Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By exaggerating operating difficulties or temporary adverse market conditions , for instance , managers can shape board decision making , providing some leverage against the imposition of rigorous profit-maximising targets , or may attract funds for divisional growth to a greater extent than is justified by the profit potential . |
| 2 | He was interested in the hamlets and villages on the fringe of the deer country , the cottages and the farmhouses that might provide bases for dedicated stalkers . |
| 3 | The Bail Information Schemes being developed in England and Wales also provide the prosecutor with additional information that might reduce requests for custodial remands . |
| 4 | This represented a great step forward in the services available from the co-operative and one that could have significance for advisory services in this country — particularly in remote areas . |
| 5 | ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day . |
| 6 | Its supporters claim that the first would be the first step towards a test reactor that would burn plasma for long periods . |
| 7 | Determine the grades to be applied for revised posts that would assume responsibility for all financial and cost-control matters , for personnel , and for enhanced administrative support . |
| 8 | To give enterprises a chance to adjust and to avoid a crunch that would undermine support for further reform , governments might need to start with high tariffs , promising to eliminate them over , say , five years . |
| 9 | Wootton is understood to have felt unhappy with a proposed role that would include responsibility for existing HCK media accounts , with Colman 's in-house independent Media-Star handling any new business for the merged agency . |
| 10 | ( a ) a general introduction to the topic or concept that the teaching unit is concerned with and a brief description of its potential ( b ) very clear instructions on how to drive the program , usually including a key-by-key sequence to introduce the user to it and a clear description of the full range of possibilities that it offers ( c ) a description of some of the ways teachers have used the unit ( d ) discussion of its educational objectives and suggestions for further use ( e ) references to educational material that would provide support for this topic or concept ( f ) a full annotated program listing with specifications of the different computer systems that would support the software . |
| 11 | Britain needs fewer but brighter racecourses , each with a range of facilities that will attract customers for 300 days a year , not 10 . |
| 12 | CPRW has campaigned , with others , for a major reform of the CAP that will end support for environmentally-damaging production methods and move substantial sums into support for farming and farming-related action that protects and enhances the quality of the Welsh landscape , its wildlife , public access and the wider environment , while also sustaining existing rural communities . |
| 13 | By its very nature , the organic content in a fertile soil constitutes a reservoir , a bank balance that will stand withdrawals for some time with little or nothing going in , which explains why fertility can often be maintained for a while by replacing lost nutrients with straight chemicals . |
| 14 | It is this flame that will illuminate hope for all people . |
| 15 | The so-called deputies ' science and technology working group was asked to nominate people within their agencies to serve on panels that will develop policies for 15 topics ranging from specific issues such as medical technology to basic research itself . |
| 16 | The Construction Skills Training Programme is based at in a purpose-built centre that can provide facilities for all aspects of training for the construction industry . |
| 17 | And let's add Godel for good measure . |
| 18 | She does n't need a salary and should make room for those who do . |
| 19 | Life expectancy is still an average measure , however , and might conceal problems for some groups within wealthy countries . |
| 20 | This number has considerable value on the commercial market and could generate funds for all taking part . |
| 21 | Scrutiny by the Comptroller could also reveal more fully the extent of ministerial influence over nationalized industries and could provide fuel for parliamentary criticism of ministers . |
| 22 | The range of possible interpretations of these ratios is quite wide , however , and could provide material for further research . |
| 23 | It should be borne in mind that despite the fact that psychiatric diseases such as depression or manic-depression tend to be vastly over-diagnosed , particularly in sufferers from alcoholism ( in whom these features may be indications of their primary disease of alcoholism ) , some patients do have both addictive disease and psychiatric disease and need appropriate treatment for both . |
| 24 | Young children need contact with adults , and need frequent opportunities for oral work . |
| 25 | The BA hopes to produce the directory annually and would welcome suggestions for new entries , corrections or additions by 28th February , with the incentive of a draw for a bottle of champagne . |
| 26 | While Mayer was willing to finance films from Gainsborough if they brought him Hitchcock 's The Lady Vanishes ( 1938 ) , and would pay £150,000 for six films from Robert Donat , that did n't amount to a love affair with the British film industry . |
| 27 | The Agency is to be established within the Department of Social Security and will take responsibility for all aspects of child support , leaving spouse support , property settlements and issues of custody and access within the jurisdiction of the courts . |
| 28 | The main thrust of the education/industry interface involves devising best practice agreements covering student and teacher placements , which will be agreed by participating industry and education partners , and will provide opportunities for adult professional development . |
| 29 | It sometimes happens that a business is well disposed to the idea of partnership but it feels it has little to offer ; just to offer time may be very helpful and can bring dividends for both the partners . |
| 30 | The equally helpful Bass Centre ( 071 265 1567 ) say that they carry suitable spares and can organise remedies for such ailments , too , so nil desperandum , Warwickists … |