Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second part of the research examines differences in costs of commercial loans and official export credits in different currencies ; and considers the theoretical and empirical basis for a system of differentiated minimum rates . |
| 2 | For instance , during an investigation , the police must concentrate upon collecting adequate and appropriate evidence for a possible prosecution , whereas social workers are concerned to gain much broader information about the child and the family 's situation and resources . |
| 3 | Preparation for adoptive parenthood is at best generally confined to the offer for couples to attend the local antenatal parentcraft class , but this may be an emotionally painful and inappropriate experience for a couple . |
| 4 | DSM is currently providing scientific and financial support for a five year project concentrating mainly on the painting techniques of Rembrandt . |
| 5 | What frustrated his old fans was that when he went it more or less alone , as on 1982 's masterfully stark and turbulent Music For A New Society , Cale produced what he also regards as his best album , ‘ because all the old pain was right there . ’ |
| 6 | I am doing some part-time and short-term work for a charity — difficult on lots of scores ( ! ) . |
| 7 | In his opening address to delegates , De Marco said that people looked to the UN for moral and political guidance for a resolution of the Gulf crisis . |
| 8 | It has been a major political and cultural force for a hundred years . |
| 9 | I and that will always be a right and proper thing for a member of parliament to do . |
| 10 | The Presidency and the leaders of the six republics agreed measures on Aug. 20-21 to keep the federation functioning at a minimum economic and political level for a further three months , with trade continuing between the republics and a monetary policy which would allow the country to pay its foreign creditors . |
| 11 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
| 12 | This is usually a very pleasant and reassuring interview for a worried old person , who can be helped to feel that much of the anxiety about her heavy housework is going to be taken off her hands ; and the supervisor then tries , as far as possible , to choose just the right member of her staff to suit the needs of the applicant . |
| 13 | Perpetrators are generally women experiencing an exaggerated and overpowering need for a baby . |
| 14 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 15 | Having prohibited party politics on the grounds that it fostered corruption , patronage and tribalism , Rawlings had finally given in to domestic and international pressure for a return to multiparty politics . |
| 16 | The Cetinale makes a relaxed and comfortable base for a country holiday in the heart of Tuscany . |
| 17 | Scarlet knew that Constance 's family had firmly structured views on vengeance and a quick and subtle ear for a slight : sometimes they saw offence where none was intended , being — Scarlet allowed — not distinguished by great intelligence . |
| 18 | With the abandonment of sectarian politics and the adoption of the popular front strategy , he was forced to relinquish the tactics of undifferentiated confrontation and engage instead in a complex ideological process in which unequivocal condemnation of the agents of fascism was interspersed with sophisticated and complex support for a wide range of liberal fellow-travellers who only a short time previously would have been roundly condemned as class enemies . |
| 19 | However , making a decorated and framed picture of the sheet music is a marvellous way of doing just that , and has the added benefit of being a very unusual and original idea for a present . |
| 20 | With the exception of relief papers and thick fabrics like hessian or grasscloth , most of these special wallcoverings need to be hung on a smooth and level surface for a satisfactory result . |
| 21 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 22 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
| 23 | A disclaimer is an obvious and simple device for a trader to use to avoid committing an offence . |
| 24 | A sudden and unprecedented demand for a large number of new executives to accommodate and take full advantage of this growth coincided with a need for technical experts at management level to develop further the new products and technologies stimulated by the demands of war . |
| 25 | The forward and backwards pruning points define the limits of left and right context for a system . |
| 26 | Specialization has often assembled both primary and secondary material for a specific area or topic in a centre such as the Hoover library at Stanford in California , and there has been a plenteous growth of specialist periodicals and learned societies . |
| 27 | The Tories saw it as a constitutional disaster without parallel , the Whigs as a famous and hard-won victory for a bold and far-reaching measure against the reactionary defence of an out-dated and corrupt constitution . |
| 28 | The average recommended daily allowances ( RDAs ) that are accepted as being necessary for a healthy and balanced diet for a woman in the UK are as follows : |
| 29 | In later proceedings for the continuation of the Mareva injunction , it was held to be regular and proper practice for a plaintiff to commence proceedings on the same cause of action in several jurisdictions in order to obtain Mareva or corresponding relief . |
| 30 | The Forest of Dean was once a great and thriving centre for a number of industrial activities , the best-known being iron and coal production . |