Example sentences of "[n mass] of [verb] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As promised by Palmerston during the previous session , a Select Committee was set up by the House of Commons on 28th April , 1856 to consider ‘ the best means of providing Accommodation for the various Public Departments in the Neighbourhood of Downing Street ’ . |
| 2 | In general , research suggests that in the immediate wake of unexpected news of a major loss , such as finding oneself permanently disabled after a car accident , denial may also , in the short term , be an adaptive response as a means of buying time for the individual ( Adams and Lindemann , 1974 ) . |
| 3 | The paper , designed to provoke discussion , considers the usefulness of civil liability as a means of allocating responsibility for the costs of remedying environmental damage and of preventing future damage . |
| 4 | In the result , Co-operation seen as an exclusive alternative to Capitalism as the means of organising society for the production of wealth was , for all practical purposes , abandoned ; and abandoned with it was trade unionism seen as the means by which capitalism was to be displaced by Co-operation . |
| 5 | The Laws of Manu , an ancient law book of the Hindu way of life , which discusses the customs , conventions and laws , that should operate at each stage of life and govern the relation of the different orders with one another , regards the four āśramas as the best means of attaining co-operation For the common good . |
| 6 | The committee also recommended a 1 per cent tax on all imports into the ECOWAS area as a means of raising revenue for the organization rather than the existing method based on yearly contributions from members . |
| 7 | Political intervention was often the only means of securing permission for the sale of a commission to another . |