Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April the Accounting Standards Board proposed that provisions for future losses and reorganisation costs after an acquisition will no longer be allowed to be taken straight out of the balance sheet of the purchaser 's accounts , without passing through its profit and loss account . |
| 2 | Instead , he announced the appointment of an ombudsman to mediate between the public and the civil service , promised that proposals for democracy would be considered soon , and said that the opposition would be permitted to run in legislative elections expected in April 1994 . |
| 3 | In BR , Robbins ( 1986 ) found that vacancies for the entry grade to the train drivers ' ( ‘ footplate ’ ) line of promotion were still advertised only through internal channels . |
| 4 | The study found that conditions for obtaining such information in France , Germany and the Netherlands were fairly favourable , but they were appreciably worse in Italy and even more so in Spain . |
| 5 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Jan. 30 reported that figures for the first nine months of 1991 showed Japan to be Vietnam 's second most important trading partner , after Singapore . |
| 6 | The Labour MP Mr Chris Mullin was last night reselected as candidate for Sunderland South , winning 63 per cent of the vote against his opponent Mr Les Scott 's 34 per cent . |
| 7 | He now realized that specialization for a particular way of life was an advantage even in a stable environment , because it allowed a species to escape from the pressure of rivals seeking to exploit the same resource . |
| 8 | On May 4 , 1990 , President Barco announced that proposals for constitutional reform which had been debated by the Congress since August 1989 would be presented for national approval as part of the May 27 presidential elections [ see p. 37450 ] . |
| 9 | It was simply because the build-up to the general election revealed that policies for reducing pollution were the very last thing on anyone 's agenda . |
| 10 | Yesterday Nissan revealed that losses for the fiscal year ending this March will reach 29 billion yen ( £171 million ) , more than twice what the company had estimated last November . |
| 11 | He argued that education for understanding can only be regarded as successful to the extent that it makes behavioural outcomes unpredictable . |
| 12 | He added that prospects for economic co-operation were good , and thanked the Australian government for supporting China 's efforts to rejoin the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) and for its adherence to a " one-China " position . |
| 13 | In a formal statement on Nov. 8 , they condemned attacks by the Yugoslav National Army on Dubrovnik and other Croatian cities , but they added that recognition for seceding republics " can only be envisaged in the framework of an overall settlement " and that such a settlement had to guarantee the rights of " national or ethnic groups within the individual republics . " |
| 14 | We recognised that training for this role needed to be more structured and now a formal training programme to supplement and extend my training has been set up with the cooperation of senior medical staff . |
| 15 | On the thorny question of the failure of the Goya ‘ Portrait of Dona Maria Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas ’ ( lot 342 ) , unsold at £600,000 Charles Beddington noted that prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low ( particularly as the record price for a Goya drawing now stands at £600,000 ) while he felt that a recession-led caution may have contributed to the lack of interest in the Zurbarán , bought in at £900,000 ( est. £1.2–1.6 million ) . |
| 16 | Chairamn Michael Perry noted that results for European detergents and food operations had been maintained by the Anglo-Dutch group . |
| 17 | Group chairman Michael Perry noted that results for European detergents and food operations had been maintained , in today 's figures . |
| 18 | But he noted that expectations for jobs remained low , similar to the pattern in the US . |
| 19 | Members of the nursing profession , who once assumed that training for registration would equip them for a career in nursing now realise that this is no longer the case . |
| 20 | The Recorded Music Workshop on the 27th September was received enthusiastically by those who came and suggestions for future projects will be welcome . |
| 21 | These he identified as arrangements for the police and security services , the stationing of troops of both sides and the administration of Renamo-controlled areas in the period before elections . |
| 22 | For example , their report stated that syllabuses for pupils of lower attainment had been constructed from those designed for pupils in the top quarter of attainment by deleting a few topics and reducing the depth of treatment of others . |
| 23 | The defendants sought to rely on an exclusion clause which stated that liability for terms implied by statute was excluded ; one of these terms was that goods must comply with their description . |
| 24 | An indictment , issued by a Californian grand jury on Feb. 23 and kept secret until after the arrests , stated that payment for the krytrons had been authorized by the Iraqi embassy in London . |
| 25 | Breaking sharply with some of the dominant ideas of traditional labour movement socialism — but not with the necessity of having class politics — the conference leaflet stated that Women for Socialism ‘ aims to create a socialism intrinsically feminist that is for all women including Black women , lesbians and differently abed women … developing an anti-racist , anti-imperialist feminist perspective which is inseparable from the struggle for socialism ’ . |
| 26 | The original regulations of the College stated that candidates for entry must not be under 15 nor over 22 years of age , and that preference would be given to those youths who had received the elements of a good education . |
| 27 | A spokesman for the County Council confirmed that charges for using day centres are being considered . |
| 28 | Laing & Cruickshank , Knighton 's stockbrokers , confirmed that funds for the deal had been available . |
| 29 | The opposition New Progressive Party ( PNP ) claimed that victory for the government would have strained relations with the USA and have led to the possible loss of student scholarships and federal food aid . |
| 30 | Although the North Korean government officially denied it , representatives of the Taiwanese Importers ' and Exporters ' Association claimed that arrangements for a planned visit in April 1990 had already been confirmed by North Korea . |