shift was only 28 miles . |
| 21 | British Gas South Western training for success |
| 22 | Its whole history is known and is a sad example of cupidity overriding respect for beauty and history . |
| 23 | IT IS A case of home sweet home for jump racing punters ' darling Desert Orchid as he returns to the stables following a life-saving operation . |
| 24 | Having indirectly made Mrs Thatcher pay with her political life for refusing to sign up to their timetable of achieving EMU by 1992 , they are now blowing cold on the issue , as they are faced with a ballooning budget deficit of their own , and no longer need French and Community political support for reunification . |
| 25 | Teller robbed bank for love |
| 26 | Other criteria for exclusion were inflammatory bowel disease , pernicious anaemia , evidence of hepatic or renal dysfunction ( any biochemical parameter for hepatic function exceeding twice the normal range or plasma creatinine >0.12 mmol/l , or both ) , anda constant requirement for medication ( such as anticholinergics , anti depressants , or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) which might influence gastrointestinal motility , or otherwise interfere with the evaluation of the test drug . |
| 27 | Caird Group pre-tax profit for year to December 31 was £4.0m ( £6.9m ) . |
| 28 | Oliver Group pre-tax loss for year to December 31 was £12.6m ( £10.7m loss ) . |
| 29 | As a further test , we used a greatly perturbed nitric acid vertical profile for spring in which HNO 3 was removed between 15 and 20km . |
| 30 | BRANCKER MEMORIAL LECTURE Financial challenge for air transport |