Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This report provides an overview of recent changes in policy makers ' assumptions about the family , particularly in relation to the benefit system , where the recognition of relationships can mean more money for some and no money for others . |
| 2 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 3 | ‘ Actual losses on mortgage during 1991 and the provision for 1992 are well below the national industry average and prove the wisdom of our policy of prudence in lending and the good sense of members of the community in the management of their financial affairs . |
| 4 | the first £50 of each and every claim for loss of or damage to the caravan or equipment |
| 5 | the first £50 of each and every claim for loss of or damage to personal effects contained in the caravan or towing vehicle |
| 6 | The war of 1808 and the movement for independence in the colonies was to complete the defeat of Spain 's effort to create a mercantilist empire . |
| 7 | Wallace 's Geographical Distribution of Animals of 1876 provided the model for the next generation of naturalists studying biogeography . |
| 8 | This is subject to the proviso that where it is essential that an instrument comes into effect immediately , it can be brought into effect before it is laid , but that the Speaker and/or Lord Chancellor should be informed of this and the reason for it . |
| 9 | It is of limited or no benefit for a current mood swing . |
| 10 | The confrontation was symbolic of the accelerating polarization which had occurred over the previous five years , with the Popular Front calling for a determined re-application of the policies of 1931–3 and the right for radical constitutional revision . |
| 11 | Bleeding from peptic ulcer persists or recurs early in 25% of cases , which carries a high death rate related to the severity of bleeding or the need for surgical treatment . |
| 12 | The perennial question for television executives is : how on earth does one make arts programmes interesting to an audience with little or no enthusiasm for the arts ? |
| 13 | These are paid on a regular basis , with little or no regard for performance and on time-scales ( monthly or weekly or daily ) which may or may not be relevant to the individual . |
| 14 | She knew , of course , that men were driven by lusts of the flesh , desires that they satisfied with little or no regard for the females they wanted , but , strangely enough , she would not have considered fitzAlan to be a man to lose control of himself for that reason . |
| 15 | A government 's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual 's family plans . |
| 16 | Healey always seems a man at the receiving end , full of great ideas but with little or no room for manoeuvre . |
| 17 | We might find , for instance , that ‘ analytic thinking ’ of the kind they describe , free of interpersonal bias and meaning what they say with little or no room for interpretation' is no more apparent within university institutions and the formal school system than within other social institutions . |
| 18 | Farming areas having permanent natural handicaps , viz. poor land with limited or no potential for increased production except at excessive cost . |
| 19 | Her decision to reject an offer of a senior ministerial post in the Home Office will confirm the prejudices of those who regard her unpredictability and wilfulness as more than a match for her flair for promoting ideas . |
| 20 | The Khmer Rouge does not want to rock the boat , having waited patiently for more than a decade for the Vietnamese to leave . |
| 21 | Then it was not until 1861 that the Union for the Completion of the Cathedral started its work , carried along on a wave of Romantic nationalism . |
| 22 | Since the hon. Gentleman mentioned YT in particular , I may say that we are investing £842 million in YT in 1991-92 and the figure for the year starting in April is £851 million . |
| 23 | From the map , make a list of the crops , including grass , in 1980 and the area for each . |
| 24 | The region 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had shown a growth rate of 6 per cent in 1991 but the figure for 1992 was expected to be only 5.7 per cent . |
| 25 | By the end of the seventeenth century the Anglican church in England was developing institutions to serve American needs : the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge was launched in 1699 and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in 1701 so that the established church could help its brothers in the colonies who were exposed to much more competition from other Protestants . |
| 26 | He rose further under the Commonwealth , becoming a commissioner for compounding and a JP in 1650 and a commissioner for indemnity in 1652 . |
| 27 | Direct responsibility for DMS policy in England and Wales was initially that of a panel ( a panel for Scotland remained separate for several years ) and this became a Board after the Committee for Arts and Social Studies was split in 1978 and a Committee for Business and Management Studies created — ; a decision which produced some controversy . |
| 28 | But it was only with the election of the PSOE in 1982 that a programme for braking the rise in RENFE 's deficits was seriously implemented . |
| 29 | He was also much involved in the passage of the Welsh Intermediate Education Act in 1889 and the movement for a national university of Wales . |
| 30 | Venice , Paris , Prague in 1758 provided the backdrop for ’ Casanova 's ’ personal journey into the political and sexual customs of society ’ whose ’ glittering external beauty , held all the charm of the Venus Fly-Trap . |