Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank has arranged for a special travel insurance policy to insure those travelling against a range of mishaps such as personal accident , delayed departure and many other occurrences . |
| 2 | I understand that , in view of the allegations about the conduct of Staffordshire special branch officers , the chief constable of Staffordshire has arranged for a full investigation by the deputy chief constable of another force . |
| 3 | The couple 's apparent reconciliation will have done little to lessen Princess Diana 's anger at the knowledge that the man who once told her he loved her has fallen for a beautiful woman , 10 years younger than herself . |
| 4 | On the contrary , he has pressed for a centralised federation in which Serbia would presumably play a dominant role . |
| 5 | The Association has pressed for a clear-cut answer on this issue and has not received it . |
| 6 | In a wide ranging and at times overtly anti-communist speech , described by the Guardian of March 30 as " more measured and specific than any he has given for a long time " , Yeltsin pilloried central government policy , labelling perestroika the " last phase of the stagnation period " . |
| 7 | Two months after the military crackdown in Beijing in June 1989 , it was announced that university student intake would be cut from 640,000 to 610,000 in the next academic year , and that " specialities mainly in the social science fields which the State has deemed for a long time to have turned out personnel not qualified for socialist construction " would be suspended . |
| 8 | The time has come for a radical re-examination of the provision of services for this particularly disadvantaged group of people . |
| 9 | We must recognize that the time has come for a national crusade against pornography . |
| 10 | As a result of advice from me and from others , the family has applied for a new replacement grant on the same building . |
| 11 | Lyppard Grange is a listed building so the City Council ca n't have it knocked down but it has applied for a compulsory purchase order . |
| 12 | The British government has applied for a one-year exemption from European Community environmental legislation requiring all new cars to be fitted with catalytic converters from 1 January 1993 . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 14 | ( 1977 ) have argued that resources should be shifted between spending heads and even between agencies , and Banister ( 1980 ) has argued for a total welfare perspective which involves the best use of all existing facilities , not just the transport-related ones . |
| 15 | Certainly the Department of Education and Science and HM Inspectorate think so ; indeed , the latter has argued for a common curriculum at secondary level up to sixteen because of the variety of curriculum offerings , the lack of whole curriculum planning , and the need for national decisions in a political democracy to balance the autonomy of the school . |
| 16 | This explains the attraction soft conventionalism has had for a recent generation of legal philosophers . |
| 17 | ‘ This is one that Alan has had for a long period of time , ’ Mr Cross said . |
| 18 | Any object that an individual has had for a long time , a favourite book for example , has already been affected by that individual 's electrical impulses . |
| 19 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 20 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 21 | An international scientific expedition has called for a 10-year moratorium on the extension of oil and gas production to a huge area of north-west Siberia to allow time for urgent research into its forests , peat bogs and tundra . |
| 22 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 23 | Informix Software Inc 's UK managing director , Malcolm Padina , has called for a new initiative to purge the Unix market from software pirates : Padina , a board member of the Federation Against Software Theft aims to establish a Federation subcommittee to address the problem . |
| 24 | Margaret Anne Doody has called for a new edition of Leapor 's poetry . |
| 25 | He believes that , because so many of the Yanomami have been killed by disease , they do n't need such a large area and has called for a new study of their territory . |
| 26 | Greenpeace has called for a complete reorganization of the International Atomic Energy Authority ( IAEA ) , the UN regulatory body , on the grounds that its mandate to promote nuclear energy is incompatible with its responsibility as an international nuclear watchdog . |
| 27 | Coun Ord , a member of Sedgefield District Council , has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across . |
| 28 | Vice-President of the London Tourist Board ( LTB ) , Lord Pitt of Hampstead , has called for a London-wide authority to plan and co-ordinate development in the capital . |
| 29 | Pressure group The Forum of Private Businesses has called for a radical change in the legal structure of small firms . |
| 30 | Sir John Hoskyns , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's Policy Unit , has called for a radical reform of the government system if the effort to transform the economy is to succeed . |