Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the poor " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Redwood , Head of the Prime Minister 's Policy Unit in 1983–5 , now a Conservative MP , sees two different kinds of justice : protection for the poor ; and that all who enjoy services should pay ( speaking on Weekend World , 11 October 1987 ) . |
| 2 | The Wesleyan mission had been started in 1886 by the old boys of The Leys School as a settlement for the poor of Finsbury and it had the usual assortment of activities such as clubs , bands , and concerts . |
| 3 | S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better . |
| 4 | Chissano also outlined a number of human rights issues which would be reflected in the constitution , including the abolition of capital punishment , legal defence for the poor , land tenure for farmers , compensation for those who suffered from illegal acts by the state , and recognition of the right to strike , the last being a particularly topical issue in view of the wave of strikes affecting the country [ see below ] . |
| 5 | The revolution promised paradise for the poor . |
| 6 | For the areas of work traditionally offered by lawyers , the legal aid scheme provides very good coverage for the poor . |
| 7 | From the early 1870s discussion of provision for the poor was influenced by the new facts that some of them had deserved the vote and that the economy faced certain difficulties . |
| 8 | This did not automatically lead all in influential circles to conclude that there was a need for provision for the poor by the state . |
| 9 | In 1678 he took out a patent for a simple ‘ engine ’ turning wheels for spinners of flax , and recommended county workhouses to Parliament in Provision for the Poor . |
| 10 | With Sir John Leveson , he was ordered to set up provision for the poor and to enforce the order of Privy Council of 1598 , and by this order they were both assessed in the Parish of Halling , Sir John for 7s 4d and Lambarde 6s and the whole total for Halling being £4 5s 8d . |
| 11 | If there are substantial doubts as to whether the provision of charity schools was ever sufficiently widespread , directed or differentiated from earlier , or later , efforts to have constituted a special movement , there is none that school provision for the poor in the middle and later years of the century remained uneven and spasmodic . |
| 12 | Although it is the traditional culture which continues to manage the western world , Snow argued , only science can feed that world , create wealth , provide hope for the poor and the sick , and forge the essential links between intellect and practicality which make for a proper wisdom and awareness of moral and social issues . |
| 13 | Rugby Union Scotland 32 , Romania 0 Tea and sympathy for the poor . |
| 14 | Sympathy for the poor and sinners . |
| 15 | Lyndon Johnson , with an old New Dealer 's instinctive sympathy for the poor , was determined to produce new and imaginative programmes to eliminate poverty from American society . |
| 16 | On the Isle of Axholme , where little wool was produced , hemp was the basis for a spinning and weaving industry , which Provided a useful sideline for the average peasant , and a basic livelihood for the poor . |
| 17 | The middle class is growing and the military is no longer the only path to advancement for the poor but able . |
| 18 | Since the early 1970s , health has been a focus of struggle for the poor , marginalized communities in the cities and the peasant organizations in the countryside , as well as for the student movement at the National University and the Medical School . |
| 19 | Casey had been one of the most prominent Irish bishops for 23 years and was a well-known campaigner for the poor in Ireland and the Third World . |
| 20 | It placed responsibility for the poor upon each parish , with the requirement , under the Acts of Settlement , that the itinerant poor should be returned , if necessary , to their parishes of origin . |
| 21 | This handed over responsibility for the poor law from the boards of guardians to the local authorities . |
| 22 | He left money for the poor and the sick , and an endowment of £20 a year for Bridgnorth School . |
| 23 | On Thursday , facing uproar on all sides of the Commons , Mr Major ordered that the mess be sorted out and Downing Street duly declared that there would be extra money for the poor over and above RPI uprating and that it had all been planned before the Budget . |
| 24 | The third term reforms to local government , the ‘ inner-city ’ policies , were much less about doing good for the poor and arresting decline and decay than about undermining Labour 's power bases . |
| 25 | Phase one would mean moving senior citizens to another part and developing a worship centre , hostel for business women and community centre with day care for children , and a feeding programme for the poor . |
| 26 | Members and friends of the Society continually pray for his beatification , that he will become a saint for the Society , a saint for the POOR ! |
| 27 | The core of our public spending is social help for the poor , needy and unfortunate , not outdoor relief for the middle classes . |
| 28 | He worked for a time with Stopover House and the Newham Alternative Project , both designed to provide temporary help for the poor and homeless of the East End . |
| 29 | And legal aid for libel : Former Royal Maid wants help for the poor . |
| 30 | Adequate help for the poor could be contained within the social welfare budget , if more were done to reduce the estimated annual loss of £1.5 billion to benefit cheats . |