Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps recognising the risk , Malaysia has used tariffs only as a temporary form of protection for the first-comer investor in certain sectors , like television sets . |
| 2 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that broad agreement had been reached on protection for the German minority in Poland " in accordance with international standards " . |
| 3 | Many readers will be aware that because of a lower than expected settlement for the civil service in the Chancellor 's 1990 Autumn Statement , higher than expected inflation , and exchange rate effects on international subscriptions , SERC has announced that certain activities will have to be curtailed if the Council 's programme is to stay within its budget . |
| 4 | He predicts that the Pacific market represents the best opportunity for the Scotch industry in future . |
| 5 | CCG HAS soared to new heights by securing the catering contract for the tallest building in the City of London , the National Westminster Tower . |
| 6 | Within this scheme of thought , anything which can not be controlled is labelled dangerous and marginal , particularly when society is working to preserve its unity and to develop more sophisticated systems of self-definition , as was the case for the Jewish community in Palestine following the exile . |
| 7 | Richardson , Texas-based Micrografx Inc warns that it has uncovered corporate funds mismanagement in its Japanese subsidiary Micrografx , KK which may result in a loss of $500,000 , and it will likely take a provision for the non-recurring loss in the fourth quarter ; the company further realigned its worldwide operations to respond to changes in software purchasing trends and the costs of marketing products and services and expects to report a loss for the fiscal . |
| 8 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 9 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 10 | The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place . |
| 11 | An interesting speculation is that the decline in H pylori infection over the past few decades would account at least in part for the reported decline in duodenal ulcer disease in Western populations . |
| 12 | If income support is in payment , there is unlikely to be any advantage for the local authority in pursuing maintenance as the DSS will simply reduce their contribution by the same amount . |
| 13 | Kimura found an advantage for the left field in this task as also when geometric forms were substituted for the dots . |
| 14 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 15 | Although normally kept shut , there is an escape hatch for the after cabin in each of the cockpit seats . |
| 16 | True , the new Secretary of State for the Environment laid stress , from the outset , on the need for economic regeneration , and indicated his sympathy for the voluntary sector in the tackling of urban problems . |
| 17 | CLIVE ALLEN scored twice , but Trevor Morley was sent off as European football last night returned to Upton Park for the first time in 11 years . |
| 18 | Another was the last goal he scored for us , on 30 September 1967 when , in front of a record crowd for a League fixture of 30,006 , Terry struck the only goal of the match against QPR , to put the Palace on top of the 2nd Division for the first time in our history . |
| 19 | John Sewell has a unique claim to a place in any gallery of Palace heroes , because he was the popular and talented skipper of the team which took our club into the 1st Division for the first time in its history , back in 1969 . |
| 20 | North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history . |
| 21 | The prospect of playing in the Premier Division for the first time in the decade which has elapsed since he played for Rangers has put a spring in the striker 's step . |
| 22 | THE most unlikely venue in the 38-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest last night produced an Irish winner for the second year in succession . |
| 23 | The bonus is combined with your normal pension payment for the first week in December , so if you have not received it by the end of that month ask at your local Social Security office . |
| 24 | The system determines how many groups are active at the appropriate level for the appropriate table in the Working-Set to which the entries are being transferred , and allocates entries on a roughly equal basis . |
| 25 | In the seventeen years since his birth she had stopped being a dancer in Miami , become the straight lady to entertainer pinky Lee for a time and , during the war , done her bit for the American effort in the control tower at Willow Run , the central domestic sending centre for the military . |
| 26 | It is the right framework for the European Community in the 1990s . |
| 27 | Jonathan Tan , a sixthform student at Manchester Grammar School , won the 1991 RSC award for the highest mark in the GCE A-level chemistry examination set by the JMB . |
| 28 | ‘ Brighty ’ earned the Golden Boot award for the highest scorer in Division Two in 1987–88 , in which he hit 24 goals , and his efforts in the following promotion term , in which he played in every match , took him into the select group of men who have netted over 50 League goals for our club . |
| 29 | The award for the best dog in the Alton and District Canine Society 's show at the Drill Hall went to an Old English sheepdog , Bleakdown Major , shown by Mr. T. Cass of Shalden . |
| 30 | There will also be an award for the best garden in town . |