Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb base] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the week that council leaders meet for the annual conference of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane , he has made a further appeal for a less confrontational relationship , and one which puts people and the quality of services before politics . |
| 2 | A massive range of policies included a Job Opportunities scheme for the long-term unemployed ; " Head Start " to provide pre-school education for poor children ; " Upward Bound " to provide college places for the poor ; adult literacy programmes ; Volunteers for Service in America , a type of domestic peace corps ; Neighbourhood Youth Corps to provide part-time jobs . |
| 3 | One exception is that the Menil Foundation specifically asked for the Philip Wilson Publications imprint for the eagerly-awaited Volumes II and III of David Sylvester 's Rene Magritte , catalogue raisonne , Vols . |
| 4 | Alex Robinson , a banking analyst at Smith New Court , said the broker was likely to raise its NatWest profits forecast for the current year slightly from the previous £710 million , in the light of yesterday 's figures . |
| 5 | The embassy also suggests avoiding crowds , not arguing politics with the locals and keeping a reserve fund of cash available in case banks are closed , including the 45 dinars residents need for the normal exit stamp if your stay has been longer than six months . |
| 6 | Walker , who has turned 30 and has been at Tynecastle for over three years , will get his full international grounding at a time when goalkeeping problems abound for the national coach . |
| 7 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 8 | Could there not be in every tube station , railway station and bus station , and on bus shelters — especially in rural regions — specially prepared posters with information to tell people where day and night shelters exist for the homeless ? |
| 9 | Its purpose is to help UK students prepare for the forthcoming examinations in May . |
| 10 | A spokesman at IBM Corp 's East European headquarters in Vienna claimed that the company exceeded the internal sales targets set for the first quarter of 1993 , and succeeded in increasing its turnover in the region by around 30% when compared with the same period last year . |
| 11 | The T-series also has the additional sub-designation of Custom or Signature , referring to the grade of maple used ; the Customs use AA grade maple while the Signature versions opt for the superior AAA grade . |
| 12 | STEPHEN HENDRY was crowned the king of Wembley again last night as he won the Benson & Hedges Masters title for the fifth time . |
| 13 | STEPHEN HENDRY was crowned the king of Wembley again last night after winning the Benson & Hedges Masters title for the fifth time . |
| 14 | Paul Beck , Ackers Trust Canoe Club Chairman , receives the Stand Club Trophy for the greatest participation in the Strand Touring Awards scheme for the second successive year . |
| 15 | For instance , personality variations account for the wide range of reactions towards a salesperson . |
| 16 | The Gaboon viper of Africa : its large venom glands account for the distorted arrow shape of its head . |
| 17 | If , however , fertility rates fall for the four child-bearing age-groups ( 10–19 , 20–29 , 30–39 and 40–49 ) from the estimated early 1980s figures of 0.4 , 2 , 2 and 0.4 children per woman respectively to 0.25 , 1.8 , 1.4 and 0.3 children per woman then the population structure in 2003 would be shown in Figure 6.6(c) . |
| 18 | ICL HAILS VIKING — NEW SPARC MODELS SET FOR THE THIRD QUARTER , INTEL BOXES DUE IN JULY |
| 19 | MISERY Refugees queue for the meagre rations at the camp in Trnopolje yesterday |
| 20 | You certainly all agree if there 's an increase in crime , or cheating , or violence in the society , that these things are bad and as these things increase things change for the worse . |
| 21 | Will last month 's breakdown of the GATT talks do for the 1990s what Smoot-Hawley did for the 1930s ? |
| 22 | A highly over-simplified picture of the way sediments accumulate for the future stratigrapher is expressed in strip cartoon form in figure 8.1 . |