Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project therefore attempts to devise a more general descriptive framework for the intonation of the languages investigated and to establish a general theory of intonation structure which takes account of the different role of intonation in languages of different types . |
| 2 | Landsbergis on May 2 expressed support for the idea of Franco-German mediation , and said that some of the laws passed since the March 11 independence declaration could be frozen , but that the declaration itself was sacrosanct . |
| 3 | It is remarkable that the Working Party could be so cavalier in ignoring its own evidence ; it is perhaps even more surprising that no crash research programme was advocated in order to provide a solid base for the allocation of such a vast sum of money . |
| 4 | Grachev met his Georgian counterpart Tengiz Kitovani in Moscow on Dec. 31 to discuss demands by the Georgian parliament for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia . |
| 5 | The Corporation has exclusive rights to the working of coal , but may issue licences to private operators for the working of coal from small underground mines and from opencast operations . |
| 6 | This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration . |
| 7 | Cuts of £2.9 million to the specific grant for the development of AIDS services may seriously restrict SSDs ' ability to respond to HIV/AIDS cases from next week . |
| 8 | The usual scramble for the bathroom in the morning , cycling through the sunny streets to the shop , serving cakes and pies and bread all day , then cycling home and the rush to prepare for a dance or a visit to Sarah . |
| 9 | This competent body could provide guidance on the preferable format(s) for the presentation of information . |
| 10 | EUROPEAN funding for the Highlands worth £20 million a year could cover health initiatives — the first time that spending on health has been considered for such grant aid . |
| 11 | In Great Britain , the broad framework for the use of land is provided by Structure Plans . |
| 12 | The meeting established a broad framework for the negotiations at the parallel intergovernmental conferences on political union and on economic and monetary union , which the Council formally opened in Rome on Dec. 15 . |
| 13 | So giving us a total income for the year of about a hundred and twelve thousand pounds . |
| 14 | The interest is , however , taken into account when determining liability at rates in excess of the basic rate ; also when calculating total income for the purposes of the special allowance for the elderly ( see below ) . |
| 15 | The way to combat short-termism is to have the right policies for the support of industrial investment — policies based on competitiveness , lower taxation , good industrial relations and a belief in quality . |
| 16 | Eastern winds have brought what had been fair sport back to a normal level for the time of year . |
| 17 | The GDR 's borders are now open , and the Government in Bonn poised to jump in with massive economic support for the process of political reform as it develops . |
| 18 | There were both overt and covert reasons for the support of the Scheme by the Law Society , and the regional bodies , local Law Societies . |
| 19 | It was the second of the new Abbasid caliphs , Abu Jaafar Mansur ( 754–75 ) , who founded the city of Baghdad , a resplendent centre-piece for the empire until its sack by the Mongols in 1258 under Hulagu Khan . |
| 20 | DES has offered specific funding for the appointment of inspectors and some LEAs now have distinct advisory and inspectorial services . |
| 21 | The forged additions to the papal letters were a short-lived and totally irrelevant instrument , a last-ditch measure for the defence of the primacy , which was already a lost cause . |
| 22 | In kidney dialysis , for example , a membrane with a low resistance for the passage of small ions ( such as sodium ions and other electrolytes ) and a high resistance for large ions ( such as blood proteins ) is required . |
| 23 | The resulting communiqué , while providing broad proposals for the adoption of the eighth five-year plan and of a 10-year programme , contained little detail , prompting speculation that debate over the pace of reform was still intense . |
| 24 | Foreign investors are better acquainted with customs and practices in the eurobond market and they are also widely believed to have strong preferences for the anonymity of bearer securities and for the receipt of interest payments without deduction of tax . |
| 25 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 26 | Virgilio Avila Vivas replaced Alejandro Izaguirre Angeli as Minister of the Interior , an appointment seen as a move to build up political support for the efforts of the security forces to deal with increasing protests against the government 's economic policies [ but see below for his replacement ; for November 1991 protests , see p. 35571 ] . |
| 27 | He warned that a failure to reduce the country 's debt burden would place political support for the transition to a market economy at risk . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding that a particular central government department has total responsibility for the discharge of particular functions — from formulation of general overall policy to implementation in the form of decisions in particular cases ‘ on the ground ’ — it may nevertheless be desirable to distribute actual administration at different levels on a geographical basis . |
| 29 | The first occasion was in the early 1980s when it and the Stock Exchange spent three years trying to develop an automated settlements system for the gilts market before the Bank took over total responsibility for the project in 1985 to develop what has become the highly effective Central Gilts Office . |
| 30 | The prospect of handing over total responsibility for the care of the most vulnerable people in society to such local authorities was felt by some to be profoundly disquieting . |