Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest planned for Regional Railways would mastermind train movements on about 100 miles of track . |
| 2 | The width is 180 squares , so multiply this by the 70 obtained for height . |
| 3 | In any case , the British hoped for an American-British-Dominions agreement that could be used as a basis on which to invite other countries to a conference . |
| 4 | Berle hoped to have the British blamed for breaking up the conference , as he knew he had the support of the Latin American states and some European countries . |
| 5 | Was n't one enough , or is the second intended for him ? |
| 6 | In terms of examinations , school librarians and teachers have aware of examination requirements and ensure that the soft chosen for part of any course fits into the examination required as laid down by examination boards . |
| 7 | Their attempt to create effective liaison and co-operation with the PLO leadership outside , however , led to unease when the latter called for restraint since the Camp David accords were ‘ under serious scrutiny and assessment ’ . |
| 8 | The majority of housing expenditure ( almost 70 per cent ) made by the URA was committed to home improvement loans and equity participation units ( the latter designed for owner-occupiers on low to moderate incomes ) . |
| 9 | In due course many of these became great barons in their own right ; but their origin was not quickly forgotten , and served as a constant reminder that royal patronage and service to the great counted for as much as blood and status . |
| 10 | Protesting at the hardening of the government 's position , the M-19 called for UN intervention to stop further bloodshed in the country . |
| 11 | In China jade was from the first shaped for symbolic rather than industrial ends . |
| 12 | The " Group of Nine " plus Malta , which was included as an observer , agreed to set in motion a mechanism for co-operation involving annual ministerial meetings — the first scheduled for 1991 in Algiers — and collaborative ventures on multilateral financial institutions , self-sufficiency in food , migration , debt and the protection of cultural heritage , and collaborative action against desertification . |
| 13 | With the race being the first nominated for the Commonwealth Games panel to ride , the 80-strong field contained a big 21 contingent of top riders and they closely marked each other for most of the race . |
| 14 | THE European Commission on Wednesday approved an EC loan of one billion Ecus ( £800 million ) to help Hungary overcome severe balance of payments problems , the first organised for a non-EC country . |
| 15 | THE European Commission on Wednesday approved an EC loan of one billion Ecus ( £800 million ) to help Hungary overcome severe balance of payments problems , the first organised for a non-EC country . |
| 16 | The first paid for by generous British industry cost £178 just for me . |
| 17 | Though the Sinhalese accounted for over two-thirds of Sri Lanka 's inhabitants , they made up less than one-third of the force . |
| 18 | It has been suggested that in Continental Europe the integration of mountain and lowland zones must be developed , the latter producing high energy crops for beef animals and the former developed for breeding beef animals for which they are more ecologically suited than milk ( 3 ) . |
| 19 | One of the richest made for Julius II later escaped the sack of Rome because it happened to be in pawn at the time . |
| 20 | ‘ Bouncing off the sides or front on to the ground , being hit by other children , or just falling awkwardly while on the inflatable accounted for most of the injuries , ’ says the report . |
| 21 | Above right : the Sixties re-created for the film in Los Angeles , 1990 |
| 22 | Four of the dead worked for the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem and included Musa Anter , 74 , a veteran Kurd journalist , author and founder-member of the HEP , who was shot dead in Diyarbakir on Sept. 20 by the Goz-Ok ( Grey Arrow ) nationalist group . |
| 23 | IBM in several years in the 1980S prepared for big sales increases , which — despite price cuts — did not occur . |