Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.

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1 The reason for the odd name for the church , St Mary near St Satiro , is because of an ancient fresco of the Madonna and Child that stood over an external altar of the earliest ( San Satiro ) church .
2 Two important stimuli to the search for the right structure for the NHS throughout this period were a concern about effective policy control in the face of professional domination , and anxiety about the extent of inequalities in health between social classes and between regions .
3 Forget searching through cupboards and sheds for the right tool for the job .
4 In April US President Bush announced the provision of US$18,000,000 in food aid and asked Congress to approve US$10,000,000 in support funds and US$3,000,000 for the electoral programme for the fiscal year 1991 .
5 Since 1984 the British Medical Association has campaigned for the minimum age for the sale of tobacco to be raised to 18 years .
6 This paper seeks your approval for the revised estimate for the current financial year , nineteen ninety-three , ninety-four , and the for estimates nineteen ninety-four , ninety-five , for the policy commission .
7 Arrangements are being made for the annual dinner for the institute which is at the Stanwick Arms , in Aldbrough St John on April 29 .
8 Carmel Bedford , spokeswoman for the International Committee for the Defence of Salman Rushdie , said yesterday : ‘ This is international terrorism which breaks all the international conventions Iran is party to .
9 In an attempt to raise further funds for the International League for the Protection of Horses fighting fund , a demonstration and clinic has been arranged to be given by Britain 's leading Western rider/trainer and judge , Bob Mayhew .
10 As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes .
11 Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain .
12 Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range .
13 The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , appealed for the first time for the creation of " peace corridors " to allow emergency relief to people in areas controlled by UNITA .
14 A candidate for the first time for the Chair that Alan has left is Sir Jeffrey .
15 The secretary reported that the charge for the Great Hall for the fourth of November nineteen ninety two was thirty pounds , that but that in future the charge will be forty pounds .
16 The arrests were only marginally less disconcerting for the chief negotiator for the African National Congress , Cyril Ramaphosa : the swoop , coming in the middle of the talks , strengthened the PAC 's claim to be more vigorous than the ANC in opposing apartheid .
17 ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job .
18 An account of Sir Kenneth Cork 's contribution to the accountancy and charitable bodies reads flatly without some attempt to record , among other things , his involvement in the International Year for the Disabled and his encouragement to me when I instituted fro Accountancy the ( now ) annual award for the Best Report for the Accounts of a Charity ( writes Colin Cassie , former associate editor of Accountancy . )
19 The Lent boxes at St Michael and All Angels this year will be for the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the additional Curate Society .
20 It had remained a far outpost of steam for the nationalised system for the nationalised system following the end of steam on the rest of the system in 1968 .
21 They included the incumbent President , Jose Eduardo dos Santos , for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) , Jonas Savimbi , leader of the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola ( UNITA ) , Holden Roberto , leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola ( FNLA ) , and Daniel Chipenda , who was proposed by the Angolan National Democratic Party ( PNDA ) .
22 If you have a skill that 's in short supply , you go and work for the proper rate for the job .
23 This put the central management of the Course on a more secure footing for the important preparation for the second resubmission of the Course in 1983 — 84 .
24 He is also a certain choice for the Scottish squad for the Students ' World Cup in Italy in July .
25 Secretary 's report the secretary thanked Joan and Reg for the club during the year especially for donating items for the open show for the and Christmas social .
26 YOU have to wonder what the Bush administration was looking for when it set out , in early 1989 , to find a new chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts .
27 In the President 's budget proposal for 1993 , while the President requested an $11.1 million increase to $189 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities , his NEA request remained unchanged at $175.9 million .
28 I think the government giving money for the National Endowment for the Arts and then trying to decide what 's art and what is n't is a mistake .
29 The American House of Representatives voted by 261 to171 on 23 July to maintain funding for the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) to its current level of $176 million .
30 In establishing funding for the National Endowment for the Arts , the Senate on Sept. 30 , 1989 , approved an amendment prohibiting the use of federal funds " to promote , disseminate , or produce obscene materials " .
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