Example sentences of "[noun] for the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps recognising the risk , Malaysia has used tariffs only as a temporary form of protection for the first-comer investor in certain sectors , like television sets . |
| 2 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that broad agreement had been reached on protection for the German minority in Poland " in accordance with international standards " . |
| 3 | It was reported at the end of February 1990 that the then Minister of State for the Southern Province R. H. Sam Kpakra had suspended voter registration in preparation for the 1991 elections in the constituencies of Bo Town 1 , Bo West and Bo North , following claims that irregularities had taken place . |
| 4 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 5 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 6 | In 1984 , queues formed outside privately-run hairdressers for the latest fashion in ‘ perms ’ . |
| 7 | Many readers will be aware that because of a lower than expected settlement for the civil service in the Chancellor 's 1990 Autumn Statement , higher than expected inflation , and exchange rate effects on international subscriptions , SERC has announced that certain activities will have to be curtailed if the Council 's programme is to stay within its budget . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the reasons for the striking decline in infant mortality in this period remain rather mysterious . |
| 9 | It is a re-analysis of the reasons for the industrial revolution in Britain . |
| 10 | So far we have considered reasons for the general increase in local government expenditure over the years . |
| 11 | The reasons for the apparent change in relative incidence at different sites are poorly understood and there is controversy about whether the increase of cardia cancer represents an absolute increment or whether the apparent increase is related to a decreased incidence of antral tumours . |
| 12 | There are two basic reasons for the apparent anomalies in what generally appears to be a steady expansion of the vineyard area : first , the uprooting of old , commercially non-productive vines ; and second , the decimation of large patches of vines due to natural causes like frost , hail , disease , pests , etc . |
| 13 | I believe that the publication of these results will cause people to focus on the reasons for the low standards in some places , except for hon. Members representing Bradford and Newham — the two lowest scoring local authorities — whose reaction is that one should not have such testing and that it is merely a problem forced on the local authority . |
| 14 | New York City IDUs accurately perceive themselves as vulnerable to TB , and correctly identify some of the major reasons for the recent resurgence in TB . |
| 15 | The Italians see many reasons for the sharp increase in numbers . |
| 16 | One of the reasons for the slow advance in understanding syphilis and gonorrhoea was the belief that the two conditions were simply different manifestations of the same disease . |
| 17 | It could be argued that one of the reasons for the social division in the area might be the fact that those in charge of the paraphernalia of research did in a sense predefine conflict in this way . |
| 18 | He predicts that the Pacific market represents the best opportunity for the Scotch industry in future . |
| 19 | CCG HAS soared to new heights by securing the catering contract for the tallest building in the City of London , the National Westminster Tower . |
| 20 | Mr Milburn has contacted Durham County Council to explain the situation and push the case for the local people in the hope the council may subsidise the route . |
| 21 | Within this scheme of thought , anything which can not be controlled is labelled dangerous and marginal , particularly when society is working to preserve its unity and to develop more sophisticated systems of self-definition , as was the case for the Jewish community in Palestine following the exile . |
| 22 | And the cost of admission for the better seats in the house — £30 and £23 . |
| 23 | It would be truer to say that the regime which enters the war is usually discredited at the war 's end , probably because of its supposed lack of adequate provision for the armed forces in the final pre-war years . |
| 24 | Richardson , Texas-based Micrografx Inc warns that it has uncovered corporate funds mismanagement in its Japanese subsidiary Micrografx , KK which may result in a loss of $500,000 , and it will likely take a provision for the non-recurring loss in the fourth quarter ; the company further realigned its worldwide operations to respond to changes in software purchasing trends and the costs of marketing products and services and expects to report a loss for the fiscal . |
| 25 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 26 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 27 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 28 | The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place . |
| 29 | An interesting speculation is that the decline in H pylori infection over the past few decades would account at least in part for the reported decline in duodenal ulcer disease in Western populations . |
| 30 | If income support is in payment , there is unlikely to be any advantage for the local authority in pursuing maintenance as the DSS will simply reduce their contribution by the same amount . |