Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four of Africa 's most talented peoples — the Ibo , the Bamilike , the waChagga and the Bugunda — have all had their innovative talents circumscribed for many years . |
| 2 | Indeed the political parties preparing for those elections are in the process of selecting the candidates er there will in fact be an extra constituency in the East Midlands as a result of this particular order in council er and indeed the political parties at some stage will have to select new candidates for the six extra seats across the united kingdom . |
| 3 | British industry , the City of London , most of what used to be called Fleet Street , and the economic spokesmen for all the political parties have for many years spoken with one voice on this matter : what Britain required , they all said , was a large , secure home market in which it was possible to benefit from economies of scale comparable to those enjoyed by the Japanese and the Americans . |
| 4 | He is now concentrating on providing M&A services to Japanese clients looking for acquisitions in Europe , Japanese clients looking for domestic acquisitions and European clients looking for Japanese acquisitions . |
| 5 | Chairman Garry Gibson revealed that Murray had been in touch with a string of top clubs looking for pre-deadline newcomers . |
| 6 | Occupying a tract of wild country between the only two roads linking west and east in Ross-shire , the Fannich range is a formidable barrier of high peaks extending for ten miles and separated by low passes from other mountain areas . |
| 7 | Two contrasting reasons exist for these importations . |
| 8 | Such an enhanced investigations service for private companies would be similar to the take-over target review discussed here . |
| 9 | I have already given examples of different characteristics evolving for different reasons . |
| 10 | Conservative Central Office will be able to make much of the suggestion that , under a Labour administration , secondary picketing would once again be lawful , that unions which ignored the courts would no longer face the possibility of sequestration and that it would not be possible for employers or other interested parties to apply for interim injunctions postponing precipitate strikes . |
| 11 | Among its findings on freshwater quality the report mentioned : ( i ) high levels of phosphates in rivers , lakes and reservoirs in most of central and southern England , which cause excessive growth of surface plants such as algae which in turn damage wildlife ; ( ii ) acidification of rivers and lakes in some parts of Scotland , northern England and Wales to such levels that they are almost devoid of fish ; ( iii ) one in eight sewage plants still not operating within discharge limits ; ( iv ) periodic high levels of pesticide pollution in drinking water ; and ( v ) a high proportion of freshwater sites used for recreational purposes failing to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing water . |
| 12 | Bakalov said Huron version 1.18 , expected in Q2 1993 , will support Motif for the first time as well as the RS/6000 , improved buffers support for larger numbers of terminals , Oracle server ( Unix ) and DB server(MVS) . |
| 13 | The Commission proposed retaining the principle of paying farmers direct subsidies to compensate for significant cuts in price support from 1993 to 1996 . |
| 14 | This provision has caused a great deal of controversy since different countries have classified certain jobs as public functions , which they may not be in other countries , and this domestic classification has been used as a bar to foreign nationals applying for those jobs . |
| 15 | The norm for the duration of commercial leases has for many years been twenty-five years . |
| 16 | Users of Information Resources ' FCRS product include Laura Ashley , Reed International and the BOC Group , the 1991 winner of the Stock Exchange and Chartered Accountants award for published accounts . |
| 17 | The English monks seem for some years to have been able to resist the discipline of Lanfranc . |
| 18 | Quietly , therefore , Mr Salinas has allowed foreign firms to compete for drilling-service contracts , and Pemex is now working together with American petrochemical companies in joint ventures . |
| 19 | On arrival at Machynlleth I found Tony standing on the down platform with train on the up line and distinguished passengers posing for official photographs . |
| 20 | Would it be possible to re-use old programs written for conventional machines , or would users have to start from scratch and throw away their existing investment in software ? |
| 21 | Reports of unreasonably high fines imposed for minor offences further inflamed public feelings . |
| 22 | An obviously desirable situation is for a country to have a sufficiency of well educated and trained teachers working for reasonable lengths of time in areas where they are familiar with the people and their culture . |
| 23 | The interesting points to note for both papers are that they emerged at a time when the SDP , a party of the middle-ground , was in the ascendant , and that neither moved to the ‘ left ’ , not even the social democratic ‘ left ’ , in the 1987 election . |
| 24 | The B team are so determined they gave up holiday time and daily allowances to assemble for two days of intensive preparation this week in Cardiff . |
| 25 | On Jan. 11 Italy unblocked up to 10 per cent of frozen Iraqi assets to pay for Italian exports . |
| 26 | Mr Patten would like British tests used for similar purposes . |
| 27 | Defamation , blasphemy and sedition have been with us for centuries , but in recent years new rods have been fashioned and old ones polished for editorial backs : breach of confidence , contempt of court , official secrecy , " D " notices , incitement to disaffection , prevention of terrorism , copyright — the grounds for censorship are legion . |
| 28 | Concern about the escalating crisis in Yugoslavia prompted some Western Foreign Ministers to call for broader powers for the CSCE to intervene in internal conflicts . |
| 29 | THERE is a respectable case which can be made for John Major 's unhappy decision yesterday to refuse posthumous pardons for any of the 307 British soldiers executed for military offences during the First World War . |
| 30 | The opposition Social Democrats called for neo-Nazi arsonists to be punished severely . |